VP of Engineering

Jonas Software

6d • Remote

About The Position

Computrition, Inc., a leader in enterprise foodservice and nutrition management technology, is seeking a Vice President of Engineering. As part of Constellation Software Inc., Computrition offers a stable yet innovative environment for building next-generation enterprise software. The company fosters a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth. This role is crucial for leading the core engineering organization, including R&D and application engineering, and partnering with QA, Release Management, and DevOps to enhance estimation, quality, delivery predictability, automation, and operational excellence. The VP of Engineering will report directly to the CTO and be accountable for engineering execution, software quality, delivery predictability, operational excellence, engineering estimation, and the evolution of the AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC). Success requires collaboration with Product, Sales, Professional Services, Customer Success, Support, Marketing, and executive leadership to ensure Engineering delivers solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives. The role is fully remote, open to candidates in the United States or Canada, with occasional travel required.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including at least 7 years leading engineering organizations of increasing scope and responsibility.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations responsible for mission-critical enterprise software.
• Experience owning engineering operating budgets, workforce planning, vendor management, and engineering investment prioritization.
• Deep technical credibility across Microsoft enterprise technologies including .NET, C#, React, and Oracle.
• Demonstrated hands-on leadership implementing AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) or comparable AI-augmented software engineering practices.
• Experience integrating AI/ML and intelligent automation into enterprise software products and engineering operations.
• Demonstrated success improving engineering estimation, capacity planning, delivery forecasting, execution predictability, and engineering operating disciplines.
• Demonstrated success establishing engineering operating metrics, executive dashboards, and performance measures that improve predictability, transparency, and accountability.
• Strong background in DevOps, CI/CD, quality engineering, release management, and engineering automation.
• Experience operating engineering organizations within SOC 2, HIPAA, and other regulated software environments.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as an executive business partner, contributing beyond Engineering to broader technology strategy, business strategy, commercial outcomes, and customer success.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with FHIR and HL7 is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering as a single accountable organization spanning application engineering, R&D, quality engineering, release management, and DevOps/Infrastructure.
• Support the CTO in shaping the company's long-term technology vision while owning and executing the engineering strategy.
• Drive modernization of the enterprise technology platform (.NET, C#, React, Oracle, DevOps, CI/CD, modern engineering practices).
• Partner with Product leadership to translate product vision into executable engineering roadmaps, resource plans, and delivery commitments.
• Develop and execute multi-year engineering investment plans.
• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of the AI-enabled Software Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC).
• Lead engineering execution of AI-enhanced capabilities across the enterprise software platform.
• Establish engineering standards, governance, review practices, and quality controls for AI-assisted development.
• Ensure AI capabilities meet healthcare requirements for accuracy, auditability, privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop engineering leaders capable of driving organizational excellence, innovation, and AI adoption.
• Own engineering execution from concept through customer delivery, ensuring accurate estimation, staffing, architecture, development, testing, release, and support with first-time quality.
• Establish industry-leading engineering estimation, capacity planning, and delivery forecasting disciplines.
• Continuously improve engineering estimation accuracy, forecasting precision, resource planning, engineering productivity, and delivery performance.
• Build an engineering organization that consistently delivers high-quality software on predictable schedules.
• Create a culture of first-time quality through disciplined architecture, testing, automation, and engineering excellence.
• Partner with Product, Sales, Professional Services, Customer Success, Support, Marketing, and executive leadership to align engineering priorities with customer needs and business objectives.
• Actively participate in strategic customer engagements.
• Ensure engineering teams understand the customer and business outcomes their work enables.
• Balance customer commitments, platform reliability, engineering capacity, technical debt, and long-term technology investments.
• Own engineering KPIs including engineering estimation accuracy, delivery predictability, engineering velocity, cycle time, defect rates, MTTR, release stability, code quality, and engineering productivity.
• Develop executive dashboards for engineering performance.
• Advance CI/CD, automated testing, release automation, developer experience, engineering tooling, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.
• Champion automation wherever it creates measurable business value.
• Build repeatable engineering processes that scale with organizational growth.
• Establish high standards for software quality, maintainability, performance, security, architectural consistency, and AI-assisted software development.
• Partner with Product leadership and the CTO to ensure engineering execution aligns with product strategy and architectural standards.
• Manage technical debt as a strategic investment portfolio.
• Ensure engineering practices satisfy HIPAA, SOC 2, healthcare security standards, and enterprise software best practices.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing distributed engineering organization.
• Develop engineering leaders capable of making sound technical and business decisions.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, innovation, execution excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Partner across departments to solve enterprise-wide challenges and align priorities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CTO.
• Represent Engineering confidently with executive leadership, customers, and strategic partners.

Benefits

• The job description mentions Computrition invests in its people and fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous learning, and professional growth, where employees can make a meaningful impact. It also mentions the stability of an established market leader combined with the opportunity to shape the next generation of enterprise software.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed