VP, Product Engineering
About The Position
We are in search of a VP of Engineering for our Channels division, the action layer of the Braze technology platform. Our channels are where the Braze platform meets the end user, where our customers create rich messaging that is delivered to their end users via our channels: Email, Push, SMS/MMS/RCS, WhatsApp, LINE, In-App Messages, Content Cards, Banners, Landing Pages, Feature Flags, Webhooks, and more to come. You will lead this multi-team division through its next stage of technical and product transformation. This role presents formidable engineering challenges that call for a collaborative and cross-functional approach, necessitating close coordination with product and design teams. You will manage the team and help to grow the organization, leading software engineering via architecture design, growing engineering teams and skillsets, setting vision and goals, process and protocol, and hiring. On the product front - you will solve a number of interesting problems, from developing highly differentiated and sophisticated channel products, to thinking about how we build and position the broad portfolio of channels. On the engineering front - maturation of our systems into a more modular, efficient technology platform, all while delivering best-in-class product, is a major goal. And across both fronts, you will lead this organization through the AI transition: channel products that are increasingly intelligent and agentic, and an engineering org that leverages AI-assisted development to raise its own velocity and quality bar.
Requirements
- Several years of relevant experience as a manager of experienced managers with a strong track record of transformative success
- A durable, motivated, ambitious, high-energy leader
- A great people leader, capable of growing a world class team
- A great technical leader, who can operate at different levels of granularity, from high level vision to partnering on detailed technology decisions
- Deep credibility in large-scale distributed systems, with the ability to go toe-to-toe with senior engineers on architecture, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Fluent in AI-assisted engineering, with an informed point of view on how AI agents and tooling change the way engineering organizations build, operate, and are shaped
- A great process leader, who understands when to add and remove processes to help the org execute the best it can
- An excellent communicator and writer, whose impact and leadership is obvious in the artifacts they create to guide their team
Responsibilities
- Lead the Channels division through its next stage of technical and product transformation.
- Manage the team and help to grow the organization.
- Lead software engineering via architecture design.
- Grow engineering teams and skillsets.
- Set vision and goals, process and protocol, and hiring.
- Solve problems related to developing highly differentiated and sophisticated channel products.
- Develop strategies for building and positioning the broad portfolio of channels.
- Mature systems into a more modular, efficient technology platform while delivering best-in-class product.
- Lead the organization through the AI transition, developing intelligent and agentic channel products.
- Leverage AI-assisted development to raise the velocity and quality bar of the engineering organization.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation that may include equity
- Equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs)
- Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- Flexible paid time off
- Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
- Family services that include fertility benefits and equal paid parental leave
- Professional development supported by formal career pathing, learning platforms, and a yearly learning stipend
- A curated in-office employee experience, designed to foster community, team connections, and innovation
- Opportunities to give back to your community, including an annual company-wide Volunteer Week and donation matching
- Employee Resource Groups that provide supportive communities within Braze
- Collaborative, transparent, and fun culture recognized as a Great Place to Work®
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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