VP, Engineering

Role Overview

As the VP of Engineering, you will own the engineering organization and the technical delivery of [link removed]. You will lead the Engineering Managers and the engineering pods (4–6 engineers each, one team captain per pod) and partner with the VP of Product on the roadmap and with the COO on operational execution.

What You Will Do

Set engineering strategy, architecture direction and the bar for code, reliability, and security. Ship the V2 REST API surface, the OpenAPI spec, and the agent-readiness layer. Own engineering KPIs: delivery velocity, system reliability, defect density, hiring quality.

Why It Might Be a Fit

10 to 15+ years in engineering leadership; have led 30–50 person engineering organizations. Experience scaling SaaS platforms in ecommerce, martech, or developer tools. Strong opinions on API design and developer experience — OpenAPI, REST conventions, agent-tool patterns.

Requirements

• 10 to 15+ years in engineering leadership
• Have led 30–50 person engineering organizations
• Experience scaling SaaS platforms in ecommerce, martech, or developer tools
• Strong opinions on API design and developer experience — OpenAPI, REST conventions, agent-tool patterns
• Modern stack fluency (PHP/Node/React/Shopify ecosystem helpful)
• Vast experience with large data sets and must be a database expert

Benefits

• 100% free health, dental, and insurance for you and your family
• Flexible vacation policy
• Generous holiday schedule
• Parental leave and sick policy
• Birthday holiday
• 401(k) retirement plans
• TFSA and RRSP retirement plans
• 3% contribution of your gross salary to retirement plans

Originally posted on Himalayas