Appspace is a company dedicated to enhancing work experiences, and they are seeking a Vice President of Architecture & AI Engineering Transformation. This role is crucial for driving engineering transformation, embedding AI into development processes, and ensuring the organization scales effectively.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and operationalize an AI native development environment across the engineering organization
- Redefine the software development lifecycle through AI enabled code generation, automated testing, documentation, observability, and incident response
- Establish measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and cycle time through responsible AI adoption
- Partner with Product leadership to embed AI capabilities into the Appspace platform as a core competitive differentiator
- Continuously assess technology trends and their relevance to Appspace’s long-term strategy
- Design systems and tooling that materially increase developer throughput and reduce time-to-production
- Build an engineering operating model optimized for $100M+ scale and beyond
- Introduce data-driven engineering KPIs (cycle time, deployment frequency, AI adoption rates, cost per feature, etc.)
- Embed automation across the SDLC to reduce manual effort and improve predictability
- Drive consistency and maturity across the software development lifecycle including development practices, testing, DevOps, observability, and reliability
- Establish architectural standards, principles, and reference designs that support scalability, reliability, security, and performance
- Serve as the primary escalation point for complex, cross-organizational technical and architectural decisions
- Guide modernization efforts across legacy and acquired platforms in alignment with business priorities
- Help rationalize platforms, services, and tooling to reduce complexity and long-term maintenance cost
- Ensure modernization initiatives deliver measurable improvements rather than isolated technical change
- Support technical due diligence for potential acquisitions
- Define and guide post-acquisition architectural integration strategies that balance speed, risk, and sustainability
- Partner with engineering leaders to integrate platforms, teams, and practices effectively
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the CTO
- Partner closely with Engineering, Technology Operations, Security, and Innovation to align technical direction and execution
- Elevate the technical bar across the organization and institutionalize engineering excellence
- Challenge legacy patterns and introduce modern, high-performance engineering practices
- Build a culture that embraces experimentation, rapid iteration, and responsible AI adoption
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 15 or more years of progressive experience in software engineering, architecture, or platform development
- 5 or more years of experience in senior technical leadership roles such as VP, SVP, Chief Architect, or equivalent
- Demonstrated success defining and governing enterprise architecture in complex, multi-product SaaS environments
- Deep technical expertise across modern software architecture, cloud platforms, DevOps practices, reliability engineering, and SDLC disciplines
- Proven experience driving technology modernization initiatives in growing or acquired organizations
- Experience supporting M&A technical due diligence and post-acquisition integration
- Strong understanding of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements in enterprise SaaS environments
- Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple regions and cultures
- Possess deep technical expertise, enjoys being hands-on with code, while also possessing the business acumen necessary to effectively present and communicate with executive leadership
- Exceptional communication and influence skills with the ability to lead through partnership rather than direct authority