VP of Software Engineering

TrueML is seeking a VP of Engineering who excels in fast-paced, product-driven environments and is adept at taking products from concept to launch. This role involves shaping the technical vision, building a high-performing engineering organization, and driving execution across product development and engineering operations.

Responsibilities:

• Help define and execute the engineering strategy and technical roadmap aligned to company objectives
• Lead system architecture decisions to ensure scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability
• Provide hands-on technical leadership—diving into code, architecture, infrastructure, and complex problem-solving when needed
• Ensure engineering best practices, including code quality, testing standards, deployment processes, and security guidelines
• Lead engineering execution from ideation through launch, overseeing full product lifecycles in a 0→1 environment
• Collaborate with Product and Design to define requirements, scope features, and build predictable roadmaps
• Drive delivery excellence—ensuring high velocity, clear accountability, and data-driven prioritization
• Oversee engineering processes, sprint planning, and resource allocation
• Strengthen DevOps, observability, continuous integration/delivery pipelines, and on-call reliability
• Ensure security, compliance, data protection, and architectural governance
• Build, scale, and mentor a high-impact engineering organization (internal, contract, nearshore, or hybrid)
• Establish a culture of ownership, innovation, technical rigor, and continuous improvement
• Recruit top engineering talent and develop career paths, performance standards, and scalable organizational structures
• Partner with Product, Design, Operations, and Executive teams to align engineering initiatives with business priorities
• Communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and impacts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Champion cross-functional collaboration, transparency, and high-quality execution across teams

Requirements:

• 10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, with deep technical expertise in modern technologies, cloud-native approaches, and extensible architecture
• 5+ years leading engineering teams, including experience as a Director, Head of Engineering, or VP
• Proven record of building and launching 0→1 products in a startup or fast-growth environment
• Strong ability to switch between strategic planning and tactical execution
• Demonstrated expertise in system design, distributed systems, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS)
• Experience setting engineering culture, standards, and operational excellence
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience in SaaS, AI/ML, B2B, or enterprise products (tailor to your product)
• Ability to manage hybrid engineering teams (contract/agency + in-house)
• Experience with security, compliance, or highly regulated environments if relevant to your product
• Prior experience scaling engineering teams from early-stage to growth-stage