Vice President, Software Engineering

Verra Mobility is seeking a Vice President, Software Engineering to lead enterprise software delivery execution, platform modernization, and engineering operating model transformation across its Business Units. The role oversees delivery outcomes, engineering governance, platform consolidation, AI-enabled engineering practices, and leadership development while aligning technology execution with business priorities and enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with architecture and delivery peers on enterprise vision and strategy for Software Delivery across all Business Units
• Own delivery KPIs for predictability, quality, operational stability, and production health
• Lead platform consolidation and modernization into reusable services, APIs, and common engineering patterns
• Establish engineering standards for CI/CD, code review, automated testing, security scanning, release readiness, rollback, observability, and incident learning
• Drive measurable improvement in deployment frequency, lead time, defect escape rate, change failure rate, incident trends, and delivery predictability
• Ensure enterprise architecture standards and AI directives are adopted across products and squads
• Partner with Product, Infrastructure, DevOps, Database, Security, AI, PMO, Operations, QA COE, and Support to align enterprise initiatives with delivery execution
• Oversee Daily Management, KPI reviews, release readiness, production health reviews, and PSR execution across Business Units
• Drive AI-enabled engineering capabilities that improve developer productivity, test automation, defect reduction, documentation, incident analysis, and operational insight
• Establish responsible AI usage standards that balance productivity with security, compliance, maintainability, and quality
• Represent Software Delivery in executive customer, partner, and stakeholder discussions
• Build and coach high-performing delivery leadership teams, including BU leaders, Domain Software Managers, and Tech Leads
• Oversee CapEx and OpEx alignment, resource planning, and platform/tooling investments tied to delivery velocity and stability

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of software engineering leadership experience, including 7+ years leading multiple teams or Business Units
• Proven success leading platform transformation, modernization, consolidation, and governance across legacy and modern systems
• Experience implementing scalable engineering governance models, Agile/Lean delivery practices, and measurable flow and quality improvements
• Demonstrated experience deploying AI-enabled engineering practices, developer productivity tooling, or intelligent automation within software delivery organizations
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and organizational leadership capability
• Experience across enterprise software delivery, platform ecosystems, APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, observability, and reliability engineering
• Ability to evaluate platform strategy, delivery tradeoffs, architectural direction, modernization paths, AI-enabled engineering practices, and operational risk
• Familiarity with SaaS or large-scale digital platforms, internal developer platforms, distributed systems, and legacy modernization