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A Vice President of Engineering is responsible for providing leadership in planning, establishing and directing all aspects of the company's engineering policies, objectives and initiatives based on product and profitability goals. Responsible for supplying and maintaining adequate resources for Engineering functions in the pursuit of the company's strategic goals and operational plans.
$243,582 / year median in California
+5% projected growth
Job Description
A fast-growing, well-capitalized vertical SaaS company in the Glendale area is looking for a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just in the org chart. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has personally scaled an engineering team from a smaller base past 50 people, while staying close to architecture and product decisions day to day. The product is a UI-heavy application used daily by real customers in a large, traditionally underserved industry, and the team is still early enough that you'd help build the engineering culture from close to the ground floor. What we're looking for: 12 or more years in technology leadership, including several years in a senior engineering executive role. A track record of growing a team through a real scaling phase, not inheriting one already built. Comfort owning a budget across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team in isolation. Genuine hands-on habits, you can still speak fluently to architecture and product tradeoffs without deferring to a report. Bonus if you've used AI-assisted engineering workflows heavily in your own daily work. If this sounds like you, we would love to talk.