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VP of Engineering
First ResonanceManufacturing Execution company
Los AngelesDirector
Software Engineering
About the role
Lead engineering growth, scaling a cloud-native SaaS platform with AI/LLM workflows.
- •Lead our engineering organization through the next stage of growth, scaling ION to hundreds of factories globally.
- •Key Responsibilities Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and long-term strategy for ION.
- •Lead the adoption and evolution of cloud-native architecture: AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, Postgres/Aurora, event-driven messaging systems (Kafka, Kinesis, RabbitMQ, etc.).
- •Guide full-stack development using Python, Go, React/Next.js, and modern DevOps practices.
- •Deliver production-ready LLM/AI workflows (OpenAI SDK, Anthropic/Claude, etc.), enabling intelligence and automation in manufacturing operations.
- •Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-optimized.
- •Requirements 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years leading at the Director or VP level.
- •Proven success scaling cloud-native SaaS platforms with Kubernetes, AWS (GovCloud preferred), and event-driven systems.
- •Experience building and shipping AI/ML or LLM-driven workflows into production.
- •Hands-on experience with full-stack development (Python, Go, React/Next.js).
Tech stack
AWSKubernetesPostgreSQLRabbitMQPythonGoReactNext.jsDockerOpenAI APIAnthropic API
Match insights
Tech:AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Python
Level:Director