VP, Software Engineering
GuildWorkforce Development company
United States$300,000 - $355,950Director
Bessemer Venture Partners
General Catalyst
Felicis Ventures
Redpoint Ventures
Iconiq Capital
Oprah Winfrey
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead product, platform, and foundational engineering teams, driving strategy and outcomes.
- •Guild is hiring a VP of Engineering to lead product, platform, and foundational engineering teams.
- •This role owns planning, building, and shipping, balancing reliable delivery with business growth.
- •The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader comfortable with ambiguity and focused on driving clear outcomes.
- •Key Responsibilities Set technical and organizational direction across engineering domains, translating business strategy into a roadmap.
- •Own planning and shipping processes, improving predictability and throughput.
- •Balance shipping reliable software with growth initiatives and tech debt management.
- •Lead internal platform and foundational engineering (DevOps, shared services, CI/CD).
- •Develop leaders and talent, coaching Directors and Engineering Managers.
- •Requirements Proven ability to lead a multi-team engineering organization at the VP level.
- •Demonstrated people-leadership as a manager of managers.
- •Comfort operating in ambiguity and driving to outcomes.
- •Deep technical credibility and judgment to balance systems with growth bets.
- •Strong cross-functional partnership skills.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementAWSKubernetesCI/CDMicroservicesProduct Management
Nice-to-have skills
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGraphQLNode.jsPostgreSQLDockerTerraformAgileScrum
Benefits & perks
Health insurance, 401k, Vacation policy, Sick leave, Parental leave, Life insurance, Fertility and caregiving benefits, Wellness benefits, Mental health resources, Financial wellbeing support, Education benefits, Tuition assistance
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDutyNginxHAProxyReactVue.jsAngularNext.jsSvelteHTML
