VP of Engineering (Wealth-Tech) POST NUMBER: 462747
Role Overview
Our client partner is seeking a seasoned engineering executive to lead and grow our software engineering function as we scale our platform and expand our market reach. As VP of Software Engineering, you will oversee end-to-end engineering delivery, build high-performing teams, refine our technology roadmap, and drive the evolution of our platform architecture. You’ll partner cross-functionally with product, operations, compliance, and business leadership to ensure our technology remains robust, innovative, and aligned with strategic priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap in alignment with business objectives.
- Lead, mentor and scale a distributed engineering team (software developers, QA/automation, DevOps/SRE).
- Architect scalable, resilient, cloud-native systems (SaaS) to support growth and new product initiatives.
- Establish engineering processes, metrics, best practices, and a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with product leadership to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Partner with security, compliance, and operations stakeholders to ensure regulatory, performance, and reliability standards.
- Drive innovation: evaluate emerging technologies, lead proof-of-concepts, and incorporate appropriate tools and frameworks.
- Manage vendor/third-party relationships and technology partnerships as needed.
- Represent engineering in senior leadership forums, providing transparent metrics, risk assessments, and strategic input.
Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role (Director, VP or equivalent).
- Proven track record managing large engineering teams (20 engineers) developing SaaS or enterprise-scale platforms.
- Strong understanding of modern cloud architectures (e.g., microservices, APIs, serverless, containerization) and the trade-offs involved. AWS Preferred
- Demonstrated ability to build engineering organizations, define process/talent strategies and scale operations.
- Excellent communicator: able to engage technical teams and non-technical stakeholders alike; strong leadership presence.
- Strategic mindset with strong execution orientation — comfortable operating in a fast-paced, growth-oriented company.
- Experience in regulated industries (financial services, fintech, Wealth tech) is a MUST
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
What You’ll Bring
- A passion for building technology that matters and creating transformative impact.
- A hands-on mindset: while you’ll be in a leadership role, you should understand what it takes to deliver software excellence.
- A culture-builder: someone who fosters psychological safety, collaboration, innovation and high standards.
- The ability to think big and act pragmatically — bridging strategic vision with tactical delivery.
- Comfort with ambiguity and the willingness to lead through change and complexity.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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