Vice-President of Software Engineering

Vectaur Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Extended health & benefits

Unlimited paid vacation

RRSP matching

Job summary

Vectaur Inc. seeks a transformative Vice-President of Software Engineering to lead a high-performing, scalable engineering org across Product Development, Ops and Technical Support.

The role blends hands-on coding discipline with strategic roadmap influence to shape the company’s technology and product directions. You'll partner with senior leaders to ship software faster, engage with customers on strategic deals, and guide cross-functional priorities while building a world-class engineering

Qualifications

• Experience scaling startups through fast growth.
• Proven ability to scale teams and processes during periods of high growth.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Software Engineering within our product development team.
• Guide and grow our teams to improve quality, development speed and confidence.
• Partner with the Product team to drive road-map planning and resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with key standards through a mature SDLC.
• Set and manage operating metrics that drive business value.
• Help scale our team with world-class talent and build functions for career growth.
• Collaborate across departments to support technical and customer success.
• Join our Senior Leadership Team and shape company strategy across the business.

Skills

Software development experience

Engineering leadership

AI for software development

Communication & collaboration

Customer engagement

Tools

React

Python

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

Position Details: Vice-President of Software Engineering

Location: Toronto, ON

Openings: 1

Salary Range:

Description:

About the Role

Description:

About the Role

This role is for a high-impact engineering leader who has been inthe trenches at fast-scaling startups — someone who has grown fromindividual contributor to leader and helped scale engineeringorganizations through multiple phases of growth. Ideally, you'vedone it more than once.

As VP of Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for buildingand maintaining a high-performing, scalable engineering organizationacross Product Development, Ops, and Technical Support. This is arole for someone who's hands-on enough to spot an issue in a pullrequest, and strategic enough to influence long-term roadmap,product vision, and cross-functional priorities.

You’ll partner closely with the Sr. Director of Product and the SVPof Design to ship great software faster, with fewer surprises.You’ll also work directly with customers and support our GTM motion,stepping in when technical insight is needed on strategic deals orcustomer challenges.

Our Ideal Candidate

• You've helped scale at least one startup through a period offast growth.
• You've grown from individual contributor to leadership, andknow what it takes to help others do the same.
• You're low ego, high respect. People seek out your input notbecause of your title, but you are good at what you do,genuinely helpful and motivating to work with.
• You're a builder at heart — pragmatic, resourceful, andrelentlessly focused on outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Software Engineering within our product development team.
• Guide and grow our teams to improve quality, development speedand confidence
• Partner with the Product team to drive road-map planning,resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with key standards through a mature SDLC
• Set and manage operating metrics (e.g. up-time, velocity,quality, cost) that drive business value
• Help scale our team with world-class talent and buildfunctions that support career growth across the team
• Collaborate across departments to support technical andcustomer success
• Join our Senior Leadership Team and help shape companystrategy across all areas of the business

What You’ll Bring

• Significant experience as a software developer, including onlarge-scale SaaS systems
• Experience with modern cloud tech stacks. Ours is: React,Python, GraphQL, Postgres, AWS
• Strong knowledge of AI solutions for software development andexperience deploying AI coding solutions at scale
• 5+ years in engineering leadership roles, with experiencemanaging managers
• Proven ability to scale teams and processes during periods of high growth
• Familiarity with building secure, compliant software in aregulated environment
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaborationskills
• Experience directly supporting customer conversations andtechnical sales

Extra Details

• Compensation: This is a full-time, permanent position with anattractive compensation package that includes a stock optionspackage.
• Benefits: This role offers an extended health and benefitspackage that includes unlimited paid vacation and RRSP matching.