Freelance VP of Engineering — Scale Django & Cloud

Egreenservices; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 424,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Freedom to grow Linux

Job summary

Strategic Solutions Corp seeks a VP of Engineering to own a seasoned Django-based platform from Alexandria, VA. The role emphasizes leading transformation, optimizing performance, and controlling cloud costs while guiding a team through a complex migration.

The position targets a senior candidate with demonstrated freelance experience and strong communication skills, ready to operate in a dynamic Alexandria environment while mentoring engineers and aligning strategy with execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• Experience with the Django stack in production environments.
• Familiarity with freelance/contract work and Alexandria, VA operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Pull Strategic Solutions Corp's Django stack out of the VA region before migration deadline.
• Resurrect flaky gRPC tests to restore trust in the Alexandria, VA suite.
• Bridge Linux and gRPC to enable platform communication.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments using Java and Selenium.
• Tune Django queries to reduce VA database timeouts under load.
• Trim cloud spend by right-sizing Java infrastructure in Alexandria, VA.
• Question the Django pattern and propose cleaner alternatives.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the stack.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Freelance experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Strategic Solutions Corp seeks a VP of Engineering to own a seasoned Django-based platform from Alexandria, VA. The role emphasizes leading transformation, optimizing performance, and controlling cloud costs while guiding a team through a complex migration.

The position targets a senior candidate with demonstrated freelance experience and strong communication skills, ready to operate in a dynamic Alexandria environment while mentoring engineers and aligning strategy with execution.