Part-Time VP of Engineering — Uptime, Strategy & Delivery

DE Shaw; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 244,000 - 342,000; Part time

Job summary

DE Shaw in Camden, NJ seeks a VP of Engineering to inherit and evolve a solid codebase with room to run. The role targets a 12+ year veteran who can lead stakeholders, ensure audit readiness, and drive part-time projects with a bias for action while maintaining trust and discretion.

The ideal candidate will mentor teams, tighten authentication in C#, and defend uptime across critical Camden infrastructure, delivering crisp, testable GitHub Actions criteria.

Qualifications

• 12+ years navigating technology politics
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Comfort with accountability in a part-time role
• Tinker-friendly bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait

Responsibilities

• Walk technology stakeholders through collaboration tradeoffs in language executives grasp
• Harden C# authentication to ensure NJ audit readiness
• Spot and address C# anti-patterns before they spread
• Defend system uptime for critical Camden operations
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver part-time projects
• Translate vague tech tickets into crisp, testable GitHub Actions criteria

Skills

Technology leadership

C# expertise

Stakeholder management

Audit readiness

Part-time leadership

Tools

GitHub Actions

C#

Job description

DE Shaw in Camden, NJ seeks a VP of Engineering to inherit and evolve a solid codebase with room to run. The role targets a 12+ year veteran who can lead stakeholders, ensure audit readiness, and drive part-time projects with a bias for action while maintaining trust and discretion.

The ideal candidate will mentor teams, tighten authentication in C#, and defend uptime across critical Camden infrastructure, delivering crisp, testable GitHub Actions criteria.