Remote VP of Software Engineering & AI Platforms

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remoto; USD 210.000 - 320.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Magna Legal Services seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the teams building and operating our software platforms across legal-services products. The role translates business priorities into disciplined engineering plans, drives delivery excellence, and scales an organization across multiple products and shared capabilities.

This is a remote US position with occasional travel to the Philadelphia area.

Qualificações

• 12+ years of progressive software-engineering experience, including 5+ years leading multiple teams or product areas.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high performing software engineering organizations, including managing managers.
• Track record of delivering complex, business-critical software while improving execution discipline, quality, and predictability.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, APIs, cloud platforms, distributed systems, CI/CD, observability, security, and production operations.
• Experience modernizing legacy systems incrementally while continuing to meet active business and customer commitments.
• Ability to lead effectively across a varied technology portfolio. Magna's core platforms are built primarily on Microsoft technologies (C#, .NET, Azure); working knowledge of this stack and of modern web, cloud, and data technologies is expected.
• Strong organizational judgment, including the ability to make sound decisions about team design, capacity, prioritization, and technical investment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical, operational, and commercial audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior architects and principal-level technical experts while maintaining clear decision rights and accountability.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Responsabilidades

• Lead Magna's software engineering organization across multiple products and lines of business.
• Develop and coach engineering managers, senior technical leaders, and individual contributors, establishing clear accountability and high performance at every level.
• Own workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, career development, the engineering budget, and vendor and contractor relationships for software engineering.
• Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and direct, respectful communication.
• Translate company, product, and business-line priorities into clear engineering roadmaps, staffing plans, and execution commitments.
• Establish a consistent operating cadence for planning, prioritization, estimation, delivery, release management, and executive reporting.
• Improve the predictability, speed, and transparency of software delivery while maintaining appropriate quality and risk controls.
• Define and monitor meaningful engineering measures related to delivery, quality, reliability, security, and team health.

Conhecimentos

Leadership

Strategy

Software architecture

Azure / .NET

Cloud platforms

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Security & compliance

Decision making

Formação

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Ferramentas

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Descrição da vaga

Magna Legal Services seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the teams building and operating our software platforms across legal-services products. The role translates business priorities into disciplined engineering plans, drives delivery excellence, and scales an organization across multiple products and shared capabilities.

This is a remote US position with occasional travel to the Philadelphia area.