Vice President of Engineering

Persimmony; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative firm dedicated to modernizing America's social safety net through technology. As a seasoned engineering leader, you will shape the vision and roadmap for a high-performance engineering team, driving pragmatic architecture and delivery while ensuring quality and compliance. Your role involves collaborating across functions to enhance product development and impact lives positively. With a focus on real-world solutions, this is an opportunity to make a significant difference in the community while working in a dynamic, supportive environment.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Flexible PTO

Meaningful equity

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Expertise in .NET and Azure with a strong focus on delivery and quality.
• Ability to balance scope, quality, and delivery under constraints.

Responsibilities

• Set vision and roadmap for engineering aligned with company goals.
• Scale the team by hiring and coaching high-caliber engineers.
• Establish modern SDLC practices and own delivery metrics.

Skills

.NET (Core/6/7)

Azure

DevOps practices

Executive presence

Team leadership

Architecture decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Automated Testing

Job description

Persimmony is rebuilding the software that powers America’s social safety net. Our platform helps government health and human services agencies manage care, collect data, and support millions of people who rely on public programs. We are a profitable, established company, with 20-years of experience in our market, but we don’t run like a big corporate. Now we need a seasoned engineering leader who can scale people, product, and process without losing sight of the real-world trade-offs that keep software shipping.

The Role

You’ll own engineering end-to-end—strategy, delivery, quality, and culture—while sitting at the executive table to shape overall company direction. Today that’s a handful of in-house engineers outsourced talent; tomorrow it’s the high-performance org you design. You’ll partner with Product on roadmap, champion pragmatic architecture decisions (.NET 7, Azure, React, FHIR), and keep teams moving from whiteboard to production on a predictable cadence.

What You’ll Do

• Set the vision & roadmap for engineering that aligns with company OKRs and supports multiple products (green-field & legacy).
• Drive pragmatic architecture—bite-sized, testable, cost-aware; no endless refactors and no PhD in perfect code, just the right solution at the right time.
• Scale the team—hire, coach, and retain high-caliber engineers and managers; build career ladders and a feedback-rich culture.
• Establish modern SDLC (CI/CD, trunk-based, IaC, automated QA) that balances compliance with speed.
• Own delivery metrics—measure velocity, remove blockers, and ensure every release meets reliability and security targets.
• Act as an executive partner—translate market realities into actionable technical plans, influence budgeting, and present to the board.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Customer Success to tighten hand-offs and shorten idea-to-impact cycles.

Your Toolkit

Must-Have:

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading teams of 10 or more
• Deep expertise in .NET (Core/6/7) and Azure; comfortable reviewing PRs and guiding architecture
• Proven ability to ship complex products under real-world constraints—balancing scope, quality, and delivery
• Fluent in modern DevOps practices: CI/CD, trunk-based development, infrastructure as code, automated testing, observability
• Executive presence—able to communicate technical trade-offs in business terms and contribute meaningfully to company strategy
• The ability to code one day, work with the leadership team the next, and train young engineer in between

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience in GovTech, HealthTech, or other regulated domains
• Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, or similar data standards
• Competitive salary + meaningful equity
• Full medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match
• Flexible PTO (take what you need, recharge often)
• A mission you’ll be proud to tell your friends about

Why Join Us?

This is your chance to build software that has real-world positive impact in people’s lives. We’re modernizing legacy tools that government workers rely on every day — and we need developers who want to make that experience faster, simpler, and better. You’ll join a high-trust, execution-focused team with big ambitions and meaningful problems to solve.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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