Vice President of Engineering

Mondo; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mondo is seeking a VP of Engineering to drive technical strategy across the company. This executive role demands leadership of a high-performing engineering team while ensuring robust architecture and infrastructure decisions that scale to millions of users.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in scaling engineering teams and infrastructure.
• Proven track record in shipping secure production-grade software.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute the strategic vision for engineering.
• Lead a growing engineering team, overseeing technical decisions.

Skills

Technical strategy

Leadership

Communication

Infrastructure knowledge

Protocol design

Education

10+ years engineering experience

5+ years leadership experience

Job description

This range is provided by Mondo. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$250,000.00/yr - $300,000.00/yr

Role Overview

The VP of Engineering will own the technical strategy and execution across the company. You’ll be responsible for leading and growing a high-performing engineering organization, shaping architecture and infrastructure decisions, and scaling our platform to support millions of users. You’ll bring deep experience in protocol design, security, infrastructure, and open-source development, and lead by example with clear, empathetic communication and technical excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and execute the strategic vision for engineering across infrastructure, product, and open-source protocol development.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a world-class engineering team from early-stage to 50+ engineers.
• Oversee both low-level protocol development and consumer-facing application execution.
• Drive architecture and technical decisions, balancing scalability, security, and product agility.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering processes, culture, and team dynamics.
• Champion open-source principles, driving collaboration and transparency both internally and with the developer community.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and leadership to align engineering efforts with business goals.
• Ensure high-quality execution in complex, secure, and distributed environments.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in leadership roles managing teams of 20+ engineers.
• Demonstrated experience scaling an engineering organization through periods of rapid growth.
• Proven success shipping production-grade software in high-security or infrastructure-heavy environments.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, system architecture, and protocol design.
• Experience in developer tools, infrastructure platforms, or messaging technologies (e.g., Cloudflare, GitHub, Signal, WhatsApp, Vercel).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and align large, cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable navigating open-source collaboration dynamics, with a high degree of transparency and community engagement.
• High emotional intelligence with a leadership style rooted in mentorship, accountability, and clear communication.

Nice to Have

• Experience with secure messaging, cryptography, or open-source protocol development.
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or developer tooling projects.
• Background as a founder or early-stage technical leader in a high-growth startup.
• Familiarity with technologies such as React Native, Swift, Kotlin, Go, or Rust.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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