Vice President of Software Engineering

Career Movement; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Movement in Glendale area is seeking a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just in the org chart. The role is hands-on and focuses on engineering culture, architecture, and product decisions.

The candidate should have 12+ years in technology leadership, a track record of growing teams through scaling, and comfort owning budgets across engineering, product, and design. Bonus for AI-driven workflows.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology leadership (including senior engineering executive roles).
• Track record of growing a team through a scaling phase, not inheriting one.
• Ability to own budgets across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team.
• Hands-on habits; able to discuss architecture and product tradeoffs without deferring to a report.
• Bonus if you've used AI-assisted engineering workflows in daily practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape the engineering org in alignment with product strategy.
• Stay close to architecture and product decisions while scaling the team beyond 50 engineers.
• Own cross-functional budget and drive engineering culture from the ground floor.

Skills

Technology leadership

Hands-on leadership

Architectural decisions

Product tradeoffs

AI workflows

Job description

A fast-growing, well-capitalized vertical SaaS company in the Glendale area is looking for a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just in the org chart.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has personally scaled an engineering team from a smaller base past 50 people, while staying close to architecture and product decisions day to day. The product is a UI-heavy application used daily by real customers in a large, traditionally underserved industry, and the team is still early enough that you'd help build the engineering culture from close to the ground floor.

What we're looking for:

• 12 or more years in technology leadership, including several years in a senior engineering executive role.
• A track record of growing a team through a real scaling phase, not inheriting one already built.
• Comfort owning a budget across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team in isolation.
• Genuine hands-on habits, you can still speak fluently to architecture and product tradeoffs without deferring to a report.
• Bonus if you've used AI-assisted engineering workflows heavily in your own daily work.

If this sounds like you, we would love to talk.