VicePresident,Platform Engineering

hp; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 280,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies

Parental leave

Job summary

HP in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Vice President of Platform Engineering to lead developer experience, data/AI, security, infrastructure, and reliability across HP's software stacks. This executive role partners with C-suite to drive a platform-first, scalable, AI-enabled product ecosystem.

You will build and mentor a diverse, global team of engineering leaders, establish SLAs, and deliver measurable value through engineering excellence, efficiency, and rapid execution for millions of users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science/engineering; PhD preferred.
• 15+ years of engineering leadership, including 8+ years in senior people management.
• Experience leading VP-level engineering teams in a tech company.
• Track record delivering value through platform engineering, AI, and cloud-native systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing platform engineering organization.
• Oversee DevEx, data/AI, security, infrastructure, and reliability functions.
• Partner with executives to drive a platform-first, scalable software stack.
• Define SLAs and drive organizational culture of accountability and excellence.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architecture

AI/native software development life‑cy

Executive leadership

Strategic technology vision

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master in CS/Engineering

PhD preferred

Tools

Cloud platforms

Security by design

Job description

VicePresident,Platform Engineering

Description

HP is a technology company founded on the belief that companies should do more thansimply generateprofit. Having helped shape Silicon Valley decades ago, HP continues to invest deeply in innovation across its broad product portfolio to advance how people live and work. We envision a world where technology improves lives everywhere. At HP, great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time—and one idea can change the world. Today, HP is among the world’s most sustainable, just, and inclusive technology companies.

TheCTO, Softwareorganization atHPis a global team of thousands of engineers and leaders shaping the future of how software and platform technologies power HP’s product portfolio. The organizationis responsible forthe vision, strategy, architecture, engineering, and operations of the software and platform technology stacks behind HP’s products. These include modern, AI-native, end-to-end platforms spanning developer experience, data and AI, security, infrastructure, reliability, as well as software stacks for customer-facing HP applicationsand on-devicesystems. Our mission is to deliver magical, AI-enabled experiences to tens of millions of customers worldwide. Beyond powering today’s products, the organization also helps define and shape HP’s next era of growth through technology innovation and active engagement across the software and AI ecosystems.

TheVice President, Platform Engineeringrole oversees the platform technology stacks that support HP products. Thescopeincludes thedeveloper experience (DevEx), data and AI, security, infrastructure, and reliability. This executive position is critical to advancing HP’s software-led business transformation and growth by driving platformengineering excellence and enabling new efficienciesandoperatingmodels.

This role reports to the Chief Technology Officer, Software at HP. This leader will serve as a trusted partner to C-level executives and stakeholders across product and technology, with the opportunity to deliver sustained, company-wide impact at HP—a global technology leader and long-standing Fortune 100 company with more than 28,000 patents, over$55 billionin annual revenue, and 58,000 employees worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, fostering a culture of accountability, technology and architecture excellence, and a customer-first mindset across the organization.

• Attract, build, lead, and develop a high-performing team oftechnology leaderswithdiverseexpertise, perspectives, and backgrounds.

• Leadthe developer experiencefunction,responsible for maximizing AI-enabled developer productivity, efficiency, and satisfaction by reducing friction across the software development lifecycle for thousands of developers building HP products’ software and platform technology stacks.

• Lead the security function,responsible for making secure software delivery the default path, with security embedded into application software, platforms, pipelines, and engineering workflows.

• Lead the data and AI function, responsible for developing and executing a new vision for delivering trusted data, AI, and ML capabilities that software, platform, and product teams can use safely and repeatedly.

• Lead the infrastructurefunction,responsible for delivering scalable, cost-efficient, secure-by-default infrastructure primitives for all software and platform engineering teams.

• Lead the reliability function, responsible for defining and leading the reliability strategy and execution for the shared platform services that powerHP’sproducts and digital experiences.

• Partner closely with stakeholders to implement and exemplify a true platform engineering producer-consumer model supported by well-defined, aligned service-levelobjectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’sdegree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; a Ph.D. is preferred.

• Current or priorengineeringexperienceoperatingat the VP level within an establishedtechnologycompany.

• 15+ years of relevant experience in engineering functions, including 8+ years in senior people management roles, and preferably 4+ years oftechnology /software engineering leadership experience managing global teams, serving multiple internal customer organizations, and delivering capabilities used by millions of users or supporting $100M+ businesses.

• Demonstrable accomplishments inorganizational development efficiencies and buildinga high-performing team of talentedsoftwareengineers andleaderswith diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.

• Demonstrated success in delivering significant, measurable business value through engineering excellence, efficiency, and execution-speed improvements.

• Deep technicalexpertiseand experience in distributed systems, modern cloud-native software architecture, and modern AI-native software development lifecycle practices.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and the demonstrable ability to develop and deliver persuasive, senior-executive-level content.

• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build deep, trusted cross-organizational relationships.

Impact & Scope

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

The pay range for this role is$280,000 - $350,000annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

This position can be located in Palo Alto, CA; Vancouver, WA; or Spring, TX.

Benefits

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Long term/short term disability insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Flexible spending account

• Life insurance

• Generous time off policies, including;

• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

• 11 paid holidays

• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

Job

Software

Schedule

Full time

Shift

No shift premium (United States of America)

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