VP, Engineering

Bubble; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered lunches

Happy hours

Job summary

A leading tech company in New York is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead their growing team and drive AI innovations. Responsibilities include architectural decisions, talent management, and maintaining high engineering standards. Preferred candidates will have prior leadership experience in a venture-backed startup and the technical skills necessary to navigate complex products. Competitive compensation ranging from $250,000 to $330,000 annually will be offered.

Qualifications

• Prior VP Engineering or CTO experience at a venture-backed startup.
• Experience scaling through growth phases (100–500 person companies a plus).
• Track record of modernizing legacy systems.
• Deep experience with complex technical products.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Co-CEO to define and drive architectural decisions.
• Lead efforts to evolve the Bubble language for AI-generated apps.
• Drive talent acquisition and retention.
• Build a world-class engineering culture.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Aptitude

Growth Management

Collaboration

Engineering Culture

Job description

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We built Bubble with a clear mission in mind: to empower everyone to create software. We believe anyone with an idea should be able to build it, so we’re making software creation accessible to everyone. Our AI visual development platform enables anyone, whether they’re first-time entrepreneurs or enterprise teams, to take an idea from prompt to fully-functional, scalable reality across web, iOS, and Android — all on one platform, all without writing or managing a single line of code.

As the only full-stack, cross-device no-code platform on the market with over 5 million users in over 100 countries, Bubble is breaking down the barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation across the globe.

What We’ve Achieved

Our product is working, and we are thriving. Entire VC-backed companies have been built entirely on Bubble. After finding product market fit and 8 years of bootstrapping, we raised a $100 million Series A and we’re one of the fastest-growing companies in the New York tech ecosystem.

You can build just about anything on Bubble - and our community is living proof. More than just launching products, people are turning their ideas into real businesses. Mailead grew a $10k investment in a Bubble product into a $2M valuation, while Faceless.video went from 0 to $1M+ ARR in less than a year, among many other examples.

About The Engineering Team

The Engineering team at Bubble is responsible for building the infrastructure, features, and systems that make our platform powerful, stable, and scalable, as well as keeping us on the cutting edge of AI software development. Bubble’s 70+ engineers work across key areas including AI, Platform, and Product Development. Our engineers work closely with Product, Design, and Success, to rapidly deliver improvements and build for impact.

About The Role

As VP of Engineering at Bubble, you’ll report to the Co-CEO, partnering closely with our VP of Product to define and deliver on our ambitious roadmap. You’ll lead our Engineering team through a period of rapid growth, AI-driven innovation, and deep product investment - while upholding high standards for quality, performance, and reliability. As Bubble enters a pivotal phase of growth, you’ll help define and deliver our roadmap, serve on the Leadership Team, and represent Bubble as an executive.

In This Role, You'll

• Partner with our founders to define and drive Bubble’s architectural decisions, long-term engineering strategy, and technical roadmap.
• Lead efforts to evolve the Bubble language as the default output for AI-generated apps and launch our own “vibe no-coding” features. You'll also scale our hosting platform, improve the performance of user-built applications, and enhance the UX, reliability, and speed of our cloud-hosted visual editor.
• Drive talent acquisition and retention in close collaboration with our People team.
• Build a world-class engineering culture that prizes innovation, quality, and velocity.
• Balance customer needs, compliance requirements, and business objectives.
• Collaborate across departments, working with product, marketing and success.
  
  
  

About You

• Prior VP Engineering or CTO experience at a venture-backed startup, with strong tenure
• Experience scaling through growth phases (100–500 person companies a plus)
• Proven track record of modernizing legacy systems and evolving technical architecture
• Deep experience with complex technical products—especially platforms, IDEs, or developer tools
• Operated in companies with strong engineering cultures (e.g., open-source contributions, active tech blogs, cutting-edge projects)
• Technical aptitude to manage tradeoffs, lead through ambiguity, and learn fast
• High-velocity, execution-oriented leadership style with a commitment to quality
• NYC-based or willing to relocate, with the ability to contribute to our office culture and in-person collaboration
  
  
  

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation aligned to tier one markets. Our estimated salary for this role at Bubble ranges from $250,000 - $330,000. Actual pay is determined by multiple factors such as skills, qualifications, experience and market demand.

We prefer hiring people within commuting distance of our NYC office because we value getting together in person regularly. For those who enjoy working from our Manhattan office on a more regular basis, we offer catered lunches, and happy hours, among other fun perks.

Join us!

Let’s democratize access to technology together! If this sounds like you, apply! If you don’t meet all of the qualifications but think you could be a match, we’d still love the chance to review your application. At Bubble, we encourage people from all ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Bubble does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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