VP of Engineering

Retail Advantage Group; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 196,000 - 281,000; Part time

Job summary

Retail Advantage Group seeks a freelance VP of Engineering to own and shape technical direction in Cleveland, OH. You will close gaps in legacy Angular modules, connect CI/CD with Redis, and lead a strategic migration that retires the old stack.

You will guide a pragmatic, deadline-driven team with deep Python work and Selenium sharpening, mentoring while ensuring Ohio accounts are won back and platform reliability is tight.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of leadership experience with strong instincts.
• Experience migrating legacy stacks and guiding mid-size teams.
• Strong judgment on when to scale and when to absorb.
• Ability to present to an OH-wide audience without a script.
• Experience with Angular, CI/CD, Redis, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Reach into legacy Angular modules and improve them.
• Bridge CI/CD and Redis so platform components talk.
• Lead the Critical Thinking migration to retire legacy stack.
• Build Angular features to win back OH accounts.
• Tune caching for Cleveland launch spikes.
• Monitor Angular error budgets to protect Cleveland systems.

Skills

Time management

Bias toward action

Interpersonal skills

Public speaking

Leadership 14+ years

Scaling judgment

Tools

Angular

CI/CD

Redis

Selenium

Python

Job description

Retail Advantage Group keeps a small, opinionated engineering team in Cleveland, and the next opinion we need belongs to a VP of Engineering. Lay it bare: freelance VP of Engineering, $196,000 - $281,000, 12 years of Critical Thinking, and a seat where Retail Advantage Group decisions get shaped.

Key Responsibilities

• Reach into legacy Angular modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
• Bridge CI/CD and Redis so the two halves of Retail Advantage Group's platform finally talk
• Lead the Critical Thinking migration that finally retires Retail Advantage Group's deeply technical legacy stack
• Build the nimble Angular feature that wins back the OH accounts Retail Advantage Group lost
• Tune Creativity caching so Retail Advantage Group survives the Cleveland launch spike on the same hardware
• Watch Angular error budgets and pump the brakes before Cleveland, OH burns through them

What You'll Bring

• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills
• Comfort presenting to an OH-wide audience without a script
• 14+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illnesses
• Experience thriving in a plainspoken, deadline-driven setting like Retail Advantage Group
• Vp-caliber judgment about when to scale and when to absorb

Retail Advantage Group partners with organizations across Cleveland, OH to bring candor-rich thinking to everyday technology challenges. We keep the Cleveland, OH office quiet on Wednesdays so deep Python work actually gets a fighting chance.

We pair $196,000 - $281,000 with a seasoned mentor, so your Selenium sharpens fast while the benefits quietly take care of everything else.

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