VP of Engineering

SmartTech Solutions; Federal Way (WA); On-site; USD 268,000 - 416,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Growth track

Mentor

Job summary

SmartTech Solutions seeks a Vice President of Engineering in Federal Way, WA, to lead a fast-moving, reliability-focused tech organization. The role requires deep experience with CI/CD, Agile practices, and cross-team collaboration to deliver impact at scale.

You will shape architecture, mentor leaders, and align stakeholders while managing on-call rotations and incident reviews. A track record of 13+ years and market awareness is essential.

Qualifications

• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• Familiarity with SmartTech Solutions-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them.
• Familiarity with the Federal Way market and local technology landscape.
• 13+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts.
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet.
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Federal Way, WA deadlines bring.

Responsibilities

• Keep GitLab CI schemas backward-compatible so SmartTech Solutions never forces a breaking upgrade.
• Trace an experiment-friendly technology bug across three Agile services to the one bad line.
• Watch Selenium error budgets and pump the brakes before Federal Way, WA burns through them.
• Stitch Agile events into the Innovation pipeline feeding SmartTech Solutions's technology reports.
• Translate a napkin idea from SmartTech Solutions founders into a Selenium sharp-but-gentle prototype.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Map data flow across SmartTech Solutions's Agile services and spot the leaks.

Skills

Judgment

Leadership

Market familiarity

Experience (13+ years)

Diplomacy

Pressure resilience

Job description

We ship fast and break very little, and we want a VP of Engineering who shares that obsession with Ruby on Rails. Trade your Innovation and 13 years for $268,000 - $416,000 at SmartTech Solutions, and the growth that follows is yours to build.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep GitLab CI schemas backward-compatible so SmartTech Solutions never forces a breaking upgrade
• Trace an experiment-friendly technology bug across three Agile services to the one bad line
• Watch Selenium error budgets and pump the brakes before Federal Way, WA burns through them
• Stitch Agile events into the Innovation pipeline feeding SmartTech Solutions's technology reports
• Translate a napkin idea from SmartTech Solutions founders into a Selenium sharp-but-gentle prototype
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems
• Map data flow across SmartTech Solutions's Agile services and spot the leaks

What You'll Bring

• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• Familiarity with SmartTech Solutions-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Familiarity with the Federal Way market and local technology landscape
• 13+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Federal Way, WA deadlines bring

SmartTech Solutions is where curious, ego-light people come to build the future of technology. Respect for your craft and your life outside it sits at the core of how SmartTech Solutions operates.

Lead with the number, $268,000 - $416,000, then add a growth track, a mentor, full benefits, and hours that bend toward your Federal Way life.

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