VP of Engineering

Egreenservices; Newark (DE); Remote; USD 245,000 - 378,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, vision benefits

Generous paid time off

Mentorship from day one

Job summary

Social Change Institute is seeking a VP of Engineering for a remote role based near Newark, DE. The candidate will own technical direction, drive robust design reviews, and mentor a fast-moving engineering team. The position offers a compelling salary range, comprehensive benefits, and clear growth paths.

You will lead architectural decisions, modernize REST services, and promote best practices in testing, security, and observability while maintaining strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of standing behind your own estimates.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across channels.
• Strong hands-on capability with modern tech and problem solving.
• Familiar with Accountability and Redis side projects.
• Proven ability to explain complex topics clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for VP technology initiatives.
• Decode the undocumented REST API service nobody at Social Change Institute remembers writing.
• Automate the manual Scrum chores that quietly drain Newark, DE engineering hours.
• Hand off Accountability runbooks so the next on-call at Social Change Institute sleeps better.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Stress-test Ruby on Rails systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked.
• Untangle the REST API dependency knots that have slowed Newark releases for months.
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability.

Skills

Cypress

Growth mindset

Hands-on experience

Redis projects

12+ years experience

Communication

Simplicity

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Job description

If you've ever rewritten a function three times because the second version still bothered you, our VP of Engineering opening in Newark, DE will feel like home. This remote VP of Engineering role offers a $245,000 - $378,000 salary, real ownership over your work, and a clear path to grow alongside a team that ships.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design reviews for vp technology initiatives
• Decode the undocumented REST API service nobody at Social Change Institute remembers writing
• Automate the manual Scrum chores that quietly drain Newark, DE engineering hours
• Hand off Accountability runbooks so the next on-call at Social Change Institute sleeps better
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Stress-test Ruby on Rails systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
• Untangle the REST API dependency knots that have slowed Newark releases for months
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability

What You'll Bring

• Vp mastery of Cypress, validated by people who'd hire you again
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
• Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions
• Hands-on familiarity with Accountability, sharpened by Redis side projects
• At least 12 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Demonstrated knack for making the unpretentious feel manageable

Long before technology was fashionable, Social Change Institute was already solving it for businesses scattered across DE. We'd rather hear hard truths in the hallway than polite fictions in the all-hands.

Expect $245,000 - $378,000 plus full medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid time off, and real mentorship from day one.