VP of Engineering

Lytica Inc.; Union (NJ); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Lytica Labs seeks a VP of Engineering to scale a senior team into a durable 25+ person org. You will partner with the CEO on strategy, with the head of product on roadmap, and with every IC on hiring, cadence, quality bars, and career ladders.

This is a remote role across US/EU with executive equity and a clear path to impact. As the first VP, you’ll shape engineering culture, drive hiring across multiple tracks, and align across product and operations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering with a track record of scale and impact.
• 4+ years leading and growing teams of 15+ ICs.
• Strong ability to set and defend technical judgement with rigor.

Responsibilities

• Own hiring strategy and execution across platform, applied-AI, and front-end tracks.
• Define operating cadence: planning, shipping, review, and learn cycles.
• Establish quality bars, SLOs, incident response, and production excellence.
• Lead career development and performance management for the engineering team.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Hiring strategy

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

# VP of EngineeringScale the engineering org — people, process, and platform — from a senior-heavy squad into a durable 25+ person team.* TeamLeadership·* LocationRemote (US / EU)·* LevelExecutive·* Comp$300K – $360K + executive equityApply for this roleAsk us a question first## About the roleAs our first VP of Engineering you'll take an already senior team and grow it into a scalable org. You'll partner with the CEO on strategy, with the head of product on roadmap, and with every IC on the things that make our day-to-day work great: hiring, operating cadence, quality bars, and career ladders.## About Lytica LabsLytica Labs is building the agentic analytics layer for modern revenue, data, and operations teams. Our platform sits on top of the tools you already use — Snowflake, BigQuery, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe, Segment, Slack, Linear, Notion, and a long tail of others — and lets cross-functional teams ask complex business questions in natural language, trigger workflows from the answers, and keep every team aligned on the same source of truth.Under the hood, we run a multi-model AI stack (OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source models served via the Vercel AI SDK) orchestrated by a type-safe tool loop that reads live data through Convex and executes side effects through Inngest. The front end is a Next.js 15 App Router monorepo (React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind, Radix) deployed on Vercel; our backend uses Convex for reactive data, WorkOS for auth, Stripe for billing, Resend for transactional email, Sentry for observability, and PostHog for product analytics. Everything is typed end-to-end, everything ships behind feature flags, and everything is observable from day one.We're a small, senior-heavy team that ships quickly without cutting corners. We believe in clear writing, small PRs, durable abstractions, and treating production traffic like the honor it is. If the intersection of AI agents, real-time systems, and high-leverage analytics is the most interesting problem you can think of right now — we'd love to talk.## What you will own* Hiring strategy and execution across platform, applied-AI, and front-end tracks.* Operating cadence: how we plan, ship, review, and learn — from weekly rhythm to quarterly planning.* Quality and reliability: SLOs, incident response, paging rotations, and the production excellence program overall.* Career development and performance management for every engineer on the team.## What we are looking for* 10+ years in engineering, at least 4 of them leading and growing teams of 15+ ICs through meaningful scale.* Demonstrated ability to keep technical judgement close to the metal — you still read PRs and design docs with rigor.* A strong point of view on hiring bars, performance, and feedback in fast-moving engineering orgs.* You're energized by writing, mentoring, and representing engineering to the rest of the company.Ready to apply?Send us an email at [e-mail] with a short note on why this role is the one. A portfolio, GitHub, or writing sample is more useful than a resume. If you'd rather chat first, email [e-mail] and we'll set something up.