VP of Engineering

KLEES; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KLEES is seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to guide growth from a small team to 25+ engineers across mobile, web, and API platforms. You will set technical direction, build leadership capacity, and partner with product and executives to translate strategy into reliable delivery.

You will recruit and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs, establish code review and on-call practices, own the tech roadmap, and coordinate with security and compliance to meet SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001

Qualifications

• 10+ years engineering experience with leadership of distributed teams.
• Experience shipping a SaaS product with >$5M ARR.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, Node.js; mobile with React Native.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor, and retain engineering managers and senior ICs.
• Establish engineering principles for code review and on-call support.
• Own the technical roadmap and translate priorities into delivery plans.
• Collaborate with security/compliance for SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.

Skills

Engineering leadership

SaaS product development

Distributed teams

TypeScript/React/Node.js

React Native mobile development

Security & compliance

Hiring across time zones

High availability

Job description

Role overview

Lead engineering as the organization grows from a small team to more than 25 people across mobile, web, and API development. Set technical direction, build leadership capacity, and work with product and executive partners to turn strategy into reliable delivery.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor, and retain engineering managers and senior individual contributors.
• Establish engineering principles and practices for code review and on-call support.
• Own the technical roadmap and break product priorities into delivery plans.
• Work with security and compliance partners on SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 efforts.
• Represent engineering in board and investor discussions.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of engineering experience, including 5 or more years leading distributed teams of 15 or more.
• Experience building and shipping a SaaS product at more than $5M in annual recurring revenue.
• Strong familiarity with TypeScript, React, Node.js, and mobile development with React Native.
• Experience hiring senior engineers across multiple time zones.
• A record of maintaining 99.9% or higher service availability for a customer-facing product.

Nice to have

• Background in field service or construction technology.
• English and Spanish fluency.
• Experience with multi-tenant data isolation, GDPR, or SOC 2.