VP of Engineering — AI On-Prem, Scale & Lead

Recruitly Talent Partners; Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas (TX, TX, TX); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Unlimited PTO

9 paid holidays

401k match

Medical coverage

Job summary

Recruitly Talent Partners seeks a VP of Engineering to lead an AI-native startup’s engineering team. You will partner with the executive team to set strategy, drive production deployments, and manage on-prem solutions in collaboration with product and marketing teams.

You will hire and mentor engineers, translate roadmaps into shipped software, and balance speed with quality while maintaining security and observability in customer environments. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years at an early-stage company.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Eng, or related field.
• Proven experience shipping enterprise or B2B software, ideally with security or on-prem constraints.
• Experience growing a team through promotions or adding headcount.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, learning, and delivery.
• Lead hiring, set expectations, and establish measurable goals for the team.
• Translate roadmap into shipped software, run sprint planning and prioritization, balance speed and quality.
• Define product strategy and what needs to be accomplished before launch.
• Partner with product, marketing, and other teams; communicate product status and trade-offs.
• Oversee architecture with the interim-CTO and stack (TypeScript, Python, Rust) for on-prem deployment.
• Translate design partner needs into engineering priorities and report progress to founders.
• Ensure reliable, secure, observable on-prem deployments in customer environments.
• Establish hiring, code review, AI-assisted development practices, and release habits.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Cross-functional

People management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Tools

AWS

Azure

TypeScript

Python

Rust

Job description

Recruitly Talent Partners seeks a VP of Engineering to lead an AI-native startup’s engineering team. You will partner with the executive team to set strategy, drive production deployments, and manage on-prem solutions in collaboration with product and marketing teams.

You will hire and mentor engineers, translate roadmaps into shipped software, and balance speed with quality while maintaining security and observability in customer environments. Strong leadership and communication are essential.