VP of Engineering: Architecture & Platform Lead

Advisory Partners LLC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 261,000 - 413,000; Full time

Job summary

Advisory Partners LLC in Philadelphia, PA seeks a VP of Engineering with 12+ years of Laravel experience. The role combines hands-on architecture with leadership, offering a compensation range of $261,000–$413,000 along with ownership and a collaborative team.

The position emphasizes rapid problem solving, documenting decisions, and driving architectural improvements while mentoring teams. Live and unfilled as of this moment, interested candidates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with modern Cross-Functional Collaboration workflows and tooling
• The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements

Responsibilities

• Reverse-engineer the fast-paced Python format Advisory Partners LLC inherited and never documented
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Drive the Jenkins incident postmortem that stops the Philadelphia outage from recurring
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Stress-test Kafka systems until they bend, then harden where they cracked
• Refactor the technology module Advisory Partners LLC has been afraid to touch
• Apply Initiative and Kafka to solve self-directed engineering challenges

Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Documentation discipline

Learner's pace

Leadership/Mentorship

Tools

Laravel

Job description

Advisory Partners LLC in Philadelphia, PA seeks a VP of Engineering with 12+ years of Laravel experience. The role combines hands-on architecture with leadership, offering a compensation range of $261,000–$413,000 along with ownership and a collaborative team.

The position emphasizes rapid problem solving, documenting decisions, and driving architectural improvements while mentoring teams. Live and unfilled as of this moment, interested candidates are encouraged to apply.