VP of Engineering, Product Platform

Squarespace; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 375,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical + dental + vision benefits

Headspace mindfulness app

Job summary

Squarespace is seeking a VP of Software Engineering to lead the Product Platform organization in New York City. The role focuses on owning and consolidating platform capabilities across identity, accounts, design systems, media, APIs, and developer-facing tools.

You will grow a leadership team, define platform-as-a-product practices, and drive adoption metrics while partnering with product, design, security, and data leadership to align investments with business strategy.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering management experience leading teams and developing technical leaders.
• Deep experience in platform engineering management with internal platforms or shared services used by multiple product teams.
• Fluency in domains such as identity/auth, design systems, APIs or account experiences.
• Track record driving consolidation or modernization of fragmented systems without blocking delivery.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to discuss architecture with senior engineers while staying in the product seat.
• Executive presence to articulate platform investments to CPO, CFO and board-level audiences.
• Experience balancing internal customers, external developers, and end-user impact in one portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year product strategy for Squarespace's product platform capabilities from identity to APIs.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineering managers across platform domains.
• Define platform-as-a-product practices with adoption metrics and internal feedback loops.
• Drive consolidation of fragmented systems while sustaining delivery for product teams.
• Shape external developer experience through public APIs, docs, and extensibility as a growth surface.
• Partner with product, design, security, and data leadership on architecture and investment decisions.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Platform engineering

Identity/auth

Design systems

APIs & extensibility

Executive presence

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Squarespace is looking for a VP of Software Engineering to lead our Product Platform organization. Product Platform exists to solve the problems that cut across every product team so those teams can ship better products, faster. Your customers are internal: the product teams taking Squarespace to market. What you own is the layer underneath them, spanning identity and access, user accounts, our design system, media, communications, APIs and service frameworks, the external developer environment, and the shared AI capabilities behind our newest products.

This is a platform-as-product leadership role - your mission is to consolidate overlapping capabilities, drive adoption of shared foundations, and turn the platform into a source of velocity and product quality.

We’re looking for someone who is excited to grow a leadership team, and who has demonstrated experience operating as a close partner to infrastructure, product management and commercial teams.

This position reports to Squarespace’s President and is based in NYC (3x/week hybrid).

You’ll Get To…

• Own the multi-year product strategy for Squarespace's product platform capabilities, from identity and accounts to design systems, communications, media, and developer-facing APIs
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineering managers across multiple platform domains
• Define what "platform as a product" means in practice: adoption metrics, internal customer feedback loops, intake and prioritization mechanisms, and clear service expectations
• Drive consolidation of fragmented and overlapping systems while sustaining delivery for the product teams that depend on them
• Shape the external developer experience — public APIs, documentation, and extensibility — as a growth surface, not just an integration layer
• Partner with product, design, security, and data leadership on architecture, sequencing, and investment trade-offs
• Influence company-level product planning so platform investments are shaped with the business, not downstream of it

Who We’re Looking For

• 15+ years of engineering management experience, including leading engineering teams and developing technical leaders
• Deep experience in platform engineering management: internal platforms, developer platforms, or shared services adopted by multiple product teams — you've owned adoption as a success metric, not just delivery
• Fluency in at least some of this role's domains: identity/auth, design systems, APIs and extensibility, notifications/communications, or account experiences
• Track record of driving consolidation or modernization across fragmented systems without stalling the teams that depend on them
• Strong technical judgment; comfortable in architecture conversations with senior engineers while staying firmly in the product seat
• Executive presence: you can make platform investment legible and compelling to a CPO, CFO, and board-level audience
• Experience balancing internal customers, external developers, and end-user impact in one portfolio

Benefits & Perks

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums including medical, dental, and vision
• Supplemental Life and Disability Insurance plans
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave
• Pretax commuter benefit
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Dog-friendly workplace
• Free lunch and snacks
• Private rooftop
• Hack week twice per year

US Cash Compensation Range

Cash Compensation Range: $375,000 - $450,000 USD

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors. In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include overtime pay), Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive structure in addition to base salary.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Aveiro, Portugal. For more information about our company, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.