VP of Engineering, Product Platform

Webhosting; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 375,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Stock options

Retirement matching

Parental leave

Hybrid work model

Free lunch

Job summary

Squarespace is seeking a VP of Software Engineering to lead the Product Platform organization. You will own identity and accounts, design system, media, APIs, and developer-facing tools, driving platform-as-product strategies to accelerate product teams.

This NYC-based role offers a 3x/week hybrid schedule, a leadership mandate to grow managers, cross-team collaboration with product, security, and data, and a generous cash compensation range of $375,000 to $450,000 plus stock options.

Job description

Job Description

VP of Engineering, Product Platform

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
• 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
• 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.