VP of Engineering — Rails, Reliability & Growth Leader

Smarttech Solutions; Federal Way (WA); On-site; USD 268,000 - 416,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Growth track

Mentor

Job summary

SmartTech Solutions seeks a Vice President of Engineering in Federal Way, WA, to lead a fast-moving, reliability-focused tech organization. The role requires deep experience with CI/CD, Agile practices, and cross-team collaboration to deliver impact at scale.

You will shape architecture, mentor leaders, and align stakeholders while managing on-call rotations and incident reviews. A track record of 13+ years and market awareness is essential.

Qualifications

• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time.
• Familiarity with SmartTech Solutions-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them.
• Familiarity with the Federal Way market and local technology landscape.
• 13+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts.
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet.
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Federal Way, WA deadlines bring.

Responsibilities

• Keep GitLab CI schemas backward-compatible so SmartTech Solutions never forces a breaking upgrade.
• Trace an experiment-friendly technology bug across three Agile services to the one bad line.
• Watch Selenium error budgets and pump the brakes before Federal Way, WA burns through them.
• Stitch Agile events into the Innovation pipeline feeding SmartTech Solutions's technology reports.
• Translate a napkin idea from SmartTech Solutions founders into a Selenium sharp-but-gentle prototype.
• Respond to on-call rotations and participate in incident postmortems.
• Map data flow across SmartTech Solutions's Agile services and spot the leaks.

Skills

Judgment

Leadership

Market familiarity

Experience (13+ years)

Diplomacy

Pressure resilience

Job description

SmartTech Solutions seeks a Vice President of Engineering in Federal Way, WA, to lead a fast-moving, reliability-focused tech organization. The role requires deep experience with CI/CD, Agile practices, and cross-team collaboration to deliver impact at scale.

You will shape architecture, mentor leaders, and align stakeholders while managing on-call rotations and incident reviews. A track record of 13+ years and market awareness is essential.