VP of Platform Engineering — Product Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Headspace mindfulness app

Flexible paid time off

Retirement benefits with employer 0%

Private rooftop

Hack week twice per year

Free lunch and snacks

Dog-friendly workplace

Job summary

Squarespace is seeking a VP of Software Engineering to lead the Product Platform organization in NYC with a three-day hybrid cadence. You will consolidate overlapping capabilities and drive adoption of shared foundations to accelerate product delivery.

You will grow a leader-led engineering team and partner with product, design, security, and data leadership on architecture, sequencing, and investment trade-offs.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of engineering management experience.
• Deep platform engineering management experience.
• Fluency in domains: identity/auth, design systems, APIs or related areas.
• Track record of consolidating fragmented systems without delaying teams.
• Executive presence; can present to CPO/CFO/board.
• Ability balance internal customers, external developers and end users.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year product strategy for product platform capabilities.
• Lead and develop a team of engineering managers across domains.
• Define platform-as-a-product adoption metrics and feedback loops.
• Drive consolidation while sustaining delivery for product teams.
• Shape the external developer experience via APIs and docs.
• Partner with product, design, security, and data leaders on architecture.
• Influence platform investments in line with business strategy.

Skills

Engineering management

Platform engineering

Executive presence

Architectural judgment

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Squarespace is seeking a VP of Software Engineering to lead the Product Platform organization in NYC with a three-day hybrid cadence. You will consolidate overlapping capabilities and drive adoption of shared foundations to accelerate product delivery.

You will grow a leader-led engineering team and partner with product, design, security, and data leadership on architecture, sequencing, and investment trade-offs.