VP Software Engineering

Career Movement; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Movement in California is seeking a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just the org chart, to shape a fast-growing UI-heavy product.

The role requires 12+ years in technology leadership, hands-on architecture, and a proven track record of scaling teams from ground up while owning budgets across engineering, product, and design; AI-enabled workflows are a nice bonus.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology leadership, including several years in a senior engineering executive role.
• Experience growing a team through a real scaling phase, not inheriting one already built.
• Comfort owning a budget across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team.
• Hands-on habits, able to discuss architecture and product tradeoffs directly.
• Bonus if you've used AI-assisted engineering workflows heavily in daily work.

Responsibilities

• Scale an engineering team from 50+ people while staying hands-on.
• Own architecture and product tradeoffs with the team.
• Help build the engineering culture from the ground floor in a fast-growing company.
• Manage budgets across engineering, product, and design.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture

Budget ownership

Hands-on engineering

AI workflows

Job description

A fast-growing, well-capitalized vertical SaaS company in the Glendale area is looking for a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just in the org chart.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has personally scaled an engineering team from a smaller base past 50 people, while staying close to architecture and product decisions day to day. The product is a UI-heavy application used daily by real customers in a large, traditionally underserved industry, and the team is still early enough that you'd help build the engineering culture from close to the ground floor.

What we're looking for:

• 12 or more years in technology leadership, including several years in a senior engineering executive role.
• A track record of growing a team through a real scaling phase, not inheriting one already built.
• Comfort owning a budget across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team in isolation.
• Genuine hands-on habits, you can still speak fluently to architecture and product tradeoffs without deferring to a report.
• Bonus if you've used AI-assisted engineering workflows heavily in your own daily work.

If this sounds like you, we would love to talk.