VP, Software & Platform Strategy

TAR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

Meal stipend

Job summary

TAR in San Francisco is seeking a Senior/VP-level leader to own the software organization across the core platform, data, cloud infrastructure, and customer-facing tooling. You will drive architecture and end-to-end lifecycle for a fleet-scale energy-infrastructure software stack.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in leadership, and you will partner with the autonomy team on robotics interfaces while guiding investment decisions with the executive team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in leadership at Director, Head of, or VP level
• Direct, hands-on experience managing a software engineering team
• Ownership of platform, data, or infrastructure software for an operationally intensive business
• Deep expertise in platform architecture, data systems, or cloud infrastructure
• Track record of building and scaling a software organization from zero to one
• Strong communication skills, comfortable presenting software decisions to executives, customers, and investors

Responsibilities

• Own the software strategy and technical roadmap for TAR's core platform, data, and business-critical systems, aligning engineering priorities with the company's mission and goals
• Build and lead the software engineering organization, hiring and developing individual contributors and engineering managers
• Set system architecture across platform, data, cloud infrastructure, and internal/customer-facing tooling, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability
• Drive the software development lifecycle end-to-end across non-robotics systems, from roadmap through release and continuous improvement
• Partner with the autonomy team on interfaces between platforms and robotics data pipelines, without owning onboard autonomy software
• Serve as the senior software voice on the leadership team, shaping investment decisions and technical strategy
• Represent software to customers, partners, and investors to earn trust through credibility
• Establish engineering standards, security practices, and reliability processes for the broader software org

Skills

Software leadership

Engineering management

Platform architecture

Data systems

Communication skills

Job description

TAR in San Francisco is seeking a Senior/VP-level leader to own the software organization across the core platform, data, cloud infrastructure, and customer-facing tooling. You will drive architecture and end-to-end lifecycle for a fleet-scale energy-infrastructure software stack.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in leadership, and you will partner with the autonomy team on robotics interfaces while guiding investment decisions with the executive team.