Vp, Engineering

TL;DR

VP, Engineering (Open Source): Leading a new product engineering organization focused on rapidly bringing new products to market with an accent on building, scaling, and driving teams. Focus on shaping company-wide engineering strategy, operating rhythms, and cross-functional alignment with Product, GTM, and Operations.

Location: Ideally based in the US, Canada, or the UK.

Salary: $320,000 - $350,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of open source software.

What you will do

• Lead engineering efforts to take new product definitions from concept through design, implementation, and launch.
• Build the team, processes, and architecture to scale products.
• Embed AI deeply into how teams operate, leveraging AI to ship faster, reduce toil, and amplify engineering talent.
• Build an organization from the ground up, hiring and developing ICs, Managers, and Directors.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Sales, Customer Success, and other functions.
• Provide strategic technical guidance and ensure sound architectural decisions across teams.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering and engineering leadership experience.
• Proven track record of taking new products from zero to one.
• Experience managing Directors and/or Senior Managers.
• Track record of building and scaling engineering organizations at high-growth, venture-backed technology companies.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools and a demonstrated ability to drive AI adoption across engineering teams.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native technologies, open source ecosystems, containers, Kubernetes, and software supply chain security.
• Ideally based in the US, Canada, or the UK.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Receive stock options upon hire and promotion.
• 100% Covered Health Insurance for you and your dependents.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.