Vice President of Software Engineering

We are seeking an accomplished engineering leader to scale and mature a high-performance technology organization across multiple product lines and platforms. The ideal candidate is a strategic, hands-on leader who excels in building and guiding modern engineering teams, driving delivery excellence, and partnering cross-functionally to execute an ambitious product and technology roadmap. This role oversees multiple development squads and technical domains, ensuring quality, velocity, reliability, and innovation across the engineering portfolio.

Job Description:

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead, mentor, and scale multiple cross-functional engineering squads spanning diverse technologies, products, and regions
• Define and execute engineering strategy aligned to business and product goals
• Integrate AI-driven tools and methodologies to accelerate development cycles, enhance code quality, and optimize team productivity (e.g., AI-assisted code generation, automated testing, predictive analytics for risk and performance)
• Build a culture of high performance, accountability, continuous learning, and technical excellence
• Own engineering workforce planning, hiring, and career development pathways
• Champion modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, automation, and cloud-native delivery

Execution & Delivery

• Drive delivery of complex multi-platform features and initiatives across squads, ensuring quality, predictability, and rapid time-to-value
• Establish engineering KPIs and performance metrics (including DORA / Agile delivery metrics, and AI utilization effectiveness metrics)
• Ensure successful execution of modernization, platform consolidation, and/or microservices initiatives where applicable
• Partner closely with Product, Architecture, DevOps/SRE, InfoSec, and QA to ensure cohesive execution and shared success metrics

Technology & Architecture

• Provide architectural guidance and engineering governance across services, applications, and integrations
• Enforce scalable, secure, and maintainable engineering standards
• Advocate for and implement cloud-native, API-first, and high-availability architectures
• Promote adoption of AI-enhanced tools for architectural reviews, threat modeling, code optimization, and system design validation
• Drive continuous improvement in code quality, observability, reliability, and platform resilience

Operational Excellence

• Enhance engineering processes, playbooks, and lifecycle maturity
• Ensure robust release engineering practices, CI/CD automation, AI-powered pipeline optimization, and infrastructure-as-code adoption
• Oversee vendor/partner engineering resources when applicable
• Manage engineering budgets, tooling investment, and resource allocation

Transnetwork is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.