Vice President of Software Development - 984
About the role
Role Overview
The VP of Software Development leads the engineering organization responsible for building and operating a portfolio of web-based SaaS products, reporting to the CTO. This is a strategy-and-execution role: setting technical direction, establishing a high-velocity engineering operating model, and ensuring teams deliver secure, reliable, enterprise-grade software at scale.
You will partner closely with Product, AI/Data Science, Data Engineering, API, and TechOps leaders to align roadmaps to customer outcomes and scale a primarily full-time engineering organization, augmented by contractors as needed.
Culture and collaboration are critical. This leader thrives in a high-trust, low-ego environment and practices true co-ownership with Product, sharing accountability for outcomes end to end.
Major Responsibilities
- Own delivery and operational excellence across product and shared platform teams
- Partner with Product leadership to define shared goals, priorities, and accountability for quality, speed, and customer impact
- Lead and develop Engineering Directors and Managers through coaching, feedback, career frameworks, and high hiring standards
- Drive measurable, end-to-end software delivery velocity
- Lead HCM/HRIS integrations, including APIs, SFTP/flat files, SCIM provisioning, and SSO (SAML/OIDC)
Location
Engineering hub is in Moscow, Idaho, with strong preference given to candidates willing to travel 1x a month and/or eventually relocate to the area.