Vice President of Engineering

Vice President of Engineering - Perm - Remote - $200,000-$225,000

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate's/applicant's qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Vice President of Engineering in a Remote Opportunity

Role Description

This is a newly created executive leadership position reporting directly to the CEO. The VP will take ownership of engineering strategy, execution, delivery, quality, team development, and technical standards while helping transition from a legacy, on-premises software environment toward a modern web-based platform.
The ideal candidate is a former software engineer who progressed into senior engineering leadership and can combine strong technical credibility with executive-level business judgment.
The VP will also partner closely with the VP of Product, who owns product roadmap, business requirements, and release planning. Engineering and Product will jointly translate business priorities into technical strategy and execution.

Lead and develop engineering organization, including the Director of Engineering.
Own engineering strategy, execution, standards, quality, and delivery.
Support and enhance existing mission-critical software while driving modernization.
Lead the transition from a legacy, on-premises environment to a modern web-based architecture.
Oversee external consulting partners supporting platform modernization and database migration.
Establish stronger engineering processes around quality, predictability, accountability, and delivery.
Address technical debt while maintaining existing customer and product commitments.
Partner closely with the VP of Product on roadmap priorities, requirements, releases, and execution.
Evaluate technology decisions based on scalability, operating cost, customer impact, and overall business performance.
Build an engineering culture focused on technical excellence, ownership, accountability, and professional development.

Skills & Requirements

Technology & Modernization
Current Environment
Microsoft / Windows technologies
On-premises customer deployments
Significant legacy codebase
Visual Basic 6
Mission-critical healthcare applications
Modernization Direction
C#
React
PostgreSQL
Modern web-based application architecture
Database migration
Technical debt reduction
Improved engineering standards and development practices
VP of Engineering, VP of Software Engineering, SVP Engineering, or comparable senior engineering leadership experience.
An earlier career foundation as a software engineer/developer.
Experience leading application modernization, platform transformation, or legacy-to-modern migrations.
Experience managing complex legacy software environments and technical debt.
Leadership of both internal engineering teams and external consulting/development partners.
Success establishing engineering standards and improving software quality and delivery.
Strong partnership with Product leadership around roadmaps, priorities, releases, and execution.
Ability to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes, operating costs, scalability, and customer experience.
Strong executive communication, organizational change, and decision-making skills.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
Experience in healthcare technology, laboratory information systems, middleware, enterprise software, or another mission-critical software environment is valuable, but healthcare experience is not mandatory.
Technically credible: Able to engage engineers in meaningful technical discussions.
Business-minded: Understands how technology impacts customers, cost, growth, and business performance.
Strategic but engaged: Can operate at the executive level without becoming disconnected from engineering execution.
Accountable: Sets expectations and follows through.
Collaborative: Builds strong relationships across Engineering, Product, executive leadership, and external partners.
Change-oriented: Comfortable leading teams through significant technology and organizational transformation.
Long-term focused: Builds sustainable engineering processes rather than relying on short-term fixes.

Benefits/Other Compensation

Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, 401K.

Why Hays?

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