Vice President of Engineering

Vice President of Engineering - Perm - Remote - $200,000-$250,000

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

Our Client is seeking a technically credible and business-minded Vice President of Engineering to lead its established engineering organization and guide the company through its next phase of technology modernization.
This is a newly created executive leadership position with significant visibility and influence. Reporting to the CEO, the VP of Engineering will assume overall ownership of engineering strategy, execution, team development, and delivery. This leader will oversee the company's existing software environment while directing a major modernization and database migration initiative.
The ideal candidate is a former software engineer who has progressed into executive leadership and understands how to balance technical excellence, operational discipline, business priorities, and organizational change.

Provide executive leadership for engineering organization.
Lead, mentor, and develop an established engineering team, including the Director of Engineering.
Assume ownership of engineering strategy, execution, standards, quality, and delivery.
Oversee the support and continued development of the company's existing software products.
Direct external consulting partners responsible for platform modernization and database migration.
Lead the transition from a legacy, on-premises environment toward a modern web-based technology platform.
Establish engineering standards and processes that improve quality, predictability, efficiency, and accountability.
Address technical debt while balancing modernization priorities with ongoing customer and product needs.
Partner closely with Product leadership to translate business requirements and product roadmaps into successful engineering execution.
Evaluate how technology decisions affect operating costs, business performance, customer experience, and long-term scalability.
Build strong working relationships across executive leadership, Product, Engineering, and external partners.
Create an environment in which engineers are supported, challenged, and accountable for results.
Technology Environment
Technically credible and capable of engaging engineers in meaningful technical discussions.
Strategic enough to operate as an executive while remaining close to engineering execution.
Highly accountable, dependable, and committed to following through.
Collaborative and willing to support colleagues across the organization.
Comfortable leading through significant organizational and technological change.
Focused on building sustainable processes rather than relying on short-term fixes.
Invested in the company's long-term success and the development of its people.

Skills & Requirements

Proven leadership experience as a VP of Engineering, VP of Software Engineering, SVP of Engineering, or comparable senior engineering executive.
A strong foundation in software engineering, ideally developed through progressively responsible technical and leadership roles.
Experience leading large-scale application modernization, platform transformation, or legacy-to-modern technology initiatives.
Demonstrated success managing legacy software environments, technical debt, and complex codebases.
Experience leading internal engineering teams and external consulting or development partners.
Ability to establish engineering standards, improve development processes, and reduce production defects.
Strong understanding of the connection between technology decisions and business performance.
Experience partnering with Product leadership on roadmaps, priorities, release planning, and delivery.
Success building accountable teams that deliver consistently.
Strong executive communication, decision-making, and change-management capabilities.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
Experience in healthcare technology, laboratory information systems, middleware, enterprise software, or another mission-critical software environment would be valuable but is not required.
Microsoft and Windows-based technologies
On-premises customer installations
A substantial legacy codebase, including Visual Basic 6
Mission-critical software used by hospitals and healthcare organizations
The modernization roadmap includes:
C#
React
PostgreSQL
Modern web-based application architecture
Database migration
Reduction of technical debt and improvement of engineering practices

Benefits/Other Compensation

Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, 401K.

Why Hays?

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