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Nightfall AISan Francisco, California, United States {{REMOTE}}
Vice President of Engineering
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RemoteFull Time$250k - $300k per yearPosted 31 days ago
About the role
- We’re hiring a VP of Engineering to own our engineering organization end to end — architecture, delivery, and the day-to-day operating rhythm of a team split across the Bay Area and Bangalore
- Lead the engineering team in designing and delivering high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements
- Lead and scale a distributed engineering org spanning Palo Alto and Bangalore, building the systems and trust that make a cross-continent team operate as one
- Develop and implement engineering processes and standards to ensure consistency and quality across projects
- Collaborate with the CEO and other senior leaders to define and execute the company’s technology strategy
- Manage and allocate resources to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the engineering team, staying hands-on enough to review architecture decisions and unblock hard problems
- Build and maintain a strong engineering culture that fosters innovation and continuous improvement across both the US and India
- Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in software engineering and recommend new tools and methodologies to improve our development process
- Work closely with the Product team to define product roadmaps and ensure engineering resources are aligned with product priorities
- Champion secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices by ensuring the integration of security at every stage, from design to deployment
- Advocate for and ensure adherence to secure coding standards and design principles such as least privilege, defense in depth, and zero trust
- Ensure sensitive data is handled securely, leveraging encryption, tokenization, and data masking as appropriate
- Lead the engineering response during security incidents, ensuring timely containment, resolution, and communication to stakeholders
- Drive root cause analysis and implement lessons learned from incidents to prevent recurrence Benefits
- Competitive pay, equity, and 401k plan
- Regular, thoughtful compensation reviews
- Support for professional development
- Flexible time off
- Company wide holidays
- Flexible commuter options
- Generous parental leave policy
- Comprehensive health, vision, dental benefits
- Reimbursement for home office, fitness, and mental wellness expenses
- This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has grown up through engineering, not just managed it: we’re looking for a builder who can still get into the weeds on hard technical problems while running the org
- Startup experience strongly preferred; comfortable operating in a lean, fast-moving Series B environment
- Strong technical skills in software development, architecture, and design
- At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience joining a B2B SaaS company at an early stage (e.g., a founding engineer or one of the first engineering hires) and growing with it through significant scale — ideally 5+ years at one company, moving from IC through senior leadership
- Background in security, infrastructure, or data-intensive systems; direct security engineering experience (data protection, authentication, auditing, threat detection) is a strong plus
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and senior leaders
- A track record of growing from a hands-on technical role into engineering leadership — we’re looking for someone who built the org, not just inherited one
- Based in Bay Area, with a hybrid work rhythm
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
- Proven track record of delivering high-quality software solutions on time and within budget
- Experience managing and mentoring large engineering teams, including demonstrated experience building or closely partnering with an engineering team based in India — someone who knows how to make a Bay Area / Bangalore org function as one team, not two
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred
- Experience at a cybersecurity or data security SaaS company
- Track record shipping AI/ML-powered features in production
- Experience with data infrastructure or large-scale data processing systems