VP, Engineering

Engineering Strategy & Leadership

Develop and execute Adelaide's engineering strategy aligned with company objectives
Provide technical insights and strategic recommendations to the executive team
Lead and mentor the engineering function while building a high-ownership, high-performance culture
Act as an end-to-end owner — take technical initiatives from concept to shipped outcome without requiring oversight to move

Architecture & Infrastructure

Own the architecture of Adelaide's data infrastructure, measurement platforms, and application systems
Maintain the fidelity, efficiency, and scalability of the systems behind AU
Ensure infrastructure decisions balance speed, cost, and long-term durability

Roadmap & Delivery

Own the engineering roadmap and delivery cadence in partnership with Product and the executive team
Translate company goals into shipped systems on predictable timelines
Drive prioritization tradeoffs and resourcing decisions across engineering teams

Team Building & Talent

Recruit, mentor, and retain a high-performing engineering team — including other end-to-end owners who will drive initiatives independently
Develop engineering managers and senior ICs, and create clear paths for growth
Build a culture of ownership, craft, and accountability across the function

Operational Excellence

Maintain Adelaide codebases and software to a high standard of quality, security, and reliability
Own production system health, on-call posture, and incident response
Establish engineering practices that scale — review, testing, deployment, and observability

Cross-functional Partnership

Partner with Product, Data Science, Research, and Customer Success to ship features that drive AU adoption and renewal
Serve as a key technical voice with the executive team and, where relevant, the Board of Directors
Represent engineering to customers, partners, and the market when needed

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including leadership of engineering teams
• Proven ability to take initiatives from architecture through to production—an operator who owns outcomes, not just areas
• Experience architecting and operating scalable systems, services, and data infrastructure
• Strong written and verbal communication skills—able to operate with the executive team and represent engineering to the business
• Proven track record of recruiting and retaining senior engineering talent
• High level of integrity, accountability, and ownership
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities
• Bachelor’s degree required; Masters or PhD preferred.
• Experience building or scaling engineering operations in a startup or growth-stage company
• Digital media, adtech, or measurement industry experience
• Big data infrastructure experience — warehousing, pipelines, and streaming at scale
• Prior experience working closely with founders or executive teams on technical strategy
• Track record of building teams of end-to-end owners, not just individual contributors

Skills

• Technical leadership and management
• Scalable system design and architecture
• Data infrastructure and pipeline management
• Product and customer success partnerships
• Strategic planning and execution
• Team building and retention
• Operational excellence and quality assurance
• Communication and collaboration

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Employee development & wellness stipend
• Holiday break
• Volunteer time off

Pay

• Base + Bonus: $300,000+

Schedule

• Remote (United States)