Vice President of Engineering

VP/Head of Engineering #2675

Position Summary:

Our partner is a large, established hospitality organization with more than 10,000 hotel rooms and 15,000 employees, embarking on a companywide digital transformation. Historically, customer-facing technology has been delivered through consulting partners and third-party platforms. The organization is now building its internal digital product engineering capability from the ground up to own and evolve the next generation of customer experiences.

As the technical counterpart to a senior Product executive, this leader will establish the engineering vision, architecture, cloud strategy, AI-enabled development practices, and technical foundations that support multiple customer-facing digital platforms. This is a rare opportunity to build a modern product engineering organization inside a business with significant scale, established brands, and executive commitment.

There is no mature software engineering organization to inherit. The ideal candidate combines the technical depth of a Principal Engineer with the leadership of a VP of Engineering, remaining hands-on with architecture, code reviews, prototyping, and engineering decisions while building the team, culture, and operating model from the ground up.

Experience and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, a related field, or an equivalent professional background.
• Proven experience building engineering organizations, digital products, or software platforms from the ground up within startup, scale-up, or enterprise transformation environments
• Principal or Staff-level technical depth designing complex distributed systems, modern software architectures, and customer-facing digital platforms
• Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations while remaining actively involved in architecture, code reviews, prototyping, and technical decision-making
• Experience integrating modern digital products with enterprise platforms, third-party systems, and cloud-native services
• Hands-on experience establishing engineering foundations, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, security, and software delivery practices
• Practical experience incorporating AI-assisted development into engineering workflows while maintaining software quality, security, and delivery standards

Skills and Strengths:

• End-to-End Engineering
• Software Architecture
• AI-Native Engineering
• Product Architecture
• Product Engineering
• Enterprise Integration
• Platform Engineering
• CI/CD
• Cloud Architecture
• Engineering Standards
• Code Review
• Automated Testing
• Observability
• Third-Party Integrations
• Technical Hiring
• People Development
• Executive Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• TypeScript
• Open-Source Development

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Build and lead the organization's internal product engineering capability, transitioning ownership from consulting partners to in-house teams
• Define the engineering vision, architecture, and technical roadmap supporting multiple customer-facing digital platforms
• Establish engineering standards, development practices, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, observability, and software delivery processes
• Make key architectural decisions across applications, integrations, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and enterprise systems
• Lead the technical transition of consultant-built applications, ensuring maintainability, scalability, and long-term ownership
• Remain hands-on through architecture reviews, technical mentoring, code reviews, prototyping, and resolution of complex engineering challenges
• Establish AI-assisted development practices that improve engineering productivity while maintaining quality and security
• Build and mentor a high-performing engineering organization with a focus on technical excellence, talent density, and long-term growth
• Partner with Product, Executive Leadership, and business stakeholders to align engineering investments with strategic business objectives
• Guide the integration of modern digital products with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Oracle Opera, and other operational systems
• Define engineering governance, technical standards, and decision-making frameworks that enable scalable product development
• Foster a product engineering culture centered on ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement