Vice President, Engineering

Company: Augment AI

Location: Seattle, WA

Type: Full-Time, On-Site/Hybrid/Flexible

About Us

Augment AI strives to create AI-first software that improves lives, makes work more meaningful and helps people. Our first mission is to empower sales teams, buyers and leaders alike with actionable insights and tailored solutions, enabling faster, more informed decisions and deeper relationships, and our overall vision is to transform the future of B2B sales by creating seamless, buyer-centric experiences that empower businesses to make smarter, faster decisions.

We are a team that thrives in a dynamic, agile environment where innovation is encouraged, continuously pushing the boundaries of what's possible. We’re seeking a driven executive to lead and scale our engineering team as we embark on the next phase of our growth: revenue and scale.

Job Overview

As Vice President of Engineering, you will report to the CTO and be responsible for driving the engineering strategy, product development and quality, and developing a high-performing team. Your strategic vision will ensure we build strong foundations that drive outstanding customer outcomes and promote cross-functional collaboration within the company. This role will involve hands-on technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and collaborating closely with the executive team to align the company’s technology vision with business objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering background, enterprise lifecycle product experience, and a startup-style passion for rapidly building innovative products in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Leadership & Strategy

   • Define and execute the engineering strategy in alignment with the company’s business goals

   • Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement

   • Contribute to strategic decisions and provide insights on technical feasibility and trade-offs

2. Product Development

   • Lead engineering execution, ensuring quality software through continuous, iterative development practices, while driving initiatives to refine the overall development approach and delivery processes

   • Lead company-wide prioritization of improvements to code quality, systems, and the engineering processes to support these

   • Collaborate with the product management team to prioritize features and deliver high-quality products on schedule

   • Manage all key aspects of software engineering, including architecture, design process, and coding standards

3. Team Growth & Development

   • Develop and execute a strategy to identify and hire quality team members that contribute to the company’s high performance culture

   • Produce and maintain career development plans that challenge team members to grow their potential

   • Establish a strong engineering culture that values and demonstrates respect for the company, its customers and team members

4. Operational Management

   • Manage the engineering budget, including resource allocation, tools, and infrastructure costs

   • Establish metrics for measuring engineering performance and product quality, and report regularly to the executive team

   • Ensure the team has the resources, tools, and support needed to perform at the highest level

5. Cross-Department Collaboration

   • Work closely with Product, Design, and Sales teams to ensure alignment on business goals and deliverables

   • Act as a key liaison between engineering and other departments, ensuring that engineering’s role in achieving company objectives is well understood

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 6 years in a senior leadership role

• Proven track record of leading and scaling enterprise software engineering teams and products, with a startup ethos that prioritizes high performance, quality execution and on-time delivery

• Passion for designing, evolving, and optimizing the development process, leveraging agile methodologies like Scrum to help developers maintain a productive and high-velocity workflow

• Experience managing software development practices and processes through containerized environments, internally within teams and in production

• Articulate, confident, and persuasive communication skills, coupled with the ability to listen and prioritize diverse perspectives

• Experienced at establishing effective communication channels and collaboration tools to facilitate seamless interaction and cooperation between geographically-dispersed teams

• Strong customer-centric mindset and a willingness to engage directly with key customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical experience working with Ruby, Python, Node/Javascript/Typescript, Kubernetes, AWS and related services

• Product experience building data-intensive applications

• Experience building AI-first and AI-forward products

• Experience in the Sales Enablement space

• Experience with Product Design methodologies and teams, focused on UX/UI iteration before development

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and equity package

• Full medical/dental/vision benefits, plus life insurance, HSA/FSA (employee + dependent care), and free gym membership for in-office staff (Seattle)

• An opportunity to make a real difference and be part of a high-performing team

• A voice in critical decisions including all that relate to technology and product

• Opportunities for professional development and career growth

How to Apply

If you are passionate about driving results and are excited to work on impactful programs, we encourage you to apply and join our dynamic team! Please submit your resume, a cover letter, and any relevant project links to jobs@augment.co, or fill out the form if provided. We look forward to hearing how we can take Augment AI to the next level together!

Equal Opportunity Employer

Augment AI strives to build and maintain a diverse, high performance work environment where all of our employees feel respected and included. Augment AI is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.