VP of Engineering | Early-Stage AI SaaS Company

One of our early-stage AI portfolio companies building agentic AI solutions is looking for a VP of Engineering to join the business, help them build their entire technology infrastructure, and join them on their 1 to 10 journey.ResponsibilitiesOwn the technical vision and roadmap for the next 18-24 months, balancing innovation with pragmatic debt paydownAdopt & champion an AI-first product and engineering cultureDesign, grow and scale the engineering org to align with product strategy while managing technical dependenciesOwn engineering delivery - ensure we ship what we commit to, when we commit to it and do so with a high bar for quality, velocity and reliabilityEstablish engineering processes, technical standard and practices that create predictability without bureaucracy, high quality outputs & scale with the org as we growDrive operational excellence: uptime, performance, security, and scalability of production systemsBring on world-class talent and foster an engineering culture that attracts and retains top talent across distributed teamsRequirementsScaled a Series A/B SaaS startup as a VP/Head of Engineering from around 8 to 10 engineers to 20-40 engineersYou have experience building AI-first products Experience building or scaling distributed/remote engineering teams, ideally across time zonesYou understand modern infrastructure (cloud, containerization, CI/CD, observability) deeply enough to make good decisionsSomeone who is passionate about the startup ecosystemPlease apply to this role directly on LinkedIn. This is the only way to be considered for this role. Please do not DM any of our stakeholders about this position.