Vice President, Engineering - Elite Technology
Boston, MA
About the Job
Elite Technology is a leading, independent technology company that helps law firms drive profitability through improved operational effectiveness, increased efficiency, and greater visibility across their business. Our cutting-edge digital financial management and business operations solutions drive success for firms around the globe by improving finance and accounting operations, including billing, invoicing, payments, and financial reporting. By bringing together data, insights, and tools, we enable law firm leaders to make informed business decisions to build and manage their businesses more effectively and efficiently.
Job Description:
As the Vice President of Engineering at Elite, you will lead our engineering organization, driving the technical vision and execution of our SaaS platform and on-premise software solutions. You will play a critical role in shaping the strategic direction of our engineering efforts, ensuring scalability, security, and performance across all products. This role requires a deep knowledge of SaaS environments and the ability to lead high-performing development teams in delivering exceptional cloud-based and on-premise solutions.
What You'll Do:
- Lead Engineering Teams: Design, develop, and deploy scalable SaaS and on-premise software solutions, ensuring high availability, security, and performance
- Engineering Strategy: Define and implement the overall engineering strategy, aligning with Elite's business objectives and long-term vision for SaaS and on-premise product offerings
- Cross Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product management, sales, technical strategy and executive leadership to translate business requirements into a robust technical roadmap
- Process Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in software development processes, tools, and methodologies, with a strong emphasis on agile practices, DevOps, and automation
- Best Practices: Ensure best practices in software architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, etc.), and data security are implemented and maintained
- Team Building: Build and scale a high-performance engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence
- Resource Management: Oversee resource planning, team allocation, and project prioritization to meet the demands of a dynamic SaaS and on-premise software business environment
- Industry Trends: Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive developments in the SaaS and on-premise software space, ensuring Elite stays ahead of the curve
- Leadership and Mentoring: Mentor and develop engineering leaders and teams, promoting continuous learning and professional development within the organization
- Project Delivery: Partner with other senior leaders to ensure successful delivery of new features, enhancements, and product updates that meet client expectations and market demands
What You'll Need:
- 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, with a strong track record in SaaS and on-premise software product development and delivery
- Expertise in designing and delivering scalable SaaS and on-premise platforms, with a deep understanding of cloud architecture, microservices, and APIs
- Proven experience leading large-scale engineering teams, ideally in a high-growth SaaS environment
- Strong technical knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and security best practices
- Deep experience with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment
- Extensive experience in Platform Engineering, including developing and managing platform services and infrastructure to support scalable applications
- Deep experience with agile development methodologies and a focus on operational efficiency
- Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate business goals into technical strategies and solutions
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build and mentor high-performing engineering teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree is a plus
Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation Package($255,000 to $290,000 base salary + variable component)
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage (Health, Dental, Vision)
- Retirement Savings Plan with an Employer Contribution
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Time Off
- Wellness Initiatives
Please note that we do not offer sponsorship for this position.
Additional Information
Location
At Elite Technology, we embrace an employee-centric, flexible remote work model that empowers you to do your best work in the environment that suits you. However, we also recognize the importance of in-person collaboration for key moments that truly matter.
In our flexible remote approach, you have the freedom to choose a workspace within your home country that best fits your needs. Our corporate offices are located in New York City, Los Angeles, Costa Rica, and the Philippines, providing additional options for those who prefer or need a hybrid work environment.
Our diverse global team spans the U.S., Canada, U.K., Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Australia. Please note that at this time, we are unable to hire employees located in Quebec or Ontario Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Oklahoma.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
We are not accepting applications submitted through recruiting agencies.
