Vice President of Engineering

A well-established enterprise technology organization is seeking a transformational Vice President of Engineering to lead one of its largest technology modernization initiatives.The organization is undertaking a multi-year transformation of a highly complex, business-critical platform that has supported core enterprise operations for decades. Significant investments have already been made toward a next-generation platform, and the organization is now looking for an executive leader who can accelerate modernization while redefining how software engineering is delivered.This role extends beyond platform modernization. The long-term vision is to build an AI-first engineering organization that embeds Generative AI, intelligent automation, and agentic workflows throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery speed.What You'll Lead:Define and execute the long-term engineering modernization strategy for a large-scale enterprise platform.Lead the transformation of legacy applications into modern cloud-native architectures.Drive enterprise adoption of AI-assisted software engineering and emerging agentic AI capabilities.Modernize application architecture through APIs, microservices, and scalable distributed systems.Build an AI-first engineering organization focused on automation, developer productivity, and engineering excellence.Improve software delivery through Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, and modern SDLC practices.Partner with executive leadership to align technology investments with long-term business strategy.Lead organizational transformation across engineering teams, processes, and operating models.Mentor engineering leaders while building a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.Establish best practices around architecture, software quality, platform reliability, and engineering performance.What You Bring:Extensive executive-level software engineering leadership experience.Proven success leading enterprise application modernization initiatives.Strong background in Java-based enterprise software development.Experience with Python and modern software engineering ecosystems.Deep expertise designing cloud-native platforms and distributed systems.Experience building API-first and microservices-based architectures.Demonstrated success implementing AI capabilities within software engineering organizations.Experience leading large-scale engineering and organizational transformations.Strong understanding of Agile delivery, DevOps, CI/CD, platform engineering, and software lifecycle management.Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.Experience implementing AI-assisted development workflows and agentic AI concepts.Experience within regulated, enterprise-scale technology environments is highly preferred.Experience leading globally distributed engineering organizations and enterprise cloud modernization initiatives is a plus.