Vice President of Software Engineering

A mission-driven vertical SaaS company in the Glendale area is looking for a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just in the org chart.This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to stay close to architecture and product decisions day to day. The product is a UI-heavy application used daily by real customers in a large, traditionally underserved industry, and the team is still early enough that you'd help build the engineering culture from close to the ground floor.What we're looking for: 12 or more years in technology leadership, including several years in a senior engineering executive role.Comfort owning a budget across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team in isolation.Genuine hands-on habits, you can still speak fluently to architecture and product tradeoffs without deferring to a report, and you personally stay engaged with code and code review, including modern AI-assisted tools.