Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Flightline is a disruptive company in the market research industry for private equity and institutional investors, launched in 2024. As VP, Engineering & AI Platform, you will lead the engineering organization and ensure the platform delivers agentic AI to enterprise clients at scale, overseeing production reliability and security.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the US-based engineering organization — recruit, develop, and grow the team
• Translate product and AI strategy into a scalable, reliable, enterprise-ready platform
• Own the production lifecycle of the platform — architecture, infrastructure, reliability, observability, and performance
• Lead enterprise readiness: SOC-2, data security and segregation, compliance, and audit posture
• Drive platform infrastructure evolution — cloud architecture, database modernization, deployment pipelines
• Maintain a high standard of engineering excellence — best practices, code review, robust documentation

Skills

• Proven track record of recruiting, developing, and leading engineering teams in a scaling environment
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on enterprise software
• Deep experience with enterprise-grade data security and privacy principles, including compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2)
• Experience applying generative AI models in production, with a focus on managing performance, scalability, and real-time integration in SaaS environments
• Demonstrated success scaling a software platform from validated product through enterprise deployment
• Strong technical background with expertise writing and deploying production code in common programming languages
• Experience with modern cloud architectures — Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud (GCP)
• Based on the US East Coast (NY area preferred); able to work US business hours and partner with a growing global team
• Financial technology experience is a nice-to-have

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including cash, equity, and benefits

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