VP - Product Development

Develop and execute the engineering strategy that aligns with the company\u2019s vision, goals, and business objectives. Collaborate with executive leadership to shape the product roadmap and ensure that engineering efforts are in sync with business priorities. Drive innovation within the engineering team, identifying emerging technologies and trends that can create competitive advantages. Customer Trust & Success: Champion customer-centric development practices, ensuring that all engineering efforts are focused on delivering value and building trust with customers. Collaborate with customer success, product, and sales teams to understand customer needs and feedback, and translate them into actionable engineering strategies. Ensure that engineering teams are equipped to deliver reliable, secure, and scalable products that instill confidence in our customers. Technical Leadership & Operations: Cloud & Infrastructure Management: Design and implement robust system and network architectures utilizing AWS and GCP to build scalable, reliable cloud solutions. Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes, ensuring optimal performance and scalability. Handle traffic routing with Ingress Controllers (Nginx), oversee Certificate Management using Cert Manager, and manage secrets with Sealed Secrets and Vault. Enhance application performance with Caching solutions like Redis and Memcache, and implement comprehensive logging and tracing systems using Loki, Promtail, Tempo, and OpenTelemetry (Otel). Establish and maintain monitoring and alerting systems with Grafana, Prometheus, and BlackBoxExporter. Manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, oversee Manifest Management with Gitlab, and lead Release Management workflows using Gitlab and ArgoCD. Application & Data Management: Manage Authentication and Authorization services using Keycloak and implement Event Streaming solutions with Kafka and Pulsar. Oversee database management and optimization utilizing tools such as Pg Bouncer, Mulvis, OpenSearch, and ClickHouse. Implement and manage distributed and real-time systems with Temporal. Leverage advanced data processing tools like Trino, Apache Superset, Livy, and Hive to meet specialized data specific requirements. Machine Learning Integration: Collaborate with data scientists to integrate and host machine learning models within applications, implementing MLOps practices to streamline the deployment, monitoring, and management of ML models in production. Utilize tools such as TensorFlow Extended (TFX), Kubeflow, MLflow, or SageMaker for comprehensive ML lifecycle management, ensuring robust model versioning, experimentation, reproducibility, and optimizing ML pipelines for performance, scalability, and efficiency. Project Management: Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and resource allocation. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to align on project goals and deliverables. Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of software products. Requirements Qualifications: Education & Experience: Bachelor\u2019s or Master\u2019s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Proven experience (12+ years) in software engineering, with a strong focus on B2B SaaS applications. At least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role, preferably at the VP level. Strategic & Technical Skills: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute engineering strategies that align with business goals. Expertise in full stack development, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), and Kubernetes. Strong experience with infrastructure management, MLOps, and integrating machine learning models. Ability to translate customer needs into technical requirements and ensure the delivery of high-quality products. Leadership & Soft Skills: Visionary leadership with the ability to inspire and guide large engineering teams. Strong business acumen with the ability to align technical efforts with business objectives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on building strong cross-functional relationships. Proven track record of fostering customer trust and delivering products that drive customer success ","