VP of Engineering, Applications
RemoteSingapore
SingaporeRemoteFull TimeSenior LevelStartup
Full TimeSenior LevelStartup
Job Summary
Own application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop platforms while leading a small, senior team. Set architectural direction for AI-powered workflows and partner with ML leadership to translate model capability into shippable features. Ensure production readiness through observability, monitoring, retries, and fallbacks, balancing speed with system quality. Make high-impact decisions on latency, cost, reliability, and security to deliver reliable, low-latency user experiences. Establish clear ownership boundaries to prevent architectural drift and raise the technical bar for the organization.
Required Qualifications
- Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems
- Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production
- Experience delivering AI-powered products, with a deep understanding of model integration trade-offs
- Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows
- Comfort operating across platforms (backend, mobile, desktop), even if your depth is in one
- Proven ability to make high-impact technical decisions under ambiguity
- Low ego, strong judgment, and the ability to raise the technical bar for the entire applications organization
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