VP of Software Engineering - Aquatic Informatics
$150,000–$225,000 year
On-siteVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Define and execute the architecture and platform strategy in partnership with Product Management to enable scalable delivery. Lead a distributed engineering organization of 60–80 associates across Canada, the U.S., and India, overseeing modernization of legacy code and cloud-native solutions on Azure and AWS. Accelerate software delivery while maintaining quality, security, and reliability through Agile, DevOps, and architectural governance. Leverage AI for development acceleration and coach senior engineering leaders to foster a team-first culture. This role requires approximately 20% travel to Canada and the U.S. and is based in Vancouver, BC.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of software engineering experience
- at least 7 years in engineering leadership roles
- Proven ability to lead software organizations through scale, modernization, platform evolution, and improved speed of delivery
- Experience leading leaders in multi-layer engineering organizations, including coaching autonomous senior managers without becoming a gatekeeper or micromanager
- Strong technical depth across software architecture, cloud-native and on-prem platforms, Azure and AWS, APIs, DevOps practices, and scalable enterprise software systems
- Track record of measurable impact, such as accelerating development, improving product release velocity, modernizing platforms, increasing quality, reducing complexity, or enabling customer and business outcomes
- Mission-driven mindset and genuine interest in AQI's purpose: using water data, analytics, and technology to support water conservation, chemical savings, energy savings, environmental impact, and smarter water management
- based in Vancouver, BC
- approximately 20% travel including travel to Canada and the U.S.
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