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VP of Engineering

Builders - Job Boards

Austin, TX

Remote

Up to $600,000 a year

Full job description VP of Engineering — Hands-on Technology Leader

Location: Remote Compensation: Total compensation package up to $600K/year, potentially including base salary, equity, and other components. About the Opportunity

We're partnering with a fast-growing, AI-native technology company building next-generation products at the intersection of mobile, wireless infrastructure, privacy, and AI. The company is tackling complex technical challenges across consumer applications, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI, and is looking for a senior engineering leader to take broad ownership of the technology organization. The Role

We're looking for a hands-on VP of Engineering who can lead the engineering organization and technical strategy while remaining deeply connected to the technology. This is not a management-only position. You'll own engineering across web, mobile, backend, DevOps/infrastructure, architecture, and AI, while helping the company continue to build and scale its engineering organization. The core technology environment includes Golang, TypeScript, and GCP. What You'll Do

Own the overall engineering strategy and technical roadmap
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team
Own architecture across web, mobile, backend, infrastructure, and AI
Remain hands-on with architecture, prototyping, code reviews, and complex technical problems
Build and scale systems primarily using Golang, TypeScript, and GCP
Establish strong engineering standards and development practices
Drive the adoption of AI-assisted software development across the organization
Leverage tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and other AI development tools to increase engineering velocity
Partner closely with Product and executive leadership
Balance speed of execution with scalability, reliability, security, and engineering quality

What We're Looking For

8+ years of software engineering experience

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Each skill is self-contained in its own folder with a SKILL.md file containing the instructions and metadata that Claude uses. Browse through these skills to get inspiration for your own skills or to understand different patterns and approaches.

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According to WSJ, Google didn’t disclose the hack because it didn’t consider it to be an “example of model misalignment.” The company said that it was an instance of “mistaken identity,” and once the model realized it had brute-forced its way into a real company by guessing a password, it stopped. “In this case, the model acted appropriately,” Google VP of Security Engineering Heather Adkins said.