Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
A growing Montreal-based technology company is recruiting a Vice President of Engineering.
This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced engineering executive who can combine strong technical judgment with the ability to build, scale, and lead a high-performing engineering organization.
The company operates in a complex, data-driven technology environment and is entering an important phase of growth. The VP Engineering will play a key role in shaping technical strategy, strengthening the engineering function, and supporting the continued evolution of the platform and organization.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and develop the engineering organization, including team structure, hiring, performance, and leadership development.
- Define and execute the engineering strategy in partnership with the executive team.
- Guide architectural, platform, infrastructure, and technology decisions.
- Build scalable engineering processes while maintaining speed, quality, and accountability.
- Partner closely with Product and other business functions to translate company priorities into effective technical execution.
- Strengthen engineering practices around reliability, security, scalability, and delivery.
- Help attract and retain strong technical talent.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership.
What We’re Looking For
- Significant experience leading software engineering teams in a growing technology organization.
- Previous experience as a VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, Senior Director, CTO, or similar senior technical leader.
- Strong background in SaaS, cloud platforms, data-intensive products, AI, health technology, life sciences technology, or similarly complex software environments.
- Demonstrated experience scaling engineering teams, systems, and processes.
- Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and engineering best practices.
- Proven ability to operate effectively at both strategic and operational levels.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience working in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment is highly valued.
Why Consider This Opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a growing organization at a meaningful stage of its evolution and have a direct impact on the future of its engineering function.
The successful candidate will have significant autonomy, executive visibility, and the opportunity to shape both the technology and the team as the business continues to scale.
Interested candidates are invited to apply or reach out directly for a confidential conversation.
