Vice President of Software Engineering Job at Pacific Search Firm, Santa Clara, CA

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  • Pacific Search Firm
  • Santa Clara, CA

Job Description

Pacific Search Firm partners with leading climate tech companies to place senior leadership and executive talent. With 15+ years of experience in climate tech recruiting, we’ve built a trusted track record of helping venture-backed startups scale from pre-revenue to successful exits.

About the Role:

Our client is a fast-growing software focused climate tech startup on a mission to mitigate the effects of climate change through smarter energy use. Backed by top-tier venture and impact investors, they are entering a growth phase and are hiring a Vice President of Software Engineering to scale their software platform and team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and expand a distributed engineering organization, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and mission alignment
  • Serve as a thought partner to executive leadership on long-term technical strategy and growth planning
  • Set technical direction and oversee architecture decisions for a cloud-native platform managing connected devices and real-time energy data
  • Hire and develop engineering managers and ICs while preserving startup agility and speed
  • Partner cross-functionally with product, design, and commercial teams to deliver scalable, high-performance features across both consumer and utility-facing applications
  • Drive engineering excellence across the board from secure integrations to CI/CD practices to developer tooling and mentorship
  • Ensure operational excellence, including performance, scalability, reliability, and technical debt management

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in software engineering, including experience scaling SaaS platforms or distributed systems
  • Prior leadership of engineering teams in high-growth, early-stage environments (experience managing managers required)
  • Prior experience taking an early stage startup through a period of growth (to the 100+ employee stage)
  • Prior experience scaling cloud-based software systems
  • Prior experience with cloud platforms, backend systems, and scalable architecture
  • Proven ability to build inclusive and high-performing remote teams
  • Strong communication and product sensibility; capable of translating business needs into technical execution
  • Passion for climate solutions and software innovation with energy platforms

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