Vice President Engineering Core Developers

Location Details: United States, Remote

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.

This position may be a hybrid or fully remote position, as decided by your manager. If designated as hybrid, you’ll divide your time between working remotely from your home and an office location, so you should live within commuting distance. If designated as remote, you’ll be working remotely from your home and may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Your hiring manager can share more about this role’s hybrid or remote designation.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join our team

GoDaddy is seeking a Vice President of Engineering Core Developers to lead the next generation of AI-native product experiences powering millions of entrepreneurs worldwide. Leading large-scale engineering organizations across product platforms, cloud systems, developer tooling, and AI-enabled experiences while partnering closely with Product, Design, Data/AI, Security, and GTM teams.

Help develop the future of entrepreneurship through AI-native platforms, intelligent experiences, and scalable systems that empower millions of customers worldwide. This is an opportunity to redefine how software is built and experienced in the era of AI.

If you are a deeply technical leader who thrives in ambiguity and large-scale transformation, with strong operational rigor, experience scaling global engineering organizations, and a passion for modern AI-assisted software development and platform engineering we encourage you to apply.

What you'll get to do...

As a senior engineering leader, you will guide end‑to‑end engineering excellence across a portfolio of product and platform teams, shaping how we build, scale, and innovate.

Engineering Leadership and Execution

• Lead multiple product engineering organizations spanning frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and AI‑enabled systems
• Build and develop high‑performing, inclusive engineering leadership teams, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and sustainable delivery
• Partner closely with Product and Design to align execution with strategic priorities and customer outcomes
• Advance engineering excellence across scalability, reliability, experimentation, and developer productivity
• Lead quarterly and annual planning across innovation, platform modernization, and operational stability

 AI‑Native Transformation

• Embed AI and emerging intelligent capabilities across developer workflows, customer experiences, and internal systems
• Champion AI‑assisted engineering practices, including code generation, intelligent testing, automation, and developer copilots
• Partner with AI/ML teams to bring AI systems into production, including orchestration platforms, inference pipelines, and governance frameworks
• Help ensure responsible AI practices with strong standards for privacy, security, reliability, and observability

 Product and Platform Innovation

• Scale cloud‑native architectures, APIs, and distributed systems that power high‑impact products
• Improve developer efficiency through CI/CD modernization, self‑service tooling, and platform standardization
• Support data‑informed decision making through experimentation, telemetry, analytics, and A/B testing
• Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams to deliver secure‑by‑default systems and resilient operations

Your experience should include...

• 15+ years of software engineering experience in SaaS, AI platforms, cloud infrastructure, hosting or commerce environments with 7+ years leading large-scale engineering organizations
• Experience leading Directors, Senior Directors, and VP-level engineering teams. Strong executive communication and multi-functional leadership skills
• Shown success delivering cloud-scale SaaS products with high availability and global scale
• Strong technical depth across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, platform engineering, and DevOps
• Experience driving engineering modernization, automation, and developer productivity initiatives

You might also have... 

• Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM applications, agentic AI architectures, or AI developer tooling
• Experience embedding AI-assisted development workflows into engineering organizations
• Familiarity with experimentation platforms, identity systems, APIs, commerce, or developer ecosystems
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to [email protected]. 

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