Vice President, Engineering

As the Vice President of Engineering, you will serve as the senior-most engineering leader for Pindrop's core platforms and cross-product capabilities. You will be the technical visionary behind our multi-cloud platform and real-time risk engine, owning the strategy, roadmap, and execution for systems that protect the world's largest enterprises.  

• Be the technical visionary behind Pindrop’s multi-cloud platform across AWS and GCP, and Pindrop’s cross-product machine learning capabilities.  
• Shape the craft, engineering culture, engineering process, and engineering talent hiring and development across all product teams.  
• Own Pindrop’s core platform that supports both Pindrop Passport and Protect, including its roadmap, engineering delivery, process execution, quality, and timing.  
• Collaborate closely with the Chief Architect on technical vision, adapting principles to practices and techniques to achieve evolve-able architectures.  
• Build and foster engineering talent across the entire organization, enhancing and evolving the structure of career growth, onboarding, and retention.  
• Lay out processes to reduce or eliminate downtime, improve scalability and reliability, and implement a problem management process with a cohesive observability strategy. 
• Put in controls and processes to monitor and reduce cloud and data costs on an ongoing basis. 

• Strategically Minded: You shape long-term engineering strategy by identifying emerging opportunities and risks early, aligning multiple global teams around a cohesive direction.  
• Resilient Leader: You maintain execution across hiring and delivery despite ambiguity or rapid change, modeling calm, decisive leadership that enables teams to perform under pressure.  
• Relationship-Driven: You act as a trusted global engineering partner who builds strong relationships with executives and cross-functional leaders to accelerate business outcomes.  
• AI-Fluent: You anticipate how advances in AI will impact engineering productivity and platform architecture, guiding teams to responsibly integrate AI-enabled capabilities at scale.  
• Executive Presence: You bring a positive attitude with a leadership and ownership mindset, instilling confidence and trust in high-performing leaders.

Must-haves:

• Minimum 12+ years of relevant experience building and supporting application platforms and/or infrastructure with extensive and current experience as a people leader.  
• Proven experience leading a large technology organization of 30 or more individuals with director-level reports.  
• Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and structure technology organizations in growth-phase companies.  
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and data technologies on AWS and/or GCP, with multi-cloud deployment experience. 

Nice-to-haves:

• Understanding of data science infrastructure, machine learning, and Generative AI implementation.  
• Experience with network and application security, or experience developing and creating an enterprise security program/team.  
• Ability to structure team topologies, interactions, and value streams for high efficiency using lean principles.  
• Clear understanding of the value of CI/CD, best practices, and methods to apply it at scale. 

In an era where synthetic media, fraud, and identity manipulation are accelerating, we ensure that every interaction involves the real human and the right human. Our work directly protects financial institutions, enterprises, and consumers from fraud, deception, and identity compromise. You will wake up every day knowing your work has real-world impact.  

You will work alongside some of the best technical minds in security, AI, and voice intelligence. We are intense about excellence, but we are also a team that enjoys the journey. If you want to build something that matters—and be proud of the company you help shape—this is that opportunity.

As a part of Pindrop, you’ll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Here’s a snapshot of the benefits we offer:

• Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees, so everyone shares in our long-term success.
• Remote-first environment - giving you flexibility and autonomy in how you structure your day.
• While we work flexibly, we prioritize meaningful in-person moments through regular team on-sites, company-wide events, and intentional gatherings that foster connection, collaboration, and shared success.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan!
• Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
• Low-cost vision and dental plans for you and your family, providing comprehensive coverage and peace of mind.
• Paid Parental Leave - Including birth, adoptive & foster parents
• One year of diaper delivery for your newest addition to the family! It’s our way of welcoming new Pindroplets to the family!
• Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance to help cover essential connectivity costs and support flexible work.
• Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits to support family-building journeys and personalized health needs.
• Annual Learning & Development stipend to support your professional growth, skill-building, certifications, and continued education.