The Role
Leads engineering strategy and organization through multiple company growth stages, partnering with the board, investors, and executive leadership. Defines AI-native engineering practices, guides architecture and infrastructure decisions, and balances product delivery with system scalability. Builds distributed, high-trust teams and integrates compliance requirements into engineering practices, particularly within regulated industries.
Summary Generated by Built In
This is a remote position.
Position: VP of Engineering
Location: Remote
Experience: 12+ years
12+ years of engineering leadership, with experience leading engineering organizations through multiple company-stage transitions. You have operated at a scale that regularly required engagement with the board, investors, and executive leadership. You know what great engineering organizations look like at each stage and what structures break when the company outgrows them.
12+ years of engineering leadership, with experience leading engineering organizations through multiple company-stage transitions. You have operated at a scale that regularly required engagement with the board, investors, and executive leadership. You know what great engineering organizations look like at each stage and what structures break when the company outgrows them.
- A strong point of view on what AI-native engineering looks like. Not just using AI tools. You have thought deeply about how AI changes the role of the engineer, the shape of the engineering org, and the economics of software delivery. You hold opinions on where the industry is going, and you can defend them. You also know where the hype outpaces reality.
- Deep technical fluency to form strong opinions on system architecture, AI and data infrastructure, and deployment pipelines.
- Customer empathy and product sense. You think about business and technology together, never one at the expense of the other. You constantly look for ways to enable the business through technology: building new capabilities while improving the systems underneath. You do not refactor for refactoring's sake, and you do not ship features on a foundation that cannot support them.
- Experience leading fully distributed teams with high trust and high accountability.
- Experience in regulated industries (insurance, fintech, healthcare, or similar) is a strong plus. You understand that compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA, state cybersecurity regulations) is a constraint you build into systems, not an afterthought you bolt on.
Skills Required
- 12+ years of engineering leadership experience
- Experience leading engineering organizations through multiple company-stage transitions
- Experience engaging with boards, investors, and executive leadership
- Strong perspective on AI-native engineering and the future of software delivery
- Deep technical fluency in system architecture, AI and data infrastructure, and deployment pipelines
- Customer empathy and product sense
- Experience leading fully distributed teams with high trust and accountability
- Experience in regulated industries such as insurance, fintech, or healthcare
- Understanding of SOC 2, HIPAA, and state cybersecurity regulations
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The Company
What We Do
Riva Scientific provides software solutions, validated systems, managed services, strategic consulting, and staffing for life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and technology organizations. Its services include systems implementation, custom application and data-intelligence development, computer-system validation, testing, regulatory compliance assessments, remediation, business analysis, project management, auditing, and team augmentation, helping clients automate operations and meet requirements such as FDA GMP and 21 CFR Part 11.
