VP of Software Development

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new york city / $300000 - $350000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$300000 - $350000

Location

LOCATION

new york city

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

We're looking for an accomplished VP, Software Development to lead a globally distributed engineering team of 300+ engineers within a consumer technology leader operating a portfolio of well-known financial and digital services brands.

Hopefully you will be comfortable joining a company that operates at massive scale, processing hundreds of thousands of events per second through its data platforms.

Culture

  • Busy and pioneering environment within a large, Fortune 500 company
  • Operates with a lean, hands-on leadership style
  • Emphasis on technical credibility and pragmatic decision-making
  • Leaders are expected to challenge assumptions and drive clarity (without being hands-on coders)

The Role

  • Own and scale customer-facing applications across web and mobile platforms
  • Lead integration of newly acquired products into the broader platform ecosystem
  • Drive growth initiatives across multiple product lines, including fintech offerings
  • Champion AI adoption across engineering teams and product experiences
  • Oversee deployment of AI-powered features already in production
  • Identify and unlock productivity gains through AI and automation
  • Explore new revenue and product opportunities leveraging LLMs and emerging technologies
  • Operate as a highly visible leader, partnering closely with C-suite to drive transformation

Ideally you will have:

  • Strong experience in FinTech, Financial Wellness or Consumer Facing Apps & Platforms (on a global scale)
  • A background in building and scaling large-scale, real-time, customer-facing (B2C) systems
  • Comfortable working across modern tech stacks (e.g., Java, React, Scala or similar)
  • Experience with platform evolution or tech stack migrations (a plus)
  • Experience as a technically credible leader able to challenge decisions and guide engineering direction in a globally distributed team
  • A passion for driving impact and leading change in complex organisations
  • Confidence operating in a highly visible, executive-facing role.

For more information and to apply:

CONTACT

Wallace Williams

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