• This role is for a high-impact engineering leader who has been in the trenches at fast-scaling startups — someone who has grown from individual contributor to leader and helped scale engineering orgs through multiple phases of growth
• Ideally, you’ve done it more than once
• As VP of Software Engineering, you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining a high-performing, scalable engineering organization across Product Development, Ops, and Technical Support
• This is a role for someone who’s hands-on enough to spot an issue in a pull request, and strategic enough to influence long-term roadmap, product vision, and cross-functional priorities
• You’ll partner closely with Product and Design to ship great software faster, with fewer surprises
• You’ll also work directly with customers and support our GTM motion, stepping in when technical insight is needed on strategic deals or customer challenges
• Lead Software Engineering within CoLab’s Product Development org
• Guide and grow our teams to improve quality, development speed and confidence
• Partner with Product to drive roadmap planning, resource allocation, and feasibility tradeoffs
• Ensure compliance with key standards (e.g. SOC 2, ISO) through a mature SDLC
• Set and manage operating metrics (e.g. uptime, velocity, quality, cost) that drive business value
• Help scale our team with world-class talent and build functions that support career growth across the team
• Collaborate across departments — from GTM to CS — to support technical enablement and customer success
• Join CoLab’s Senior Leadership Team and help shape company strategy across all areas of the business

Benefits

• Health and dental insurance (covered at 100% for the employee)
• Remote/Hybrid Work: Our main office location is in St. John’s, NL where we offer hybrid and remote opportunities
• Unlimited PTO- You’re a builder at heart — pragmatic, resourceful, and relentlessly focused on outcomes
• You’ve helped scale at least one startup through a period of fast growth (Series A → C or similar), and ideally done it more than once
• You’ve grown from IC to leadership, and know what it takes to help others do the same
• You’re low ego, high respect. People seek out your input not because of your title, but because you are good at what you do, genuinely helpful and motivating to work with
• 5+ years in engineering leadership roles, with experience managing managers
• Strong knowledge of AI solutions for software development and experience deploying AI coding solutions at scale
• Familiarity with building secure, compliant software in a regulated environment
• Experience with modern cloud tech stacks. Ours is: React, Python, GraphQL, Postgres, AWS
• Experience directly supporting customer conversations and technical sales
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Significant experience as a software developer, including on large-scale SaaS systems
• Proven ability to scale teams and processes during periods of high growth