VP of Engineering

Arbor
Summary
Join Arbor, an intelligent electricity marketplace, as its Vice President of Engineering. Reporting to the Founder & CEO, you will lead the engineering team, drive technical strategy, and transform product vision into high-quality, scalable software. Key responsibilities include leading AI-driven innovation, managing and growing engineering teams, driving platform architecture and scalability, owning the AI-first strategy, and ensuring alignment between technical decisions and business goals. You will also lead the transition to a hyperscaling engineering-driven organization. This role requires proven senior engineering leadership experience, ideally in a rapidly scaling startup, strong AI/ML integration experience, deep understanding of software architecture and cloud infrastructure, and excellent communication and leadership skills.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role, ideally at a rapidly scaling startup or tech company
- Strong experience and deep interest in AI/ML integration, particularly how it can be applied to real-world applications and marketplace models
- Deep understanding of software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and building scalable, efficient platforms
- Ability to manage multiple teams, ensuring alignment across projects and priorities
- Experience with product-led growth and building platforms that can scale effectively across multiple user segments (consumers, SMBs, and large energy suppliers)
- Hands-on experience with software development practices, including Agile methodologies, and an understanding of modern software engineering tools
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to balance short and long-term priorities, drive innovation, and motivate teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical vision and strategy for Arbor’s engineering efforts, particularly AI-driven innovation that transforms our product experience, platform, and company operations
- Manage and grow Arbor’s engineering teams, cultivating a strong performance culture and high impact product-minded engineering team
- Drive the architecture and scalability of Arbor’s platform, ensuring it can support increasing user demand and complex supplier-side integrations
- Own and lead our AI-first strategy across the business, tech stack, and engineering teams
- Inform and integrate executive decisionmaking, and work closely with product and design teams, to ensure that technical decisions optimize for user needs, business goals, and long-term vision
- Lead the transition from a startup to hyperscaling engineering-driven organization, ensuring that engineering practices evolve to meet both the needs of the business and the emerging tech landscape
Preferred Qualifications
Experience within regulated industries like fintech, health-tech, and others, along with Marketplace experience, is preferred
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