VP of Engineering

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