Vice President of Engineering

We're at an inflection point. Large language models, agentic AI and our proprietary human-in-the-loop verification engine are converging. The VP, Engineering will own how that transformation happens — in our product, our platform and how our teams build.

This is a player-coach role: a hands-on technical leader who progressed through the IC route — Architect or Principal Engineer — gets into the weeds when it matters, and leads at the executive level. You build the team and stay in the game.

• Own end-to-end engineering execution: roadmap planning, sprint cadence, release quality and cross-team dependency management
• Partner with the Product teams to align engineering capacity with product priorities; surface honest tradeoffs early
• Drive a culture of high velocity and high trust — ship fast, learn fast, fix fast

• Lead the engineering strategy for integrating LLMs, agentic workflows and AI-native development practices into Ocrolus products at scale
• Drive adoption of modern developer productivity tools and AI-augmented engineering workflows across all teams
• Define standards for AI output quality, hallucination control, cost governance and production reliability
• Compress idea-to-ship cycles for GenAI features; set the bar for moving from prototype to production
• Partner with the ML and AI Transformation teams to embed AI into internal workflows, not just external products

• Remain deeply hands-on: lead architecture reviews, own critical system design decisions and drive technical decision-making — not from a distance
• Own the technical roadmap across distributed systems, platform architecture, scalability and reliability for your engineering domain
• Set and enforce engineering standards: code quality, observability, incident response and security
• Make high-stakes architectural calls that balance speed, cost and long-term maintainability

• Lead and grow a distributed engineering org across the US and India as one of three VP Engineering leaders; partner closely with peer VPs under the CTO
• Manage directors and senior managers; coach them into leaders who scale with the company
• Set the hiring bar, build the interview machine and recruit senior talent in a competitive AI-era market
• Own DEI and retention outcomes within your domain

• Represent engineering at the executive level; contribute to the narrative on technology execution, risks and investments
• Own your domain's engineering budget: headcount planning, tooling spend and cloud cost optimization
• Partner with Sales and Customer Success on enterprise commitments, SLA design and escalation resolution

• 14+ years in software engineering with at least 5 years in engineering leadership; has scaled through Series C or equivalent growth
• Strong IC background — progressed through the Architect or Principal Engineer route with deep ownership of architecture, system design and technical decision-making
• Hands-on experience shipping AI/ML systems to production: LLMs, RAG, agentic workflows or document intelligence — not just oversight
• Proven ability to build and scale large-scale distributed platforms with high availability and reliability requirements
• Has partnered with a CTO or CEO on technical strategy; comfortable in the executive seat
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native microservices architecture at scale (AWS preferred)

• Background in fintech, document AI, IDP (Intelligent Document Processing) or regulated data-intensive industries
• Experience running engineering in a human-in-the-loop or hybrid AI/human system
• Built or rebuilt engineering culture — hiring bar, onboarding, performance, career ladders — from a growth-stage baseline
• Familiarity with modern developer productivity tooling and AI-augmented SDLC practices
• Comfortable operating across US and India time zones with globally distributed teams

• AI-native at the core: integrating state-of-the-art open- and closed-source models into a platform processing $100B+ in lending decisions annually
• Category leader: 400+ enterprise customers including PayPal, Brex, SoFi, Plaid, Better Mortgage, Enova and Square
• Real moat: proprietary HITL verification engine, 10+ years of labeled financial document data, 99%+ accuracy at scale
• Remote-first culture built on Empathy, Curiosity, Humility and Ownership

We’re a team of builders, thinkers, and problem solvers who care deeply about our mission — and each other. As a fast-growing, remote-first company, we offer an environment where you can grow your skills, take ownership of your work, and make a meaningful impact.

Our culture is grounded in four core values:
Empathy – Understand and serve with compassion
Curiosity – Explore new ideas and question the status quo
Humility – Listen, be grounded, and remain open-minded
Ownership – Love what you do, work hard, and deliver excellence

We believe diverse perspectives drive better outcomes. That’s why we’re committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone has a seat at the table, regardless of race, gender, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, or any other protected characteristic.

We look forward to building the future of lending together.