VP, Engineering

The role

The Vice President of Engineering will lead and scale an engineering organization across backend, mobile, web, data, QA, and DevOps. This leader will drive technical strategy, architectural vision, and AI innovation for consumer subscription products and B2B indie label business.

What you will do

• Define the multi-year technical and AI strategy across the product ecosystem.
• Build AI-powered customer-facing capabilities like artist insights and content recommendations.
• Deliver improvements from AI-enabled engineering in delivery speed and quality.
• Create and scale the paved path for AI-assisted and agentic software development.
• Establish technical foundations for reliable and secure AI agents.
• Drive architectural modernization and scale initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop an engineering organization including managers and senior ICs.
• Drive SDLC practices with CI/CD, automated testing, and AI-enabled tools.
• Partner with Product and Design leadership on prioritization and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, Revenue, Marketing, and Artist Relations teams.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years engineering experience
• 5+ years leading orgs of 25+ engineers, including managers and senior ICs
• Proven success as a senior engineering leader at a scaled B2C, marketplace, or subscription-driven technology company
• Strong technical background in systems architecture, data modeling, mobile performance, and platform-scale challenges
• Demonstrated experience deploying AI/ML in customer-facing features and internal engineering workflows
• Track record of improving engineering velocity and developer experience through tooling, process, and automation
• Direct, hands-on experience building agentic-development capabilities from the ground up
• Exceptional communication skills and experience partnering with product and executive leadership

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale content distribution, media ingestion pipelines, payments, subscription systems, or rights management
• Familiarity with Python/Django, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kubernetes, event-driven architecture, or modern mobile frameworks
• Strong understanding of data science, ML infrastructure, and experimentation platforms
• Background in creator economy, digital media, or marketplace ecosystems

Benefits

• Bonus opportunity
• Stock options
• 401(k) match

About the company

UnitedMasters is building a marketplace connecting artists, brands, and fans, empowering over 1.5M independent artists. The company is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Alphabet, Apple, and Disney.