VP of Engineering & Product
WEVO
ABOUT WEVO
WEVO is an AI venture-backed startup that is disrupting the digital experience space. We help leading global companies optimize products and campaigns BEFORE they are even launched, saving months of in-market iterations. WEVO leverages an LLM fine-tuned on a proprietary data set of 1 million+ user studies, with 12 granted patents.
JOB SUMMARY
As a VP of Engineering & Product at WEVO, you will have a leadership role in the company and be responsible for the technical direction, architecture, software development lifecycle, and infrastructure powering WEVO’s products. You will develop and execute a strategy for productionizing and delivering capabilities that leverage state-of-the-art generative and agentic AI technologies to solve customer problems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Define, develop, and execute on a product roadmap that advances WEVO’s business objectives in collaboration with CEO and exec team.
- Work closely with the Chief Data Officer to deploy Generative AI and Agentic AI applications.
- Own the development lifecycle from requirements gathering to delivery.
- Scope, design, guide the development of, and deploy solutions that are secure, scalable and compliant.
- Own the continued security and compliance of the platform.
- Actively contribute to planning and review processes and define OKRs for the product.
- Hire, lead, and mentor an agile development team and ensure best practices.
EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of experience with at least 5 years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Prior startup experience - we’re looking for a candidate who can ramp up fast, make decisions in high-uncertainty environments.
- Track record of successfully launching innovative software products in a fast-paced environment.
- Recent experience managing small teams of engineers.
- Prior experience with programming languages and frameworks like Python/Flask/Django, Javascript/Typescript/NodeJs.
- Expertise in SQL, data modeling approaches, and experience managing, monitoring, and scaling relational databases (we use PostgreSQL, but any flavor of relational database is acceptable).
- Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-based architectures. We use AWS, so prior experience with AWS is a plus, specifically a knowledge of AWS services, including IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, and SQS
- The ideal candidate will be based in Boston and be available to work in the office two days a week.
BENEFITS
We believe that great outcomes are achieved by remarkable people working closely together. WEVO offers an environment that emphasizes personal growth and empowerment.
- Competitive base salary and bonus
- Comprehensive healthcare plan and a 401k plan
- Meaningful equity stake
- Unlimited vacation days