Vice President of Software Engineering

Robert Half
Raleigh, NC

We’re hiring a Vice President of Engineering to take on a high-impact, hands-on leadership role driving backend standardization, architecture, and platform consistency across multiple engineering teams.

This is a player-coach position—ideal for a senior engineering leader who still thrives in the code, influences architecture decisions, and builds scalable frameworks used across the organization.



Overview

Lead the design and adoption of reusable backend frameworks (Java/Spring Boot)

Define and enforce API standards, service patterns, and engineering best practices

Drive consistency and standardization across distributed microservices teams

Act as a technical thought leader across engineering and architecture groups

Partner with senior engineers to review code, designs, and implementation approaches

Influence teams to adopt shared platforms, tools, and frameworks

Enable AI / GenAI capabilities within:

  • SDLC workflows
  • Developer productivity tools
  • Platform architecture

Stay hands-on when needed—contributing to architecture, POCs, and code reviews


Qualifications:

Proven experience at the VP / Sr. Director / Principal-level in software engineering

Strong hands-on Java + Spring Boot expertise (recent experience required)

Background in architectural design and backend engineering

Experience building:

  • Reusable frameworks / shared services
  • Scalable microservices architectures

Deep knowledge of:

  • RESTful APIs
  • Distributed systems
  • SQL & NoSQL databases

Demonstrated success in driving engineering standardization across teams

Ability to function as a true player-coach (not purely managerial)

Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior engineers & architects

Must have been hands-on within the past 10 years

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