VP of Engineering
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USD 280000 - 320000
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Job Description
About Us
Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets. Our goal is to make these markets more accessible transparent and liquid and were achieving this by revolutionizing the way investment vehicles are created and executed.
At Sydecar were not just a platform; were a trusted partner in venture capital. Were dedicated to simplifying and standardizing the private investing experience empowering capital allocators to discover and support visionary entrepreneurs who are shaping the future.
Our platform is designed with ease and efficiency in mind. We take care of all the behind-the-scenes tasks from automating banking ensuring compliance handling contracts managing taxes to streamlining reporting. This leaves investors the freedom to concentrate on what matters most: making valuable deals and nurturing meaningful relationships.
Join us at Sydecar as we lead the charge in revolutionizing private investing.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial engineering executive to lead our technology organization through its next stage of growth. This role is pivotal to Sydecars success: you will define and execute the technical vision scale a high-performing engineering culture and partner closely with the CEO COO Product and business leaders to deliver outcomes that accelerate both growth and efficiency.
The ideal candidate excels at translating strategy into scalable architecture and execution while mentoring leaders and inspiring teams. You will join Sydecars executive team as a trusted partner shaping the future of our platform and industry.
This position is VP of Engineering or SVP of Engineering. Compensation and title will be determined based on seniority and confirmed during the process.
Responsibilities
Technology Strategy & Vision
Define and own the long-term technical vision aligned to Sydecars business strategy.
Balance investment in new architecture with continuous improvement of existing systems and reduction of technical debt.
Leverage emerging technologies including AI/ML to create efficiencies and competitive advantage.
Develop independent hypotheses about business strategy and engage at the leadership level demonstrating strong business context and the ability to connect technical decisions to Sydecars goals.
Ensure systems are scalable extensible and resilient to support evolving customer needs and future business scale.
Execution & Delivery
Drive consistent predictable delivery of complex projects improving engineering estimation velocity and quality.
Champion engineering excellence in development testing deployment observability and security.
Own success metrics by defining what success looks like for engineering setting measurable goals and ensuring progress and outcomes are transparent and reportable to senior leadership.
Leadership & Culture
Build and scale Sydecars engineering organization with a bias for fewer highly productive collaborative engineers.
Mentor and develop engineering managers and ICs fostering growth and accountability.
Serve as a visible culture carrier exemplifying Sydecars values of ownership excellence humility and winning together.
Challenge senior leadership constructively and defend technical strategy with conviction ensuring the engineering perspective is represented in key company decisions.
Cross-functional Partnership
Partner with Product CX and Design to deliver business-critical outcomes.
Represent engineering at the board and with investors translating technical strategy into business impact.
Drive alignment across distributed teams while maintaining urgency high ownership and focus on outcomes.
Qualifications
15 years of software engineering experience with 8 years in senior engineering leadership roles (Team Lead Head of Eng VP CTO etc.).
Proven success leading and scaling teams of 2050 engineers in high-growth resource-constrained startup environments.
Track record of delivering scalable systems and complex products on time and with quality.
Strong technical background with the ability to dive deep and challenge assumptions while empowering engineering teams.
Experience partnering with C-Suite leaders to define technology roadmap with ability to lead execution & strategy.
Board-level communication skills and executive presence; ability to inspire confidence across internal and external stakeholders.
Comfort operating in hybrid/distributed teams and evolving ambiguous environments.
Preferred
Series A/B stage leadership experience in fintech B2B SaaS or highly regulated industries.
Experience modernizing legacy systems and balancing technical debt with new development.
Exposure to both startup scrappiness and larger-company best practices with ability to translate appropriately to Sydecars stage.
Sydecars values
Our values are important to the way we live and work at Sydecar. They guide our priorities behaviors and interactions.
Ownership
We are committed to and proud of our work and growth. We hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals.
Excellence
We set and exceed ambitious goals through ownership data-driven decisions and rigorous execution.
Humility
We value feedback and recognize that growth comes from learning from each other and our experiences.
Win Together
We are driven by a passion for winning and we champion the success of our team members our customers and our partners.
Sydecar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sydecar are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age physical mental or sensory disability HIV Status sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service family medical history or genetic information family or parental status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Sydecar will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Sydecar encourages applicants of all ages.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
