VP, Platform Engineering

Happen Bank(formerly LendingClub)is built around a simple purpose: to clear the way to help people turn intention into action and action intofinancial progress. That means offering focused products a frictionless mobile-first experience and clear terms with no gotchas. Respect and fairness is part of our DNA and that ideal shapes how we work how we treat each other and how we invest in our employees and our community. Join us in using data bold thinking and a commitment to innovation to help clear the way for millions of Americans to achieve more.

The VP Platform Engineering is the senior-most leader of Platform Engineering at Happen Bank responsible for the strategy roadmap and execution of the foundational platforms that enable product engineering teams across the company. This leader owns AI Infrastructure DevOps and software delivery Change Management enterprise Testing Database Administration and Incident Management & Observability.

Youll bring deep technical expertise and executive leadership to build the platforms guardrails and services that enable Engineering teams to move quickly safely and reliably. A key focus will be defining Happen Banks multi-year AI Infrastructure strategyincluding model and platform selection build-versus-buy decisions client-facing AI capabilities governance and shared toolingwhile advancing software delivery quality database reliability and production resilience across the technology organization.

Youll partner across Technology and Product Engineering to align platform investments with the broader technology product and AI modernization agenda building a high-performing organization grounded in the belief that speed quality and safety are all requirements.

• Own the enterprise vision strategy and roadmap for AI Infrastructure including evaluation and selection of AI/LLM models and platforms and a clear point of view on which capabilities to build in-house versus consume as a service
• Lead the development of client-facing AI technologies gateways and shared tooling that enable product teams to safely and efficiently integrate AI capabilities into customer experiences
• Establish standards for model governance cost management latency security safety and scalability as AI adoption grows across the engineering organization

• Define the strategy and standards for CI/CD developer tooling infrastructure as code automated deployment and environment management to measurably improve engineering velocity and reliability
• Own the roadmap for build and release capabilities ensuring tooling and processes scale with engineering headcount product surface area and technical complexity
• Establish and continuously evolve Change Management guardrails release controls testing expectations sign-offs rollback plans and monitoring standards that enable teams to ship quickly while protecting customer experience and production stability
• Use incident and defect data to continuously improve software delivery and Change Management practices balancing delivery speed quality and risk

• Own the enterprise testing strategy and shared testing capabilities across Software Engineering Data and other technology teams
• Define quality standards testing expectations and SLAs that establish clear release-readiness requirements across Product and Platform Engineering
• Advance AI-enabled testing practices including automation self-healing tests and AI-assisted test generation to improve coverage and efficiency while reducing manual QA effort

• Lead the Database Administration function establishing a clear charter priorities and service expectations for Engineering and the broader organization
• Ensure the DBA organization delivers high-leverage capabilities across performance tuning schema design guidance capacity planning and data reliability
• Partner with Engineering leaders to proactively identify and address database risks scalability needs and opportunities as the platform evolves

• Own a robust incident management framework from detection and response through resolution and post-incident review with a focus on minimizing customer impact and strengthening root-cause learning
• Establish clear SLAs SLOs and operational expectations that provide real-time visibility into system health and enable teams to proactively identify and recover from degraded services
• Strengthen the enterprise observability strategy and stack in partnership with Technology Operations driving consistent instrumentation alerting dashboards and operational standards across the technology environment

• Set the strategy and multi-year roadmap across Platform Engineering aligning investments and priorities with the broader product development and technology roadmap
• Anticipate emerging platform needs and determine where Happen Bank should invest to improve engineering productivity reliability scalability security and innovation
• Represent Platform Engineering in enterprise technology strategy planning and investment decisions providing clear recommendations on priorities tradeoffs and resource allocation
• Build coach and retain a high-performing leadership organization across AI Infrastructure DevOps Testing DBA and Observability with a strong focus on talent development and leadership bench strength

• 13 years of progressive software engineering DevOps platform engineering or related technology experience including significant experience leading complex engineering organizations
• Bachelors degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10 years in a senior engineering leadership role leading multiple technical domains and managers of managers with experience across AI Infrastructure DevOps Testing DBA Observability or related platform functions
• Demonstrated experience setting AI Infrastructure strategy including evaluating and selecting AI/LLM models and platforms and building client-facing AI gateways tooling or capabilities in production environments
• Deep technical fluency across DevOps pipelines testing harnesses and automation API and contract design database architecture and observability with the ability to go deep with technical teams while operating at an executive and strategic level
• Track record of building and maturing observability practices SLA/SLO frameworks and incident management processes at scale with a high bar for operational excellence and root-cause analysis
• Experience leading or partnering closely with Database Administration functions with a clear perspective on how DBA teams can deliver high-leverage value to Engineering
• Experience building enterprise testing strategies and shared testing capabilities with a focus on automation and AI-enabled testing efficiency
• Practical experience building platforms and shared services across modern distributed technology environments including Java Scala and/or ; databases such as Postgres MySQL Cassandra or DynamoDB; and asynchronous messaging technologies such as SQS/SNS or Kafka
• Strong executive presence and cross-functional influence with the ability to align platform investments with company product and technology strategy
• Demonstrated success developing leaders and building leadership bench strength across complex multi-domain engineering organizations
• You build functions that evolve embedding AI capabilities into how strategy is developed and executed. You create the systems and conditions for teams to challenge assumptions and deliver breakthroughs while maintaining a high standard for security model governance data integrity responsible production deployment and long-term maintainability

• Experience in fintech or banking particularly within Loan Originations Servicing or Banking Web and Mobile Applications

Work Location
San Francisco

The above locations are eligible offices for this locations have been determined to foster in-person collaboration with this roles team or the related business lines. We utilize a hybrid work model and our teams are in-office Tuesdays Wednesdays and -person attendance is essential for this roles success and remote placement will not be Bank offers relocation based on actual job level.

Time Zone Requirements
Local hours (PT)

While the position will primarily work local hours Happen Bank is headquartered in Pacific Time and our ideal candidate will be flexible working across time zones when necessary.

Travel Requirements
As needed travel to Happen Bank offices and/or other locations as needed.

Compensation
The target base salary range for this position is 00. The base salary of the role will be determined by job-related knowledge experience education skills and location. Base salary is just one part of Happen Banks Total Rewards package. You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance employee performance and eligible earnings).

Were creating new financial services solutions for our members based on fairness simplicity and heart and we treat our employees the same way. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision plans for employees and their families 401(k) match health and wellness programs flexible time off policies for salaried employees up to 16 weeks paid parental leave and more.

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