[Hiring] VP of Engineering @SiteZeus

Role Description

SiteZeus is hiring a hands-on VP of Engineering to lead a small, senior product engineering team operating AI-first. You will own the technical direction, production quality, and delivery engine behind our location intelligence platform, while helping bring reliable AI capabilities directly into the product.

This is a builder-leader role, not a manager-of-managers position. You will stay close to architecture, pull requests, debugging, and occasional hands-on implementation; coach strong engineers; and partner directly with the CEO to turn technical decisions into customer and business outcomes. We want someone with deep traditional software engineering judgment who has fully embraced AI-assisted development without compromising fundamentals.

Full-time · Remote (U.S.), Tampa area preferred · Reports to the CEO

What you will own

• Architecture and platform direction.
• Customer-facing AI systems.
• Production engineering discipline.
• AI-native software delivery.
• Planning and execution.
• People leadership and executive partnership.

What you bring

• Engineering and leadership depth: 10+ years building and operating software, including 4+ years directly leading engineers.
• Proven production AI experience: Shipped and supported LLM-powered features in real use.
• Genuine AI-native fluency: Actively use modern coding agents and understand their strengths and limitations.
• Architectural and operational judgment: Strong in data-heavy SaaS systems, APIs, pipelines, production testing, observability, CI/CD, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Practical stack fluency: Comfort reading and reviewing .NET/C# back-end services and TypeScript/Vue front-end work on Azure.
• Agents and spatial systems: Experience with orchestration patterns and frameworks; familiarity with mapping and geospatial data.
• Modernization and communication: Guided meaningful platform upgrades or migrations while continuing to serve customers.

Bonus points

• Domain experience: Location intelligence, retail site selection, trade areas, POI or mobility data.
• Small-team builder: Early-stage or founding-engineer experience.
• Advanced AI delivery: Production agents working securely over customer-specific data.

Compensation and location

The base salary range for this role is $150,000–$170,000 per year; final compensation depends on experience. Remote within the United States; Tampa-area candidates preferred. Occasional in-person time in Tampa as needed.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO that we encourage you to use *
• Flexible work hours
• 401(k); health, vision, and dental; and other traditional benefits for U.S.-based employees *
• Paid parental leave *
• Paid monthly community service time *
• Paid company summits

Core values

• Be Bold: Be fearless in reinventing our product, our company and yourself.
• Extreme Ownership: Finds a way to solve problems and overcome adversity.
• Act with Urgency: Act with a high sense of urgency.
• Work with a Team Mentality: Puts the team's needs ahead of their own.
• Be a Unicorn: Be exceptional in the pursuit of your craft.

How to apply

Apply with your resume using the Apply button. The application includes one short written question: tell us about one AI-backed production system you helped build and operate, the engineering decisions you owned, what you learned, and how AI has changed the way you build today.

All U.S.-based applicants must be legally authorized to work within the United States. SiteZeus is not able to sponsor employment visas for this role. Degree requirements and preferences may be substituted for bona fide work history or relevant experience.

SiteZeus is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.