[Hiring] VP of Engineering @Oddball

Role Description

We're looking for a VP of Engineering to lead and scale Oddball's engineering practice across our federal digital modernization portfolio — someone who brings proven practices from commercial and product-focused organizations and knows how to adapt them to the realities of federal delivery.

• Set and drive technical standards, best practices, and engineering consistency across 100+ engineers spanning multiple federal programs — including how teams adopt and build with agentic AI tools.
• Own engineering talent decisions — identifying and promoting top performers, developing those with growth potential, and maintaining a high bar across the organization.
• Partner with Program Managers, Tech Leads and VPs to ensure programs are delivering high-quality, technically sound solutions.
• Roll up your sleeves when it matters — dig into architecture, solve a hard technical problem, or prototype an idea to move it forward.
• Build and own the engineering career ladder — defining skill levels, growth paths, mentorship structures, certifications, continuing education and promotion criteria.
• Coach and support Tech Leads in both technical and managerial dimensions.
• Drive technical strategy across the portfolio, identifying opportunities to improve performance, tooling, and delivery.
• Stay current on emerging technology including AI/ML, cloud platform engineering, and developer productivity — and turn it into practical advantages for our clients.
• Contribute to growth and capture efforts — solutioning, proposal reviews, and technical viability assessments.
• Provide thought leadership internally and externally, representing Oddball's engineering capabilities to clients and at industry events.

Qualifications

• Deep experience leading engineering organizations with meaningful time in a federal contracting environment.
• Commercial, product, or industry experience outside government is strongly preferred — and a clear sense of how to bring those lessons into federal delivery.
• Hands-on technical credibility — you spend most of your time guiding and enabling, but you can still go deep when the situation calls for it.
• Track record of building technical culture, career development programs, and high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery, DevSecOps, and cloud modernization in federal contexts.
• A collaborative leadership style — you build alignment and empower teams rather than dictate a single way of working.
• Experience building partnerships and driving technical change with government clients.
• Exceptional communication skills — you can translate complex technical concepts for both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
• In alignment with federal contract requirements, certain roles may also require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and a security clearance.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree.

Benefits

• Fully remote.
• Annual stipend.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package.
• Company Match 401(k) plan.
• Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays.