Care.com is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead their Enterprise, LifeMart, and International businesses and drive technical excellence and business innovation.
Requirements
15+ years of engineering experience, with 6+ years leading large, distributed technical teams
Hands-on expertise in technical architecture, system design, and cloud-native platforms
Familiarity with modern development tools and architectures (e.g., microservices, event-driven systems, cloud-native environments)
1–2 real-world AI-enabled product or workflow implementations
Proven experience building scalable, consumer and enterprise-facing products
Demonstrated success as a thought partner to business/product leaders with measurable business outcomes
Responsibilities
Shape and execute engineering strategy across Enterprise, LifeMart, and International businesses
Ensure world-class architecture across Care.com’s platform, driving scalability, performance, and reliability for both consumer-facing and enterprise clients
Drive cross-functional execution: Collaborate with Product, Design, and Data to deliver customer-centric solutions, balancing near-term delivery with long-term platform health
Champion AI and innovation: Be a cultural leader for AI adoption, embedding AI workflows across the organization and applying real-world AI use cases to enhance our business
Elevate engineering excellence: Foster best practices in software development, system design, reliability, and operational excellence
Partner with business and product leaders: Work hand-in-hand with the GM and Product leadership to surface new ideas, shape business strategy, and bring innovative, technology-driven solutions to market
Other
15+ years of engineering experience, with 6+ years leading large, distributed technical teams
Strong tenure in past roles, with evidence of sustained impact and progression
Exceptional communication and executive presence, with comfort engaging at the Board level
A passion for inclusive leadership, culture-building, and mentorship
Hybrid work environment: in office Monday, Wednesday & Thursday in Salt Lake City, UT | Austin, TX | Dallas, TX
