Guidewheel · 21 hours ago
VP of Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$250K/yr - $275K/yrGuidewheel is on a mission to empower the world’s ten million factories to reach sustainable peak performance. They are seeking a VP of Engineering to lead a world-class organization, focusing on building a culture of speed and elite performance within the engineering team.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business Information SystemsCloud Data ServicesMachine LearningSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Build a culture where technical understanding supports fast, high-judgment decision-making
Ensure the team can debate easily, move fast, and serve as an admired mentor who keeps a high bar for talent
Baseline and then drive the team toward elite performance levels (frequent deploys, short lead times, low change-failure rates)
Publish a visible velocity dashboard and improve metrics consistently
Make Engineering a core driver of retention
Ensure velocity and quality directly contribute to customer value, delivering features with a high-quality, customer-obsessed mindset
Provide the 'pastoral care,' coaching, and direction needed for the team to thrive
Ensure engineers have protected focus time, clear direction, and earn strong cross-functional respect from Product and Operations
Qualification
Required
Proven record leading a lean, high-performing engineering team that shipped continuously and improved measurable delivery metrics
Clear, concise writing and strong data-driven decision skills
Ability to connect technical trade-offs directly to customer value and P&L outcomes
Talent magnet. You attract exceptional engineers. Top talent chooses to follow you across teams and companies because they grow faster working with you
10/10 Operator: You are calm under pressure, decisive under ambiguity, and relentlessly focused on outcomes
Technical Horsepower: You have a track record of building resilient systems that handle unreliable networks gracefully. You are not afraid to break the 'old playbook' and build aggressively with AI where relevant
Performance multiplier: You maximize productivity via modern tools to aim for maximum output per engineer
Exceptional Judgment: You combine pattern recognition and systems-level thinking to make smart trade-offs. You move fast without being reactive, grounding every major decision in data and first-principles reasoning
Values-Driven: You model Guidewheel values—care, integrity, growth mindset, and data-driven truth-seeking
Benefits
Fair & equitable pay.
100% remote culture.
Flexible PTO policy.
Generous equity.
Health Benefits.
401k (match up to 4%)
$500 home office set-up
Parental leave
Company laptop
Retirement plan
Paid company holidays
Some (if you choose) company travel to spend time with your Guidewheel peers.
Company
Guidewheel
Guidewheel's AI-powered FactoryOps platform empowers manufacturers to drive productivity and net zero at scale.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$51.98MKey Investors
Decarbonization PartnersBreakthrough Energy VenturesGreycroft
2024-08-13Series B· $31M
2022-12-14Series A· $9M
2021-07-22Series A· $8M
Leadership Team
Weston McBride
CTO and Co-Founder
Charles Lawson
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
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