Harrison Clarke ยท 2 days ago
Senior Vice President of Engineering
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$350K/yr - $500K/yr
4+ years expHarrison Clarke is an early-stage, venture-backed company focused on building a high-performance intelligence platform leveraging advanced machine learning. They are seeking a Senior Vice President of Engineering to lead their technical team, scale the engineering organization, and guide architectural decisions while fostering a strong developer culture.
ConsultingDevOpsHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Scale the engineering org significantly, while maintaining velocity, trust, and strong developer culture
Guide architecture decisions across the data platform, distributed systems, and backend infrastructure
Bring rigor and structure to how the company builds, deploys, and measure progress as the team and product scales
Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver fast, iterate quickly, and balance short-term execution with long-term bets
Attract world-class engineers and help existing team members grow into leadership roles
Qualification
Required
Experience Scaling Startups: You've done the early-stage thing before (must-have) and still love it. Ideally, you've been through the zero to one journey more than once
Leadership Acumen: 4+ years in engineering leadership roles, with experience leading teams of 10+ engineers
Technical Breadth: Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native environments, and modern data infrastructure
Bias for Action: You love solving problems in real-time, iterating fast, and jumping into IC-level work when necessary
Business/Tech Translator: You serve as a trusted bridge between engineering and the business, balancing the needs of scale, speed, and strategic bets
Startup Mindset: Thrives in chaotic environments, doesn't wait for a process to be handed down - builds it if needed
Preferred
History of leading engineering at startups where you helped scale from ~10 to 30+ engineers
Comfortable interviewing, hiring, and managing ICs and leads
Exposure to ML/AI systems, especially in data-heavy environments
Fluent in open-source tooling and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)
Experience working with or around GPU-accelerated environments (a bonus)
Company
Harrison Clarke
Harrison Clarke is the Leading Staffing & Recruiting Firm in XOps & Cybersecurity.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Firas Sozan
Founder & CEO
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