Hybrid VP, Engineering

at MyFundedFutures

• Job title: VP, Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dallas, United States

About the role

• Vice President of Engineering leading a multidisciplinary engineering organization at MyFunded Futures. Establishing engineering excellence and driving strategic project delivery with a focus on platform reliability.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and lead a multi-disciplinary engineering organization through senior engineering leaders and managers.
• Establish clear organizational structure, leadership accountability, career progression frameworks, and performance management practices.
• Attract, retain, and develop top engineering leadership talent through structured hiring, onboarding, coaching, and succession planning.
• Own engineering hiring strategy and execution.
• Build recruiting pipeline and interview processes to maintain quality bar during rapid growth.
• Foster a culture of ownership, operational excellence, documentation, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.
• Ensure engineering leaders are empowered to execute while maintaining consistent standards and alignment.
• Own engineering outcomes across planning, delivery, quality, reliability, and long-term sustainability.
• Set expectations for delivery discipline, forecasting accuracy, and execution consistency across teams.
• Oversee prioritization, resourcing strategy, and capacity planning to support both near-term execution and long-term platform investments.
• Ensure development standards, release governance, and quality benchmarks are consistently applied across the organization.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering efficiency through tooling strategy, process optimization, and leadership alignment.
• Provide executive accountability for platform stability, performance, scalability, and operational readiness.
• Ensure engineering leadership maintains strong incident management, escalation processes, and post-incident learning practices.
• Partner with Infrastructure and Platform leaders to ensure systems are designed for resilience, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Review systemic risks, operational trends, and reliability metrics to guide long-term technical investment decisions.
• Champion preventative engineering practices that reduce operational risk and improve customer experience.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience scaling engineering organizations in SaaS, fintech, or trading environments.
• Required: 3+ years experience in regulated financial services, trading platforms, or fintech with direct exposure to real-time trading systems, broker integrations, and financial regulatory compliance.
• Strong understanding of backend systems, distributed architectures, cloud infrastructure, and high-availability platforms.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Product, Trading, Risk, and Operations at an executive level.
• Experience leading through growth, change, and increasing organizational complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Access to performance-based incentives
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development opportunities