About the role

  • VP of Engineering overseeing teams and systems in technology solutions at Vista. Leading engineering management and project execution to enhance flight booking capabilities and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop high‑performing engineering teams that consistently deliver value with strong throughput.
  • Oversee and continuously improve the team’s operational processes, ensuring efficiency and predictability.
  • Manage the area’s budget, including forecasting, allocation, and cost optimization.
  • Drive hiring efforts, ensure effective onboarding, and implement retention strategies to minimize attrition.
  • Ensure timely, high‑quality delivery of all team commitments, including projects, enhancements, and operational work.
  • Own the performance, reliability, and scalability of the systems under the team’s responsibility.
  • Oversee Level 3 support activities, ensuring timely resolution of complex issues and strong partnership with support teams.
  • Foster a positive, engaging team culture that promotes motivation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with engineers to design and prepare technical solutions for upcoming initiatives and projects.
  • Manage project execution end‑to‑end, maintaining delivery flow, removing blockers, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders.
  • Set, track, and manage team objectives across departmental and project dimensions, ensuring progress toward defined targets.
  • Maintain strong communication across teams, stakeholders, and leadership, ensuring clarity, alignment, and transparency.

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science or related areas.
  • 15+ years of experience in the Software Engineering space, including 7-10 years of engineering management experience.
  • Proven track record leading multi-team engineering organizations (30 to 50 engineers).
  • Demonstrated success managing Engineering Managers, Team Leads and ICs.
  • Experience scaling engineering teams, processes, and systems in complex environments.
  • Deep experience overseeing large-scale distributed systems, high‑availability platforms, and mission‑critical services.
  • Strong background in pricing engines, wholesale systems, revenue management, or financial/transactional platforms—either directly or through adjacent domains with similar complexity.
  • Ability to partner with architects and senior engineers to shape long‑term technical strategy and system evolution.
  • Fluency in SQL (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DocumentDB, DynamoDB).
  • Good understanding of Scrum, Agile development & DevOps.
  • Good understanding of DDD, BDD, TDD and Design Patterns.
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and scalable system design.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to promote engineering best practices.
  • Cloud-agnostic mindset with adaptability to evolving technologies.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work hours

Job title

Vice President of Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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