Hiring: Vice President, Engineering Company: Pioneering Intelligence Location: Cambridge, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 17:58:09 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: AI, Machine Learning, Data, Digital Platform, Software Engineering, Technical Strategy, Architecture, Build-vs-Buy, System Design, Resource Allocation, Product Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Hiring, Team Development, Entrepreneurship, Human Health, Sustainability Experience: - Proven engineering leadership experience at a senior level (VP or equivalent) - Experience leading teams of senior/principal-level software engineers - Background in AI, machine learning, and data-driven platforms - Track record of setting technical strategy and architectural direction - Experience partnering closely with product and strategy leads - Hands-on technical background with the ability to remain technically active Required Skills: - Ability to lead and develop a team of approximately five Principal Software Engineers - Setting technical strategy and architectural direction for AI and digital platforms - Making or ratifying consequential build-vs-buy and system design decisions - Contributing to architectural reviews and designing complex systems - Hiring, developing, and retaining exceptional engineering talent - Building a culture of principal-level performance - Representing engineering to product leadership, senior stakeholders, and across an ecosystem - Balancing resources across teams and projects in collaboration with product and strategy leads - Translating technical direction into business impact Qualifications: - Non-traditional leadership mindset: comfortable leading a flat team of senior individual contributors rather than a layered organization - Ability to set conditions for exceptional engineers to do their best work, remove obstacles, and raise the collective bar - Credibility to lead principal-level engineers, with roughly 25% of time spent in hands-on technical work - Strong collaboration skills with product and strategy leads - High standards of rigor and accountability - Experience managing fully embedded software engineering contractors is a plus - Alignment with Pioneering Intelligence's mission across human health, sustainability, and beyond Compensation: Not specified Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!