VP Cloud Data Engineering

Description

ChasmTeam

Confidential Search - VP Cloud Data Engineering

November 10, 2025

About the Role:

As our VP of Engineering, you will be at the helm of our cutting-edge engineering teams, driving innovation and excellence in software, data, and AI. You won't just manage; you'll inspire and empower geographically diverse teams to achieve ambitious goals. Collaborating closely with quality engineers, product owners, and business leaders, you'll oversee the seamless operation of engineering processes to ensure our business objectives are not only met but exceeded. Your leadership will set the tone for success by fostering growth, providing constructive feedback, and unlocking the full potential of our teams.

You will also partner with our visionary CTO on strategic initiatives that shape the future of the company. From scaling our engineering organization to meet evolving needs, to identifying transformative opportunities for innovation and growth, you'll be a key player in steering the company into its next chapter of excellence.

You Will:

• Communicate boldly and confidently to resonate with executive teams and inspire trust across the organization.
• Spearhead critical internal initiatives in Quality, Data and Product Engineering, AI, Development Productivity, and Benchmarking.
• Leverage your deep expertise in Data and AI to establish yourself as a thought leader.
• Navigate high-stakes customer interactions with credibility and professionalism.
• Mentor and develop talent, ensuring adherence to architectural strategies, coding standards, and organizational policies.
• Contribute to and influence software architectural discussions, advocating for consistency and excellence at every level.
• Identify opportunities to enhance people, processes, and performance within Agile/Scrum teams.
• Evolve the team's organizational structure for scale (towards upwards of 100 engineers).
• Commit to securing all confidential data, adhering to the highest standards of data protection, and promoting ethical practices across the team's operations.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field, advanced degree a plus
• 15+ years of experience as a software developer, within a minimum of 5 years managing large, global software development teams
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals with a high level understanding of OO concepts, design patterns, cloud architecture, AI architecture and concepts, MPP architecture and frameworks such as Spark, API's, etc.
• Experience and good understanding of designing scalable, distributed systems for running small to medium scale data processing applications and services (10s to 100s of TBs of data)
• Possess a level of breadth and depth of software development experience that allows for influence and competence in technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders
• Proven record of success of leading engineering teams towards developing production grade systems supporting enterprise size customers
• Strong technical experience in Databricks, Snowflake, and FHIR
• Prior experience working with healthcare data a requirement