VP Engineering

Company Description

At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours.

We give small and medium-sized businesses cloud-based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love.

We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succeed. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relationship people have with Xplor products

As the VP of SaaS Engineering for Momence (Xplor), you play a crucial role in leading and managing the Momence engineering and product department. Your responsibilities involve overseeing multiple teams and you will lead the evolution of engineering practices toward agentic, AI-enabled delivery models, enabling teams to responsibly design, build, and ship AI-driven features that accelerate product innovation and customer value.

Core Responsibilities

Developing & Designing

• Analyze complex application and platform landscapes across SaaS, integrations, and ecosystem services
• Identify and guide high-impact, non-trivial technology decisions with clear trade-offs and long-term implications
• Define technology roadmaps and contribute to business case development aligned to product and growth strategy

Controlling & Managing

• Review vendor proposals and oversee in-flight technical work to ensure quality, scalability, and value realization
• Provide oversight for delivery execution, engineering quality, and architectural integrity
• Continuously optimize engineering and delivery practices, including modern, AI-enabled and agentic workflows

Building Community

• Advise and mentor internal leaders and teams on core technical concepts, frameworks, and emerging practices
• Build and leverage a strong network across the Xplor engineering community to share knowledge and accelerate outcomes

What You’ll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)

• 10+ years of senior engineering leadership experience with a proven record of modernizing engineering practices and delivering complex, high-impact platforms
• Strong balance of deep technical expertise and business acumen, with the ability to lead and influence globally distributed teams
• Demonstrated experience in the Connect & Ecosystem domain, including integrations, APIs, partners, and platform capabilities
• Ownership of defining and executing an engineering strategy that drives innovation, scalability, and sustainable growth
• Strategic, hypothesis-driven mindset with a pragmatic, iterative approach and a bias toward action
• Self-directed leader with growing thought leadership and exposure to modern and emerging technologies
• Experience applying new (but proven) methodologies and ways of working to improve delivery outcomes
• Ability to balance dogmatism and pragmatism, articulate trade-offs, and drive high-impact decisions across areas such as SaaS/IaaS/PaaS providers, container orchestration, service mesh, API gateways, and commercial vs. open-source software
• Practical approaches to managing architectural debt, governance, and evolutionary architecture
• Strong understanding of AWS or cloud-native infrastructure, microservices architectures, API design, and implementation patterns
• Familiarity with microservices topologies and operational concerns including resiliency, observability, security, discovery, and routing
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)

The average base salary pay range for this position is $230,000 - $260,000

May be considered for a discretionary annual bonus

Values and Life at Xplor

Our four core values - Make life simple, Build for people, Move with purpose and Create lasting communities are key to who we are and guide us from how we hire to how we recognise our team members.

As an Xplorer, you will be part of a global network of talented colleagues who will support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of our perks…