Vice President, Engineering

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Perforce is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the global engineering organization across Blaze Meter and Perfecto, two industry‑leading platforms in continuous performance testing and mobile device testing. This senior leadership role includes responsibility for engineering strategy, execution, team development, and platform evolution across both products.

• BS/MS in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Working leadership experience with global teams (ideally Israel, Europe, India and the United States).
• 10+ years of software development and engineering leadership experience in a hyper‑growth SaaS or technology company.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI and SDLC transformation initiatives – including adoption of AI‑assisted development, agentic workflows, and AI‑native product capabilities.
• Proven experience managing large, distributed engineering organizations spanning onshore and offshore locations, including India‑based teams.
• Experience operating in PE‑backed or acquisition‑driven environments; ability to integrate acquired engineering teams and consolidate platforms.
• Experience identifying top talent and developing team members.
• History of managing teams by establishing goals, measuring success, and holding team members accountable.
• Demonstrated understanding of the business environment and relevant strategic, developmental, and operational drivers.
• Ability to balance being hands‑on with also having a 30,000 feet perspective.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and own the success of the products jointly with other disciplines.
• Ability to work within a dynamic, entrepreneurial, deadline‑driven environment.
• Proven track record of managing successful software delivery in a public‑facing SaaS web application development environment.
• Extensive experience and leadership in design and developing high‑performance, scalable and fault‑tolerant, multi‑tenant enterprise SaaS/Cloud applications.
• Experience with API‑first and developer‑facing product environments.
• Proven ability to drive the entire software development process from concept, architecture design, development, and QA to deployment of complex web‑based and mobile applications.
• Familiarity with performance testing, continuous testing, or mobile testing infrastructure is a strong plus.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.

• Lead the overall planning, development, and deployment of Blaze Meter and Perfecto, driving a unified engineering strategy across both platforms.
• Own and drive AI and SDLC transformation – accelerating adoption of AI‑assisted development practices, agentic tooling, and AI‑native features across the engineering organization.
• Develop and implement an architectural strategy to ensure platform security, scalability, and resilience at global scale.
• Partner closely with cross‑functional teams including product management, sales, and customer success regarding development schedules, backlog, and roadmap.
• Implement engineering best practices to optimize development cycles as well as increase predictability and product quality.
• Manage resources effectively to resolve customer issues immediately without delaying development or overloading development teams.
• Lead integration and consolidation efforts across acquired products, reducing technical debt while maintaining delivery velocity.
• Hire and develop top engineering talent across Israel, US and India.
• Create a hiring plan that scales the team with the growth of the business.
• Lead the team in a way that promotes failing fast to succeed sooner when…