VP, Technology

OnTrac is hiring a Vice President of Technology!

Are you eager to join a dynamic and expanding company where you can both learn and make a meaningful impact? If you possess a strong sense of empathy, enjoy assisting others, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and excel at problem-solving?

Founded in 1986, OnTrac has evolved into the leading provider of same-day and next-day delivery services in the U.S. for premier e-commerce and product-supply businesses, including five of the largest retailers in the U.S.

Remote - This position may be performed remotely in states where the company is authorized to employ individuals.

The expected starting base pay range for this position is $228,000 - $285,000 with full potential base salary range over a successful candidate’s tenure in the position of $228,000 - $342,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, internal equity, and other job-related factors.

This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, or other incentive compensation in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan of up to a 35% Bonus Target.

The Vice President of Technology leads the modernization of the platforms and engineering organization that power OnTrac’s parcel delivery network. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, this leader will drive the transition from legacy on-premises and multi-cloud systems to a cloud-native, event-driven, and AI-native architecture on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This hands-on technical leader will oversee software engineering across platform, core, and domain teams, setting direction for how software is architected, specified, built, tested, released, and operated. The role requires deep architecture expertise and proven success leading event-driven, microservices, AI-assisted, and spec-driven development at scale while building an organization that delivers faster, with higher quality, and at peak-season capacity.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and short- and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Flex vacation in states other than CA, CO, IL, MA, MT, and NE, with accruals up to 96 hours for first year of employment with tenure-based increases up to 160 hours
• Two (2) floating holidays per year
• Paid sick leave*
• Six (6) paid company holidays
• Two (2) weeks paid pregnancy disability leave, four (4) weeks paid parental bonding leave
• Additional wellness and employee assistance programs

Benefits eligibility and offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and company policies.

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering and technology leadership experience, including leading multiple engineering teams and leaders in a complex, high-volume enterprise
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in parcel, last-mile delivery, transportation, logistics, e-commerce, or a comparable high-volume industry with seasonal demand peaks
• Strong hands-on architecture background designing and delivering large-scale distributed systems
• Expertise in event-driven and microservices architecture, including domain-driven design, Kafka or Pub/Sub, event sourcing, CQRS, sagas, API management, and monolith decomposition
• Proven experience leading AI-driven and spec-driven software development, including AI coding agents, contract-first APIs and events, quality guardrails, and impact measurement
• Deep expertise in CI/CD, automated testing, Infrastructure as Code, release management, Dev Ops, and SRE practices
• Strong knowledge of generative AI, RAG, AI agents, Model Context Protocol, and model evaluation
• Experience…