Vice President of Engineering

The Opportunity:

Delivering Growth through Innovation

Navi Stone is on a mission to revolutionize growth for B2C marketers. In the considered-purchase vertical, our platform empowers brands to find, activate, and convert high-value audiences with precision.

We are currently at a pivotal inflection point. After successfully establishing our market presence through a services-first approach, we are evolving into a programmatic, API-driven, self-service platform. We are seeking a strategic Vice President of Engineering to lead this technical evolution, professionalize our engineering culture, and scale a talented, decentralized team into a high-output, autonomous organization.

As the VP of Engineering
, you will be the architect of our execution engine. Your goal is to instill disciplined operating practices and deliver extreme predictability in outcomes. You will champion a reliability-first posture, ensuring that as we scale our programmatic capabilities, our systems remain robust, secure, and performant.

Engineering Leadership

• Lead and mentor managers across Application Development, Platform/Data Engineering, and IT/Operations, building a cohesive, high‑ownership engineering culture.
• Design and execute hiring plans that align with our platform transition and long-term growth trajectory.

Platform Modernization

• Own the transition to a programmatic, API-first architecture and ensure scalable, secure systems that support rapid iteration.
• Oversee a multi-tenant cloud environment and Kubernetes clusters, prioritizing resilience and cost-aware scalability.

Operational Excellence

• Reliability-First Delivery: Own the engineering roadmap; ensure plans are realistic, risks are transparent, and outcomes are repeatable.
• Infrastructure & Dev Ops: Strengthen SDLC practices, including automated testing, release discipline, and the strategic migration of CI/CD pipelines to Git Hub.
• Incident Management: Rebuild "Keep the Lights On" (KTLO) workflows to move from reactive firefighting to disciplined, proactive operations with clear observability standards.
• Oversee the Data Engineering roadmap to ensure data quality and operational reliability for our core audience products.
• Drive the pragmatic integration of AI-enabled workflows where they measurably improve product capability or engineering velocity.

Strategic Partnership

• Partner with the Head of Product and the Chief of Staff to translate and deliver the portfolio roadmap into reliable, transparent, and data-driven engineering delivery.

• Proven Leadership: 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years managing other managers in a high-growth startup environment.
• Scale
  
  Experience:
  
  Proven track record of scaling organizations and leading transitions from services to SaaS/API‑first models.
• Technical Depth
  :
  Architectural familiarity with C#, Type Script, Python, and Go
  . Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Snowflake is highly preferred.
• Operational Rigor: A disciplined approach to incident management, observability, and release safety. You prioritize durable, scalable systems over "heroics."
• AdTech Savvy
  :
  Understanding of the complexities of data-driven marketing platforms, including multi-tenancy, data privacy, and high-volume processing.
• Executive Communication: The ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders with clarity and brevity.

Cincinnati, OH in Over-the-Rhine;
Hybrid role, in office 2 days per week

We offer a culture that values both high performance and personal well-being.

• Growth-Focused: Countless professional development opportunities to fuel your ambitions.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Generous medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans.
• Work-Life Harmony: Unlimited vacation, generous paid holidays, and a culture that understands even "rocket ships" need to recharge.