VP of Engineering

About This Role 

Crunchafi is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organization through its next phase of growth. This is an executive-level role that sets the technical vision, shapes our AI-first engineering culture, and is accountable for the architecture, reliability, and velocity of our platform. The ideal candidate is a proven engineering leader who has built and scaled high-performing teams in a SaaS environment — someone who codes with conviction, leads with clarity, and sees AI not as a bolt-on feature but as the default starting point for every engineering decision. 

You will partner closely with the CTO and cross-functional leadership to define how we build, what we build on, and how AI accelerates both. For us, AI-first means our engineers build with agentic tools, design systems around AI agents, and treat autonomous AI workflows as a standard architectural pattern — not an advanced topic. 

Responsibilities 

• Own and evolve the engineering organization — hiring, structure, culture, and career development across all engineering functions 

• Define and execute a technology strategy centered on AI-first product development, Azure PaaS, and modern .NET architecture 

• Champion the adoption of agentic AI across both the product and engineering workflow — including Azure OpenAI Service, Semantic Kernel, and tools like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex that allow engineers to build software, not just autocomplete it 

• Lead architectural decision-making across the full stack: C# .NET Core APIs, Azure PaaS services, and modern web frontends 

• Establish and enforce engineering standards: code quality, CI/CD, security, observability, and reliability practices 

• Drive the roadmap for platform scalability and cloud cost efficiency on Azure, leveraging App Services, Azure SQL, Service Bus, Azure Functions, and related PaaS offerings 

• Collaborate with Product and Design to translate business strategy into technical execution, maintaining alignment without sacrificing engineering rigor 

• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies and frameworks — particularly in the AI/ML space — to keep the platform competitive and ahead of the market 

• Represent engineering at the executive level; communicate technical strategy, risk, and investment tradeoffs clearly to non-technical stakeholders 

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, blameless learning, and measurable outcomes 

Required Qualifications 

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 4+ years in a senior engineering leadership role (Director, VP, or equivalent) 

• Deep, hands-on background in C# and the .NET ecosystem (.NET 6+, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core) 

• Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise SaaS applications on Microsoft Azure PaaS (App Services, Azure SQL, Service Bus, Azure Functions, Key Vault, API Management, etc.) 

• Demonstrated track record of embedding AI into products and engineering workflows — including agentic AI systems, LLM orchestration, and hands-on use of tools like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex to build software at speed 

• Strong architectural instincts across distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and microservices 

• Experience building, mentoring, and retaining high-performing engineering teams in a remote-first environment 

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into business outcomes 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field 

• Experience in accounting, financial services, or B2B SaaS 

• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks and the ability to make informed architectural decisions across diverse UI stacks 

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Docker, and observability tooling (App Insights, Seq, Sonar) 

• Azure certifications (AZ-204, AZ-305, or equivalent) are a plus 

• Background in responsible AI practices, AI governance, or compliance-aware AI implementation 

Our Values 

• Be Human, Be Real — We bring authenticity to everything we do 

• Integrity — We do the right thing, even when no one is watching 

• Excellence — We hold ourselves to the highest standard 

• Self-Motivation — We take ownership and drive results 

• Curiosity — We ask questions and seek better ways 

• Collaboration — We win as a team 

Benefits   

• Competitive salary 

• Health, dental, and vision plans  

• 401(k) Retirement savings plan for US-based employees 

• 100% remote work environment, with occasional travel for in-person company and/or team meetings 

• Unlimited PTO 

• Significant professional development growth opportunities  

• Dynamic and inclusive company culture with real commitment to our values