Delphi
VP Engineering
San Francisco · Vp
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 306 days ago
LeadershipCommunication
About the role
- You'll set the technical vision, build high-performance teams, and partner closely with product, design, and leadership to to support the next phase of Delphi.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the engineering organization to a standard of excellence - establish technical precision practices and foster ownership-driven culture where engineers proactively solve problems.
- Drive engineering execution - consistently ship high-quality systems quickly, balancing speed and durability.
- Partner cross-functionally with product, design, and leadership to align strategy and deliver ambitious roadmaps.
- As VP of Engineering, you will own and scale Delphi's engineering organization as we move into our next phase of exponential growth.
- This is a role for someone who wants to help shape the future of human connection, scale wisdom for billions, and build something that will outlast us all.
- But if you want to shape the future of human connection, scale wisdom for billions, and build something that will outlast us all - you'll feel at home here.
- Whether it's books, courses, or conferences, we want to support your growth and development.
Requirements
- 7+ years of engineering experience, with 2+ years leading teams of 10+ engineers in a hyper-growth, high-expectation environment.
- A proven track record of building teams and shipping large-scale, high-impact systems.
- Executive communication skills: can translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to build an ownership-driven engineering culture where teams consistently exceed expectations, beat deadlines, and take complete responsibility for their domains.
- We work on hard problems. Our team is full of former founders, and entrepreneurial individuals who are taking on immense initiatives.
- We push each other. Work from our beautiful Jackson Square office in San Francisco, surrounded by peers pushing to do their best work.
Skills
- First-principles thinker, comfortable navigating ambiguity and inventing new playbooks.
- can translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
- Work from our beautiful Jackson Square office in San Francisco, surrounded by peers pushing to do their best work.
- Health, Dental, Vision: Comprehensive coverage to keep to take care of your health.
- 401k covered by Human Interest.
- Housing Stipend.
- Relocation support to SF (as needed)
Benefits
- Unlimited Learning Stipend: Whether it's books, courses, or conferences, we want to support your growth and development.
- Define and execute on the technical vision and architecture for systems serving millions of digital minds.
Company info
- every thought leader, expert, and professional with a digital mind that scales their wisdom to anyone, anywhere.
- A new social layer where knowledge is abundant, personalized, and discoverable.
- We are trusted and loved by thousands of the world's most brilliant minds.
- We have tripled revenue, users, and Delphi interactions in the past 6 months - all organically through word of mouth.
- We plan to accelerate even further from here.
- Delphi's investors include Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, Abstract Ventures, Michael Ovitz, Gokul Rajaram, Olivia Wilde, and dozens of founders from Lyft, Zoom, Doordash, and many more.
- Our team includes founders with successful exits and builders from Apple, Spotify, Substack and more.
- Learn more about Delphi and this position by calling the CEO's digital mind here https://www.delphi.ai/dara/call
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