VP of Engineering

Clever Real Estate

. Lead Clever’s engineering organization and set a high bar for technical quality, ownership, and execution .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in engineering management, with a focus on technical quality, team development, and execution. Possesses deep expertise in AI-assisted engineering, architecture, and modernizing complex production systems.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Engineering LeadershipAI Development ToolsArchitecture and ImplementationHigh-Performing Team DevelopmentComplex Production Systems

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringArchitectureDebuggingProduction SystemsLegacy System ModernizationIntegration-Heavy SystemsAI IntegrationProblem FramingPerformance ManagementOrganizational Design

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationProduct JudgmentBusiness JudgmentDecision-Making

Tools & Technologies

AWSJavaScriptPython/DjangoPostgreSQLRuby on Rails

Industry Keywords

Real EstateFintechMarketplacesVertical SaaSOperational Complexity

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDjangoJavaScriptPostgresPythonRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Clever’s engineering organization and set a high bar for technical quality, ownership, and execution
Set technical direction across core systems, including decisions to extend, simplify, re-architect, or replace technology
Stay technically engaged through architecture reviews, code reviews, debugging, production issues, and direct contribution when appropriate
Improve the flow from problem framing through implementation and production
Help teams simplify scope and unblock complex initiatives
Raise the talent bar through recruiting, coaching, organizational design, and performance management
Advance AI-assisted engineering and build platforms and guardrails to expand AI leverage
Partner with Product and company leadership to shape solutions and make technical and organizational decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant software engineering experience, including leadership of engineering managers and senior technical leaders
Strong technical depth across architecture, implementation, debugging, and production systems
Experience inheriting and evolving complex production systems
Track record of improving engineering execution while building and developing high-performing teams
Strong product and business judgment, including close partnership with Product and executive leadership
Deep hands-on experience with frontier AI development tools
Strong point of view on how AI is changing software engineering
Experience helping a startup scale through multiple stages of growth
Experience leading a lean, high-autonomy engineering organization
Experience modernizing or replacing significant legacy systems while supporting a live business
Experience with integration-heavy or operationally complex systems
Experience using AI to materially change the speed or economics of major engineering work
Familiarity with AWS, JavaScript, Python/Django, PostgreSQL, and Ruby on Rails, or experience in real estate, fintech, marketplaces, vertical SaaS, or another operationally complex business

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
18 days of PTO, increasing with tenure
10 paid holidays
Annual budget for learning and career growth
Paid sabbaticals to celebrate major milestones
Exclusive access to Clever homeownership perks
Work-from-home stipend for remote workspace
401(k) retirement plan administered through Guideline
6–12 weeks of paid parental leave
Free counseling sessions
Optional weekly meditation