VP of Software Engineering – AI-Native

CXT Software

. Lead, hire, and develop Directors, architects, and their teams; set and hold the hiring bar.

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemote • CanadaLead💰 CA$260,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive leadership in software engineering, with a focus on AI-assisted development, production reliability, and multi-team management. Proven ability to drive architectural standards and quality across B2B SaaS products while ensuring effective team collaboration and customer outcomes.

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Engineering LeadershipAI Adoption and IntegrationProduction Reliability ManagementSoftware ArchitectureB2B SaaS Operations

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringAI Coding AssistantsEngineering ExperimentsFlow-Based DeliveryCI/CD.NETC#JavaScriptTypeScriptSQL

Soft Skills

Team DevelopmentCoachingCross-Functional CollaborationDecision MakingRemote Team Leadership

Tools & Technologies

Azure PaaSInfrastructure as CodeSRESOC 2FinOps

Industry Keywords

B2B SaaSLegacy ModernizationCloud Cost ManagementSecurity OperationsHealthcare Operations Software

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAzureCloudJavaScriptSQLTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, hire, and develop Directors, architects, and their teams; set and hold the hiring bar.
Make AI-assisted development, testing, review, and operations the way the organization works.
Verify AI adoption through real behavior rather than dashboards and coach leaders and skeptical senior engineers through the change.
Run engineering experiments with baselines and clear scale, modify, or stop decisions.
Own quality, releases, and production reliability, including uptime and SLAs, on-call, incidents, security operations, and cloud cost.
Own architecture across products, including legacy modernization and standards for AI-generated code.
Plan and deliver the roadmap with Product, raise trade-offs early, and drive customer escalations to root cause with Customer Success.
Lead the engineering and SaaS operations organization end to end, owning people, architecture, quality, delivery, production reliability, and customer outcomes.
Report to the CTO and shape how software is built and run with AI.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
12+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in engineering leadership and 2+ years managing managers.
Led a multi-team engineering organization through managers, across several products with separate codebases, including legacy modernization.
Led engineering for a B2B SaaS product and owned its production operations through a team: reliability, on-call, incidents, security operations, and cloud cost.
Uses AI coding assistants and agents in production work today, and has led their adoption across multiple teams with measured results.
Designed and run engineering experiments with baselines, success metrics, and clear decision criteria.
Hands-on experience running flow-based delivery (Kanban or similar) at scale, with CI/CD, automated testing, and release management.
Still reads code and reviews architecture; experience in .NET, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Angular, SQL, MAUI, and Azure PaaS is a plus.
Led a remote, distributed engineering organization.
Software architect or Staff/Principal engineer background is nice to have.
Experience with logistics, routing, dispatch, courier, or healthcare operations software is nice to have.
Azure managed services, infrastructure as code, SRE, SOC 2, or FinOps experience is nice to have.
Experience integrating teams through acquisition or running engineering across multiple business units is nice to have.
Experience building AI-enabled product features such as embedded agents, MCP connectors, or AI vision is nice to have.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to leading AI engineering tools and platforms, and a real mandate to shape how they are used across the organization.
100% remote and global: live your best life wherever that may be, and never lose out on career opportunities because of it.
Flexible work hours: we work asynchronously and care about results and customer satisfaction, not when you're online.
Dedicated growth path: consistent, meaningful feedback and support toward your career goals.
Access to leading tools, playbooks, and technology across the Ionic portfolio.
Engaging community: coffee chats, happy hours, cooking classes, book clubs, and more.
Independent contractor engagement.
Not eligible for company-sponsored employee benefit programs.