Verra Mobility
VP,ProductPlatform&Engineering
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“VP, Product Platform & Engineering at Verra Mobility. Skills: Platform Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, Cloud-native. Lead platform engineering strategy. Own platform architecture”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver scalable technology solutions; Accelerate innovation; Maintain reliability; Maintain performance; Maintain operational excellence; Improve customer outcomes; Maximize delivery velocity; Maximize stability
Industry & Context.
Decision Quality; Makes high-impact decisions
Not eligible for sponsorship
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years in software engineering, 12+ years platform/infrastructure leadership, Leading large-scale engineering organizations, Leading large-scale platform organizations, Building and scaling cloud-native platforms, Building and scaling distributed systems, Building and scaling modern product operating models, Deep technical expertise in cloud platforms, Deep technical expertise in microservices, Deep technical expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, Deep technical expertise in CI/CD, Deep technical expertise in DevOps/SRE, Deep technical expertise in container orchestration, Deep technical expertise in observability, Deep technical expertise in API/service architectures, Strategic skills, Communication skills, Building high-performing engineering teams, Driving developer experience, Driving developer productivity
Nice to Have
Experience with SaaS platforms, Experience with large-scale digital platforms, Experience with internal developer platforms, Experience modernizing legacy systems, Familiarity with product-led development, Familiarity with agile squad models
What You'll Do.
Lead platform engineering strategy
Own platform architecture
Own platform delivery
Establish cloud architecture
Establish infrastructure foundation
Drive adoption of platform engineering practices
Own enterprise-level architecture
Define standards for system design
Define standards for microservices architecture
Define standards for APIs
Define standards for data architecture
Ensure platforms are designed for scalability
Ensure platforms are designed for reliability
Ensure platforms are designed for security
Ensure platforms are designed for performance
Partner with leaders on architectural alignment
Enable product squad operating model
Provide shared platform services
Provide architecture frameworks
Provide developer tooling
Ensure squads can build quickly
Ensure squads can deploy quickly
Ensure teams have reusable components
Ensure teams have reusable APIs
Ensure teams have reusable platform capabilities
Own engineering productivity tooling
Drive improvements in developer experience
Drive improvements in release velocity
Drive improvements in system reliability
Lead adoption of observability practices
Lead adoption of monitoring practices
Lead adoption of incident management practices
Build culture of automation
Build culture of reliability engineering
Build culture of continuous improvement
Ensure platform systems meet uptime standards
Ensure platform systems meet security standards
Ensure platform systems meet compliance standards
Partner with security teams
Partner with compliance teams
Embed secure-by-design practices
Establish SRE practices
Maintain SRE practices
Establish operational excellence practices
Maintain operational excellence practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product Management; Product Design; Engineering leaders; Security teams; Compliance teams; Product squads; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Executive impact; Technical strategies
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Agile
Full Job Description
Position Overview: The Vice President of Product & Platform Engineering will lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of the technology platforms that enable the company’s product operating model. This executive owns the end‑to‑end architecture across infrastructure, platforms, applications, and DevOps, ensuring that product squads/trios are fully enabled to build, deploy, and scale customer solutions with speed and autonomy. They will develop a scalable, secure, and developer‑friendly platform ecosystem that accelerates innovation while maintaining reliability, performance, and operational excellence. As a hands‑on technical leader, the VP will bridge product strategy and engineering execution, providing the architecture, tooling, and infrastructure necessary to support modern product development and deliver scalable, resilient technology solutions. Essential Responsibilities: Platform & Infrastructure Strategy Define and lead the long-term platform engineering strategy supporting the organization’s product roadmap and growth. Own the architecture and delivery of core platform capabilities, including infrastructure, developer platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and shared services. Establish a scalable, resilient cloud architecture and infrastructure foundation. Drive adoption of modern platform engineering practices such as internal developer platforms, platform-as-a-product, and self-service infrastructure. Architecture Leadership Own enterprise-level application and platform architecture. Define standards for system design, microservices architecture, APIs, and data architecture. Ensure platforms and services are designed for scalability, reliability, security, and performance. Partner with product and engineering leaders to ensure architectural alignment across product squads. Product Operating Model Enablement Enable the organization’s product squad/trio operating model by providing shared platform services, architecture frameworks, and developer tooling. Partner
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