Verra Mobility

VP,ProductPlatform&Engineering

$350–650k ~AI est. Chicago, Illinois, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

Problems you'll solve

Decision Quality; Makes high-impact decisions

Eligibility Requirements

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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