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title: 'VP of Engineering at Wpromote'
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# VP of Engineering at Wpromote

- **Company:** Wpromote
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/wpromote/306fe2fa-f9da-4082-ba39-109db8f97609

## Job description

## The Role

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer who can operate across platform engineering, application architecture, infrastructure, automation, DevSecOps, and data pipeline systems.

This is not a narrow platform role. Success in this role requires someone who can jump into complex problems across the stack, quickly understand the system, design a practical path forward, and build the solution. The right person will be equally comfortable improving cloud foundations, debugging application architecture, building automation, hardening security patterns, improving developer experience, and helping teams make better technical decisions. You will also serve as a senior technical partner across engineering teams, stepping into a variety of systems that require ownership and architectural guidance. You crave broad technical ownership and can raise the quality, speed, and reliability of engineering across the organization.

We offer: -Unlimited PTO -Extended Holiday break (Winter) -100% paid parental leave -401(k) matching -Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Pet Insurance -Sponsored life insurance -Short Term Disability insurance and additional voluntary insurance -Annual Class Pass credits and more!

The anticipated annual salary for this role will range from $170,000 - $205,000, based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, years and depth of experience, education and certifications, competitive benchmarks, scope of responsibility, market dynamics, geographic location, and the respective state’s salary threshold for exempt employees. At Wpromote, pay ranges are subject to change and are based on specific market medians for similar jobs according to third-party salary benchmark surveys. Individual pay within that range can vary due to skills, experience, and available budget.  The total compensation package for this role will include benefits (listed above).

*This position may be performed remotely in most states within the US, with some exclusions **While this role offers the flexibility to work remotely, we have office hubs in Los Angeles and New York, where you can join in on learning and development opportunities, fun events, take advantage of a space to work, and collaborate in person! ***This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Important Notice: Beware of Job Scams Wpromote recruiting communications will only be sent through our official channels via wpromote.com email addresses. If you see a posting elsewhere that is not reflected on Wpromote.com/careers, it may be a fraudulent posting. We do not require payment or fees during the hiring process nor do we request sensitive information, such as Social Security numbers or payment details. Please safeguard yourself against possible scams and contact us if you encounter any suspicious activity.

## #LI-SD

#LI-Remote

You Will Be

- Leading, coaching, and holding accountable engineering managers and individual contributors across our application stack, data pipelines, quality engineering, and cloud platform.
- Build technical leaders that reduces single points of failure and allows the organization to scale without depending on individual heroics.
- Set and reinforce a high bar for technical judgment, delivery ownership, collaboration, documentation, operational discipline, and customer impact.
- Own engineering capacity planning, staffing allocations, and the engineering operating budget. Manage cloud, data, AI, tooling, and software vendor spend.
- Partner with Product, UX, Data Science, and the Chief Product Officer to shape the Polaris roadmap, sequence investments, expose dependencies, and make clear tradeoffs among customer value, speed, reliability, cost, and technical health.
- Translate agency, client, and market needs into a coherent technology strategy across Polaris IQ, shared data products, and measurement applications.
- Maintain an actionable architecture roadmap that supports product growth while retiring fragile systems, duplicated capabilities, and unnecessary operational cost.
- Define and manage an engineering scorecard that tracks delivery speed and quality. Continue moving delivery toward more frequent deployments through automated testing, CI/CD, observability, release automation, and fast feedback loops.
- Set and execute the engineering AI strategy. Evaluate coding agents, model providers, agent runtimes, and automation opportunities based on measurable value, security, reliability, usability, and total cost.
- Own the end-to-end technical architecture across Python and Django services, React applications, PostgreSQL, Airflow, BigQuery, dbt, GKE, Cloud Run, Terraform, GitOps, Argo CD, and GitHub Actions.
- Ensure data pipelines and systems deliver accurate, timely, and observable data across advertising, analytics, commerce, and client data sources.
- Own service-level objectives, incident management, corrective actions, capacity planning, and risk reduction for application, platform, and data workloads.
- Act as the final engineering escalation for critical incidents and high-risk architecture decisions, while ensuring durable runbooks, monitoring, and delegated ownership exist afterward.
- Partner with Security and Legal on secure architecture, identity and access management, secrets, vendor risk, data governance, incident response, client assurance, and compliance obligations.

You Must Have

- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering managers and multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
- A record of building healthy teams, developing leaders, raising accountability, and delivering complex products in close partnership with Product, UX, Data Science, Security, and business stakeholders.
- Deep architectural judgment across modern SaaS applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, distributed systems, CI/CD, observability, and security. Direct experience with GCP and the Polaris stack is valuable, but equivalent depth in comparable technologies is acceptable.
- Experience improving developer productivity and delivery performance through platform capabilities, automation, testing, operational standards, and reporting on DevEx KPIs.
- Practical experience adopting AI-assisted development or agentic workflows, with the judgment to balance speed against security, quality, cost, and maintainability.
- Demonstrated ownership of cloud and software budgets, vendor relationships, capacity planning, and technical contract decisions.
- Calm, decisive leadership and the ability to move between executive communication and hands-on technical investigation when necessary.
- Clear written and verbal communication, especially when explaining risk, architecture, cost, or tradeoffs to clients and non-technical leaders.
- A bias toward durable systems, explicit ownership, and delegation. This role must solve urgent problems without allowing the organization to remain dependent on a single person.

## Nice to Have

- Digital marketing, advertising technology, agency technology, or high-volume data and analytics integrations.
- Customer-facing, multi-tenant enterprise products that share data, services, or platform capabilities.
- Data ingestion and transformation at scale, including heterogeneous APIs, normalized data models, orchestration, warehouse design, and data quality controls.
- Production support for data science and measurement applications such as marketing mix modeling, forecasting, experimentation, optimization, or anomaly detection.
- SOC 2 or similar control environments, enterprise identity and access management, and client security reviews.

Wpromote is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming environment free of discrimination and harassment. We strive to create a diverse & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability*, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Wpromote.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. For more information on E Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS.

## About Wpromote

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wpromote is an independent digital marketing agency that unites strategy, media, creative, and data to drive full-funnel growth for ambitious brands.
- **Entity Type**: Private
- **Headquarters**: El Segundo, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Digital marketing, advertising, and public relations
- Target customers: B2B and B2C brands; mid-market to enterprise clients seeking integrated marketing solutions
- Mission statement: "To lead a new era of ambitious growth where brand and bottom line are united through the seamless integration of media, creativity, and data."

## Products & Services
- **Full-funnel Digital Marketing**: Strategy, media buying, and execution across paid search, social, programmatic, SEO, and affiliate channels.
- **Creative Services**: Performance-driven creative development, including digital and motion design, content marketing, and brand storytelling.
- **Polaris IQ**: Proprietary marketing intelligence platform that centralizes data for accurate forecasting, real-time campaign monitoring, industry benchmarking, and AI-powered creative analysis.
- **AI Solutions**: Specialized consulting and execution for AI-driven search, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and AI-powered marketing technology.
- **B2B & B2B Media Strategy**: Dedicated teams focused on B2B client acquisition and account-based marketing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric (Revenue)**: Estimated $100 million to $500 million (USD) per Glassdoor; exact figure not publicly released.
- **Key Metric (Headcount)**: 501 to 1,000 employees (per Glassdoor) across 5 offices.
- **Notable Partners**: Google Premier Agency status; highly awarded by Search Engine Land (PPC & SEO Agency of the Year 2023), and US Agency Awards (Most Innovative Agency of the Year 2022).
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired Giant Spoon in a merger forming a new independent powerhouse; hired first-ever CMO (Megan McDonagh) in 2025; actively hiring for senior director and AI-focused roles; expanding AI solutions and B2B data strategy capabilities.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Independent & Agile**: As an independent agency, Wpromote can make bold, client-first decisions without holding company constraints.
- **Proprietary Technology (Polaris IQ)**: A differentiated tech platform that transforms complex marketing data into actionable insights, giving clients a measurement and optimization edge.
- **Full-Funnel Integration**: Unlike specialized agencies, Wpromote seamlessly blends brand and performance marketing across paid, earned, and owned channels.
- **Challenger Culture**: The company’s "Challenger" mindset empowers employees to constantly innovate and push boundaries, a core part of its identity and client value proposition.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-First Marketing**: Investing heavily in AI solutions, including AI Search and GEO, as the next frontier of marketing.
- **B2B Growth**: Strengthening B2B media strategy and data analytics capabilities.
- **Talent & Culture**: Scaling headcount with senior talent, particularly in data strategy, AI, and client strategy roles.
- **Technology Platform**: Continuing to evolve Polaris IQ to maintain a competitive edge in measurement and analytics.

## Why Work Here
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/remote-friendly (remote for many roles within the US); known for a "work-hard play-hard" culture. Unlimited PTO, half-day Fridays, and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.
- **Culture**: Described as inclusive, supportive, and challenging. Employees are empowered with a "Challenger" mindset to innovate. Recognized as a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award winner and AdAge Best Places to Work (Top 10).
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive health plans (80%+ employer-paid), 401k with match, 100% paid parental leave, pet insurance, flexible spending accounts, and Pledge 1% community involvement.
- **Perks**: Internal mentorship program (Wprotege), employee resource groups (ERGs), management training, pro bono events, and paid holidays for Juneteenth and Mental Health Awareness Day.
- **Important Note**: Wpromote does **not** provide visa sponsorship or transfers. Hiring is remote/US-based with some state exclusions. There are currently no internship programs.

## Sources
1. [Wpromote.com - About Us](https://www.wpromote.com/about-us/)
2. [Wpromote.com - Home](https://www.wpromote.com/)
3. [Wpromote.com - Careers](https://www.wpromote.com/careers/)
4. [Glassdoor - Wpromote LLC Overview](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Wpromote-LLC-EI_IE272463.11,23.htm)
5. [Wpromote Lever Careers Page](https://jobs.lever.co/wpromote)

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