VP, Software Engineering - Remote within 100 miles of BostonDepartment: Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: US
Reporting To: Will Crawford
Compensation: $285,000 - $330,000 / year
The RoleNewfire Global Partners is entering its second decade as a technology consultancy serving some of the top names in digital healthcare and beyond. As AI and market pressures rapidly reshape our industry, we are refactoring our organization for scale-evolving from a provider of engineering capacity into a trusted transformation partner that delivers measurable business outcomes. We are seeking a VP of Software Engineering to lead our core engineering function, with a clear mandate to build a robust mid-level management layer, strengthen our practices, and ensure our distributed teams deliver flawless technical execution inside complex, mission-critical environments.
You'll partner closely with delivery and account leadership to staff and support client delivery, while owning the engineering standards, talent development, and technical depth that make those programs successful. Your directors, engineering managers, and architects will be embedded in engagements and will shape client solutions alongside strategic consultants and program managers. You'll also help drive our engineering point of view - including how AI is applied across the development lifecycle - and lead Center of Excellence work that keeps our capabilities ahead of the market.
What You'll OwnSoftware engineering talent and organization. Lead our global, onshore and offshore engineering teams. Expand the management layer, including Engineering Managers, Directors. Own hiring, performance, career development, and capacity planning to ensure the right people with the right skills are mapped to the right engagements.
Engineering practices and standards. Strengthen and evolve our engineering practices - quality standards, code review, architectural patterns, technical mentorship - so they work consistently across the company. Own the answer to "what does Newfire engineering quality look like."
Solution shaping through engineering leadership. Ensure your architects and senior engineers are actively in the room when solutions are shaped, bringing technical depth and delivery realism to how client engagements are scoped, designed and built..
Centers of Excellence and best practices. Lead CoE work including DevOps as a Service and AI-augmented development practices. Develop strong opinions on engineering tooling and methodologies and operationalize those perspectives across the organization to maximize delivery speed.
Newfire Labs and the strategic bench. Engineers between client assignments build internal IP, upskill on emerging technologies, and develop cross-functional versatility. Set Labs priorities in coordination with the CTO and commercial leadership, and ensure bench time produces engineers who are more capable when they return to client work.
AI in engineering delivery. Contribute to our perspective on how AI changes team composition, skill requirements, and delivery velocity.
Partnership with Delivery LeadershipNewfire's delivery model pairs engineering with strategic consulting and program management on client engagements. Your engineering leaders - directors, architects, engineering managers - are embedded in programs and are accountable for technical quality and execution. You'll work closely with delivery and account leadership to ensure engagements are well-staffed, technical concerns are surfaced early, and engineering realities inform how solutions are scoped and delivered.
RequirementsOrganizational builder. You've successfully established practices, built mid-level management layers, created career development paths. You know how to mentor senior individual contributors and transition team leads into highly effective engineering managers.
Strong matrix partner. You thrive in a matrixed environment, working effectively with non-engineering leaders - strategic consultants, account managers, program managers. You can confidently advocate for engineering quality and technical realism while keeping global delivery moving.
Talent development & AI mindset. You have a clear perspective on how to build versatile, current, high-performing engineering teams. This includes practical, hands-on experience with how AI-augmented development tools alter how teams code, ramp and deliver solutions.
Operational competence. Strong foundational experience running the business side of engineering; capacity planning, utilization metrics, staffing pipelines and skills-to-project matching.
Based within 100 miles of Boston, MA. This is a remote opportunity but will require collaboration in person with the senior leadership team in our Boston headquarters.
What We PreferEngineering leadership in a services or consulting environment. You've managed engineering across multiple simultaneous client engagements with different stacks, team compositions, and expectations. You know how to maintain quality at scale across distributed global teams.
Healthcare industry experience is a plus. Direct experience navigating regulated environments, complex healthcare data models and Regulated environments, complex data models, interoperability challenges - any of these accelerate your ramp.
Compensation & BenefitsNewfire Global is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization. Total compensation for this role is market driven, with a salary of
$285,000 to
$330,000 and a
25% bonus. Base pay is ultimately determined based on a candidate's skills, expertise, and experience.
Newfire offers a robust and comprehensive benefits package including:- Remote-first environment with company provided computer
- Thirteen paid holidays per year (average)
- Medical, dental and vision coverage with multiple levels of coverage
- HSA, FSA and Dependent Care accounts
- Short-term and Long-term disability
- Life and accidental death insurance
- Discounted voluntary benefits, such as additional life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave
- Flexible vacation time
- 401(k) with employer matching and immediate vesting
