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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Vice President, Engineering - **Company:** PATCH MEDIA CORPORATION - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $225,000.0 - $275,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Android Software Development, JIRA, Automation of Tests, BigQuery, Data Integrity, Drupal, Github, Google Analytics, Node.Js, Rapid Prototyping Process, Software Tools, Standard Sql, Next.js, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Okta, ReactJS, Event Driven Architecture, Heroku, Stripe, Legacy Systems - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6bca2fe2fb752cfa ## About the Role * Deep software-engineering experience, including strong JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js and Node.js expertise. * A record of leading engineering teams that partner well with a strong, separate Product function-and of personally prototyping, shipping and operating high-traffic digital products. * Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering tools, rapid prototypes and agentic workflows, with the judgment to productionize them safely. * Strong SQL and data skills; experience with AWS, distributed or event-driven architectures, and complex systems with meaningful legacy components. * Demonstrated people leadership across hiring, coaching, performance and organizational decisions, plus executive-level communication with CEOs, Boards and cross-functional peers. * A practical builder's mindset: curious, direct, low-ego and willing to inspect the code, data or workflow before debating abstractions. Technology Environment JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Drupal/PHP, AWS, Heroku, Fastly, Pantheon, GCP/BigQuery/GA4, Stripe, Auth0/Okta, Typesense/OpenSearch, GitHub/Jira and AI development tools including Claude, Bolt, Replit and Google Stitch. You need not know every platform; depth, judgment and fast learning matter most. Working at Patch Patch is remote-first, with employees and contractors across countries and time zones. The role requires flexibility across that distributed team and availability for significant production incidents. We are looking for someone who connects with Patch's mission and wants to help a strong engineering team expand what the company can build next. ## Description Patch is the hyperlocal news and information platform for 15,000 U.S. communities, reaching 25 million monthly users and roughly 3 million active email subscribers. Our 85-person newsroom helps people understand what is happening where they live; our events, classifieds, business listings and advertising products help local organizations reach them. Patch spans a high-traffic website, iOS and Android apps, email, a custom CMS, custom digital products, payments, data and advertising systems. We've used AI to expand our platform nationwide, to offer new digital products for our customers and to improve workflow and capabilities for local journalists., We are looking for a hands-on Vice President of Engineering to lead software engineering, ad technology, Data and Site Quality. You will be Patch's senior technology executive, report to the CEO, participate in executive-team and Board discussions, and own engineering delivery. You will work closely with the Head of Product and the leaders of Growth, Revenue and Editorial-translating company priorities into sound technical plans without running the Product function. The opportunity is broad: advance the platform, modernize critical systems, raise engineering velocity and reliability, and help Patch use AI intelligently in both customer-facing products and internal workflows. This is a builder's role, not a layer of management between the business and the technology. What You Will Lead * Engineering strategy and delivery. Set technical direction, make capacity and risk visible, and deliver against priorities agreed with the CEO and functional leaders. * Architecture and operations. Guide modern and legacy systems across search, content delivery, publishing, performance, reliability, security and platform migration; lead when production incidents require senior judgment. * AI-enabled development. Help engineers use AI to prototype and ship faster, establish a practical company technology vision for AI, and move the strongest ideas safely into production. * The engineering organization. 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