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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # VP of Engineering - **Company:** Orb LLC - **Location:** San Francisco, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Apache HTTP Server, Data Stores, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Data Streaming, TypeScript, Tailwind, ReactJS, Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming, Front End Software Development, Vertica - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/vp-of-engineering-san-francisco-hq-orb-8758389 ## About the Role * 10+ years in engineering with several years leading engineering organizations, ideally at infrastructure, platform, or developer-tools companies. * Infra- or platform-heavy technical background, with real depth in distributed systems, data, and designing for correctness and scale. * You've scaled teams and systems through meaningful growth and you're excited to re-calibrate into scrappy, early-stage mode rather than run a heavy process. * Genuinely leaned into billing and monetization. Usage-based pricing and revenue infrastructure is a domain you find interesting and want to go deep on - this is central to the role. * A proven people leader who has coached managers, developed senior ICs, and built durable leadership benches, ideally across multiple offices. * A strong cross-functional partner who works naturally with product and go-to-market to turn technical strategy into business results. * Bias toward lightweight, high-leverage processes; you'll build foundations that scale without bureaucracy. ## Description This is a rare moment to lead engineering at Orb. As part of Adyen, we're taking Orb toward a massive revenue line, with Adyen's global sales org behind our distribution. You get the ambition and reach of a platform business, plus the scrappiness, ownership, and speed of an early-stage team. You'll lead a ~30 person engineering team building infrastructure where correctness and scale aren't nice-to-haves. They're the product. Billing is unforgiving: every number has to be right, in real time, at volume. We're looking for a leader who's energized by the monetization and billing domain. Someone who wants to build the technical and process foundations for the next phase of growth, and who's ready to roll up their sleeves to do it. In this role you will: * Coach and grow our engineering managers and senior ICs via hands-on mentorship, clear growth paths, and real career development for the people building Orb. * Build our engineering leadership bench and own talent and retention strategy as the team grows and expands to multiple offices. * Set and clearly articulate technical strategy by holding your own in deep technical conversations, and raising the bar on how we design systems for correctness and scale. * Partner cross-functionally with GTM and our VP of Product to shape product, competitive, and monetization strategy. * Establish the technical and process foundations for Orb's next stage of growth: lightweight, high-leverage, and built to scale without slowing the team down., At Orb, we believe great engineers can learn any stack, so you do not need experience with these specific tools, and we encourage you to apply regardless. * Frontend: Typescript + React + Tailwind CSS * Backend: Python * Datastores: PostgreSQL + Apache Druid+ Clickhouse * Streaming Platforms: Kafka + Spark Streaming * Cloud Platform: AWS ## Related Videos - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Level up your Angular CSS with Tailwind CSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/640-level-up-your-angular-css-with-tailwind-css) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Level up your Angular CSS with Tailwind CSS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/366-level-up-your-angular-css-with-tailwind-css) - [From Zero to Hero: NextJS 13 and Tailwind CSS for Beginners](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/766-from-zero-to-hero-nextjs-13-and-tailwind-css-for-beginners) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)