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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Vice President of Software Engineering - **Company:** THE EQUITY ENGINEERING GROUP, INC. - **Location:** Shaker Heights, OH, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $215,000.0 - $260,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Suite, Big Data, Computer Simulation, Databases, Database Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Integrated Development Environments, Commercial Software, Simulation Software, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Software Organization - **Published:** June 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4663ccfcfe10040d ## About the Role Do you have experience in Web applications?, Delivery and Execution * Demonstrated record of shipping commercial software products on schedule. * Excellence in establishing job-level schedules, tracking productivity, and maintaining team accountability to defined commitments. * Proven ability to drive appropriate, data-based resource decisions. Technical Competence * Strong working knowledge of web-based software architecture, database systems, and modern development practices. * Experience with, or strong interest in, engineering graphics, geometric modeling, or visualization software, with the ability to evaluate and direct a transition to a unified graphics platform. * Familiarity with UX/UI design principles as applied to technically complex, data-intensive applications. * Ability to engage credibly with both commercial software developers and engineers writing advanced calculation and simulation software. Leadership of Technical Professionals * Demonstrated experience leading and communicating effectively with technical staff across a full range of disciplines and credential levels from software developers to PhD-level engineers. Business Acumen * Demonstrated excellence managing software as a business, with accountability for revenue, cost, staffing, and market positioning. * Demonstrated high-level finance literacy. * Fluency with licensing-based software revenue models in a technical or industrial market. * Successful experience evaluating, contracting, and managing outsourced software development. Experience and Tenure * 10 or more years of progressive experience in software development and engineering leadership. * 5 or more years in a senior leadership role with direct operational or financial accountability., * Engineering degree or equivalent technical background, particularly in mechanical, chemical, or structural disciplines. * Familiarity with asset integrity management, plant inspection, risk-based inspection, or fitness-for-service applications. * Experience in the refining, petrochemical, pipeline, or power generation industries. * Experience leading a software organization through restructuring or significant operational changes. * Experience implementing AI-assisted development workflows in a production software environment. ## Description Equity Software develops and delivers a web-based Asset Integrity Management System (AIMS) - software that manages inspection, risk, and fitness-for-service data for plant equipment. What distinguishes this platform from competing products is the engineering depth behind it. The system spans the full range from code and standards-based calculations to advanced finite element analysis (FEA) simulations. This ETG development represents a significant intellectual and commercial asset. The Vice President of Software Engineering will lead the advancement of our AIMS platform into a comprehensive APM solution through cross-functional leadership of multiple teams including 4 director-level leaders and 33 professionals composed of engineers with advanced degrees and software developers. The Engineering professionals are responsible for developing and programming the underlying technology, computational methods, and codes and standards-based calculation tools that provide critical information to customers. The software developers are responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving the web-based delivery platform so that these tools are reliable, usable, and visually appropriate. This role also requires the use of the latest tools, methods, and computational approaches, including AI. In addition, the position carries direct responsibility for revenue generation, client relationships, and contract execution, making it a commercial leadership role as well as a technical one. The platform is entirely web-based. The successful candidate must bring expertise in reliability and scalability, database design, graphics implementation, and user interface - and must be comfortable operating in an evolving and expanding development environment. The successful candidate will be a business leader and an execution driver; and will be responsible for the end-to-end process: product delivery, team performance, financial performance and market positioning. Distinguished performance in this role is a pathway to opportunities for substantial career growth., Organizational Structure Continuously assesses in-place resources, organizational structure, strategic direction, required deliverables, client requirements, evolving technology, AI benefits, and other factors pertinent to designing, developing, implementing, and enhancing the software organization as required. Strategic Development Drives the conceptualization, development, and implementation of the software strategic direction for ETG., Coordinates with ETG's consulting units to ensure that our software suite reinforces field support capability and drives client engagement. The platform and the consulting business are reinforcing; builds and sustains a strong, mutually beneficial working relationship between the software and consulting organizations., Leads the continual assessment of the utilization of third-party developmental resources to accelerate delivery with commensurate quality, while preserving intellectual property. Contracts and manages outsourced work at an appropriate cost to the business, while maintaining ETG standards., Serves as a key member of the Equity executive leadership team, playing a vital role in developing and executing the ETG Annual Operating Plan, ETG 3-5 Year Financial Plan, and the ETG Strategic Plan. 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