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# VP, Engineering

- **Company:** Bubble LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Salary:** $250,000 - $330,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Programming Tools, Free and Open-Source Software, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_ed018779ce9753b65d184b8cf3e61cec

## About the Role

* Prior VP Engineering or CTO experience at a venture-backed startup, with strong tenure
 * Experience scaling through growth phases (100-500 person companies a plus)
 * Proven track record of modernizing legacy systems and evolving technical architecture
 * Deep experience with complex technical products-especially platforms, IDEs, or developer tools
 * Operated in companies with strong engineering cultures (e.g., open-source contributions, active tech blogs, cutting-edge projects)
 * Technical aptitude to manage tradeoffs, lead through ambiguity, and learn fast
 * High-velocity, execution-oriented leadership style with a commitment to quality
 * NYC-based or willing to relocate, with the ability to contribute to our office culture and in-person collaboration

## Description

As VP of Engineering at Bubble, you'll report to the Co-CEO, partnering closely with our VP of Product to define and deliver on our ambitious roadmap. You'll lead our Engineering team through a period of rapid growth, AI-driven innovation, and deep product investment - while upholding high standards for quality, performance, and reliability. As Bubble enters a pivotal phase of growth, you'll help define and deliver our roadmap, serve on the Leadership Team, and represent Bubble as an executive.

In This Role, You'll

 * Partner with our founders to define and drive Bubble's architectural decisions, long-term engineering strategy, and technical roadmap.
 * Lead efforts to evolve the Bubble language as the default output for AI-generated apps and launch our own "vibe no-coding" features. You'll also scale our hosting platform, improve the performance of user-built applications, and enhance the UX, reliability, and speed of our cloud-hosted visual editor.
 * Drive talent acquisition and retention in close collaboration with our People team.
 * Build a world-class engineering culture that prizes innovation, quality, and velocity.
 * Balance customer needs, compliance requirements, and business objectives.
 * Collaborate across departments, working with product, marketing and success.