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# VP of Engineering

- **Company:** Manufacturing llc
- **Location:** Gaithersburg, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $280,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Elasticsearch, Reverse Engineering, TypeScript, Decoding, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_9497a78978cd168077e367e8cb7cd7e4

## About the Role

* Willingness to relocate to Gaithersburg, MD, or to make remote work
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
 * Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
 * Demonstrated knack for making the builder-led feel manageable
 * An autonomy-rich attitude and eagerness to learn new skills

## Description

* Defend Manufacturing Excellence Inc uptime through the 2 a.m. Gaithersburg pages nobody volunteers for
 * Reverse-engineer the values-led PHP format Manufacturing Excellence Inc inherited and never documented
 * Own the TypeScript release that Gaithersburg leadership has circled on the calendar
 * Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Leadership
 * Decode the undocumented Elasticsearch service nobody at Manufacturing Excellence Inc remembers writingShave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Manufacturing Excellence Inc users feel every click