Vice President of Engineering

VP of Engineering Location: Deerfield Beach, Florida Reports to: CEO / CTO Team: 25 to 40 engineers across platform, integrations, video, and DevSecOps

About the Role

Lead engineering for a corrections technology company serving government agencies. This hands-on executive role owns technical strategy, team development, delivery, reliability, and security across our Elixir platform, partner integrations, VMS/video products, and LLM capabilities within a FedRAMP-authorized GovCloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop engineers and engineering managers; establish strong performance and code-quality standards.
• Own the engineering roadmap, budget, delivery cadence, on-call operations, and incident response.
• Guide architecture for Elixir/OTP and Phoenix, reviewing designs and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Maintain reliable integrations with Securus, ViaPath, and other communications providers.
• Oversee video streaming, recording, storage, and retention, with clear reliability and performance targets.
• Own FedRAMP authorization maintenance, continuous monitoring, POA&M remediation, and annual assessments; partner with auditors, agency sponsors, and customer security teams.
• Embed security and compliance into the software development lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years leading teams and managing managers.
• Direct ownership of FedRAMP authorization or ongoing compliance for an authorized product.
• Production experience with AWS GovCloud or an equivalent government cloud environment.
• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 controls and FIPS 140-validated cryptography.
• Strong distributed-systems expertise and a record of delivering highly available SaaS for regulated customers.
• Ability to evaluate architecture and code and communicate clearly with executives, customers, auditors, and partners.
• Ability to meet applicable citizenship and background-check requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Production experience with Elixir/OTP and TypeScript, or Erlang/Scala/Akka experience with a willingness to work in Elixir daily.
• Corrections, public-safety, or regulated telecom experience, particularly Securus or ViaPath integrations.
• VMS/video expertise, including WebRTC, media servers, recording pipelines, and scalable storage.
• Familiarity with CJIS and government procurement and security reviews.

Success Measures

• 30 days: Assess the team, platform, integrations, and FedRAMP posture; deliver a prioritized risk and improvement plan.
• 90 days: Establish predictable delivery and clear ownership, keep compliance activities on schedule, and advance key hires.
• 12 months: Meet reliability targets, complete the annual FedRAMP assessment successfully, and scale facilities and products without proportional headcount growth.

Pay: $185,000.00 - $250,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person