Vice President Engineering Core Developers

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online. The Vice President of Engineering Core Developers will lead large-scale engineering organizations to create AI-native product experiences and partner closely with various teams to innovate and enhance engineering excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple product engineering organizations spanning frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and AI‑enabled systems
• Build and develop high‑performing, inclusive engineering leadership teams, fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and sustainable delivery
• Partner closely with Product and Design to align execution with strategic priorities and customer outcomes
• Advance engineering excellence across scalability, reliability, experimentation, and developer productivity
• Lead quarterly and annual planning across innovation, platform modernization, and operational stability
• Embed AI and emerging intelligent capabilities across developer workflows, customer experiences, and internal systems
• Champion AI‑assisted engineering practices, including code generation, intelligent testing, automation, and developer copilots
• Partner with AI/ML teams to bring AI systems into production, including orchestration platforms, inference pipelines, and governance frameworks
• Help ensure responsible AI practices with strong standards for privacy, security, reliability, and observability
• Scale cloud‑native architectures, APIs, and distributed systems that power high‑impact products
• Improve developer efficiency through CI/CD modernization, self‑service tooling, and platform standardization
• Support data‑informed decision making through experimentation, telemetry, analytics, and A/B testing
• Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams to deliver secure‑by‑default systems and resilient operations

Requirements:

• 15+ years of software engineering experience in SaaS, AI platforms, cloud infrastructure, hosting or commerce environments with 7+ years leading large-scale engineering organizations
• Experience leading Directors, Senior Directors, and VP-level engineering teams. Strong executive communication and multi-functional leadership skills
• Shown success delivering cloud-scale SaaS products with high availability and global scale
• Strong technical depth across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, platform engineering, and DevOps
• Experience driving engineering modernization, automation, and developer productivity initiatives
• Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM applications, agentic AI architectures, or AI developer tooling
• Experience embedding AI-assisted development workflows into engineering organizations
• Familiarity with experimentation platforms, identity systems, APIs, commerce, or developer ecosystems
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field