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VP of Engineering

Paces

New York, NYHybridFull-time$230–290K/yrPosted 2mo agoVerified open 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$230–290K/yr
Location
New York, NYHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Job overview

Paces is hiring a VP of Engineering. Paces is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and scale its engineering team, nurture its builder culture, and impact product direction and roadmap. This hands-on leadership role involves defining technical vision, ensuring execution excellence, and building inclusive, high-performance cultures. The company focuses on accelerating renewable energy development through Agentic AI and in-house expertise.

Key focus areas include Lead and scale the engineering team, Nurture the builder culture, and Impact product direction and roadmap.

Successful candidates bring 10+ Years Professional Software-Engineering Experience, 3+ Years Managing And Leading Multi-Team Orgs In High-Growth Startups, and Proven Record Scaling Engineering Organization From 0 -> 1 -> N In Data Intensive, Vertical AI Companies. Important skills include Technical Vision Definition, Execution Strategy, Shipping Speed, Product Quality, Lightweight Process Definition, and Team Building. Preferred (not required): Passion To Build Something That Fights Climate Change, Working Onsite, Excited About Difficult Challenges, and Geospatial Data.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technical Vision DefinitionExecution StrategyShipping SpeedProduct QualityLightweight Process DefinitionTeam BuildingRecruitingOnboardingManaging ICsManaging TLMsNurturing Collaborative Engineering CultureNurturing High-Velocity Engineering CultureAI CodingSystem DesignWriting CodeReviewing PRsFull-Stack DevelopmentETLDistributed SystemsDigging Into Systems With Deep Technology StacksBuilding Inclusive CulturesBuilding High-Performance CulturesAttracting Top TalentRetaining Top TalentPassion to Build Something That Fights Climate ChangeWorking OnsiteExcited About Difficult ChallengesGeospatial DataClimate SpaceEnergy Space

Qualifications

10+ Years Professional Software-Engineering Experience3+ Years Managing and Leading Multi-Team Orgs in High-Growth StartupsProven Record Scaling Engineering Organization From 0 -> 1 -> N in Data Intensive, Vertical AI CompaniesFormer Founder

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

🌎 The Opportunity In the next 30 years, the world will transform every part of the built environment to be climate positive green infrastructure. But today’s renewable energy development process can’t move fast enough to meet global goals. Paces exists to change that. We are providing software and services to accelerate power development - unlocking one of the greatest opportunities of our time: transforming how infrastructure gets built and ensuring it’s built with renewable energy. 🛠️ Our Solution Paces is building the development engine for renewable infrastructure and power projects. We have built Agentic AI that automates early-stage due diligence and pairs it with in-house expertise to accelerate late-stage diligence. The result: projects move from siting to construction-ready in a fraction of the time. Our platform streamlines siting, interconnection, and permitting for renewable energy and data center developers, real estate firms, EV charging companies, and more. 🧑‍🎨  Our Team We are building a team where people can proudly say their time at Paces is the most impactful, meaningful work of their career. Our amazing team in Brooklyn , New York includes incredible team members from tech companies like Meta AI, DeepMind, and Tesla; various high growth startups; as well as industry leaders from TotalEnergies, Con Edison and GE. Paces is growing rapidly and looking for a Head of Engineering , reporting to our CTO and Co-Founder. This is a hands-on leadership role : you will lead and scale our engineering team, nurture our builder culture, impact product direction and roadmap, write code, and review PRs. 🏆 What You’ll Achieve Technical Vision : Define technical vision and execution strategy that align with company goals. Execution Excellence : Balance between shipping speed and product quality; define lightweight but effective processes that work for both our software and vertical AI teams. Team Building : Recruit, onboard and manage a diverse team of ICs and TLMs; nurture our collaborative and high-velocity engineering culture. Hands-On Execution : Stay at the cutting edge of AI coding; design systems, write code and review key PRs. 📈 Requirements 10+ years of professional software-engineering experience, 3+ years managing and leading multi-team orgs in high-growth startups. Proven record scaling engineering organization from 0 -> 1 -> N in data intensive, vertical AI companies. Strong, versatile technical background, experienced with full-stack dev, ETL, AI and distributed systems. A high degree of comfort digging into systems with deep technology stacks. Track record building inclusive, high-performance cultures that attract and retain top talent. ✨ About You You will thrive in our culture if you: Share our passion to build something that fights climate change. Passion to work onsite along the team; comfortable juggling strategy and execution work. Genuinely excited about difficult challenges in a fast growing organization. 🚀 Bonus Points Former founder Previous experience working with geospatial data Previous experience working in climate or energy space 💰 Compensation and Benefits $230K - $290K annual compensation Competitive equity compensation 401(k) matching Health, Dental and Vision insurance Paid company holidays & PTO Hybrid work in the office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ~3x per week ☀️ About Paces 🛠️ If you’re a builder who wants to actively construct a more climate positive future, join us! 🗺️ We are enabling the climate optimum use for all the world’s land and are thought leaders in the evolving data center and renewables markets. 🐶 We have a dog calendar and have dogs running around in the office. 🌞 We have world class customers and are growing! 📢 We've raised $18M+ led by Navitas Capital , Resolute Ventures and Y Combinator .

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