VP of Engineering

The Opportunity

Authorium is the AI-powered administrative operations platform for government. We have established ourselves as a leader heading toward Series B, with proven product-market fit across some of the largest state and local agencies in the country (California, Florida, Los Angeles). Having successfully validated our core technology and mission, we are now focused on scaling that success into a unified, high-velocity platform.

We are at a critical platform inflection point. To date, our success has been driven by collaborative development and agile delivery for our customers. Having proven our workflows with major state agencies, we are now ready to evolve that success into a hardened, standardized platform that scales across all 50 states.

The work is intellectually and technically demanding: FedRAMP-compliant AI, document intelligence for complex workflows, and building reusable components that handle the specialized requirements of government operations.

The Role

Reporting to the Co-CEOs, you will own the technical vision and the engineering organization. We need a leader who can define the long-term architectural north star while maintaining our current delivery momentum.

You’ll partner with the Head of Product to synthesize our core use cases into a unified technical vision. Working from our San Francisco office, you will build the systems, culture, and processes required for our next phase of growth.

What You’ll Own

• Platform Evolution: Define the technical architecture that transforms our proven workflows into a modular, reusable platform - including data strategy, API design principles, and AI service integration.
• Velocity & Rigor: Establish standards for quality and testing that allow our hybrid onshore/offshore team to maintain high quality and sustainable delivery velocity.
• Compliance & Security: Partner with our Director of InfoSec to ensure platform architecture supports SOC 2, HIPAA, and FedRAMP requirements.
• Organizational Scaling: Recruit and mentor the senior leadership layer needed to support a world-class engineering culture.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Scale Experience: 5+ years in senior leadership (VP/Director). You have led engineering through the transition from high-growth startup to enterprise platform.
• Architectural Depth: Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, SaaS architecture, and API design. You're comfortable reviewing technical designs and making architectural tradeoffs.
• Regulated Industry: Experience in GovTech, HealthTech, or FinTech. You understand how to build high-performance software within strict compliance constraints.
• Pragmatism: You balance the "ideal" architectural state with the immediate needs of a fast-growing business and its customers.

Why Join

• The Mission: You are building the administrative operations platform for the public sector. When this platform scales, citizens get services faster and billions in taxpayer dollars are managed more effectively.
• Proven foundation: We have product-market fit with major state agencies and clear path to Federal and 50-state scale.
• Technical Innovation: AI within FedRAMP constraints isn't solved. Document intelligence at government scale isn't solved. You'll architect both.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $240,000-$300,000
• 100% benefits coverage for employee
• 401K Profit Share plan
• Flexible PTO
• Home office stipend
• Comprehensive wellness benefits
• Commuter stipend for hybrid roles