VP of Engineering, Platform & Architecture (Remote) at Optro

ABOUT OPTRO Optro is building the next-generation AI-native platform for connected risk and GRC. We help enterprises manage audit, compliance, risk, cyber, and AI governance in a world where complexity is growing faster than teams can keep up. We are at a pivotal moment in our journey. What began as a category-defining platform for audit has evolved into a broader connected risk platform serving multiple business domains. Now, as AI reshapes enterprise software, we are accelerating our transformation to build the first GRC platform designed for agentic autonomy from the data model up. To help lead that transformation, we are looking for a bold, deeply technical, and highly pragmatic leader to own our Platform & Architecture organization. THE OPPORTUNITY This is not a traditional platform role. We are looking for a leader who can help re-platform and re-architect Optro for the AI era — faster, pragmatically, and with clear business impact. This leader will own the strategy and execution across platform product, platform engineering, and architecture, turning foundational work into faster delivery, better customer outcomes, and long-term competitive advantage. This role requires someone who can think beyond textbook answers and legacy patterns. We need a leader who can solve hard, complex technical problems with creativity and judgment — not someone who simply applies the same playbook from the past. This is a high-impact transformation role for a leader who wants to shape the future of a category. You will lead Optro’s Platform & Architecture organization, including strategy, roadmap, and execution across our foundational platform capabilities. Your scope will include: - Architecture transformation across application, service, and data layers - Platform product and engineering for shared capabilities used across all business domains - Permissions / Access platform modernization, including accelerating delivery of Permission 2.0 - Identity, authentication, authorization, and entitlement architecture - API and integration strategy, including improving speed, extensibility, and partner/customer value - Core data services and shared data model, enabling roll-up reporting, shared inventory, AI insights, and connected risk workflows - Cross-product platform services that unlock faster delivery across Audit, Risk, Compliance, and future domains - Architecture team leadership, ensuring architecture drives delivery and business value rather than becoming an ivory tower function WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE In this role, you will help Optro: - Modernize core architecture in a way that materially improves engineering velocity - Reduce dependency on legacy monolithic patterns over time with pragmatic transition strategy - Accelerate CI/CD speed, testability, and overall delivery efficiency - Transform Permission 2.0 from a long-term infrastructure project into a primary competitive advantage and value driver for customers - Establish a clear API and integration strategy that supports growth, extensibility, and ecosystem value - Build a shared data foundation that enables connected reporting, cross-domain workflows, and AI-powered insights - Create platform capabilities that are adopted broadly across the company and tied directly to product and customer outcomes - Partner closely with AI, Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to ensure platform modernization becomes a business accelerator WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR We’re looking for a rare combination of deep technical judgment, systems thinking, product mindset, and transformational leadership. YOU MAY BE A FIT IF YOU: - Have led major platform modernization or re-architecture efforts in a scaling enterprise SaaS company - Have successfully evolved legacy or monolithic systems into scalable, modular architectures - Know how to balance long-term architectural quality with near-term business needs - Can lead both platform product strategy and platform engineering execution - Have experience owning shared services in an enterprise B2B SaaS environment including access/permissions, APIs/integrations, data platforms - Understand how foundational architecture decisions impact engineering velocity, reliability, AI readiness, and customer experience - Are highly pragmatic and outcome-oriented - Think creatively about solving hard technical problems rather than relying on rigid or purely textbook approaches - Can build credibility with senior product, engineering, AI, GTM/customer, and executive leaders - Know how to bring teams along through transformation, not just define the future-state architecture PREFERRED EXPERIENCE - 15+ years in software engineering / platform / architecture leadership - Experience in B2B SaaS, enterprise platforms, or workflow software - Experience leading architecture modernization in a live, scaled product environment - Strong background in distributed systems, APIs, data platforms, and access management - Experience partnering with AI/ML organizations to build AI-ready platform foundations - Track record of building high-performing teams and transforming legacy technical environments WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS This role is central to Optro’s future. The platform decisions we make now will determine how fast we can innovate, how effectively we can embed AI, how seamlessly our products work together, and how strongly we differentiate in the market. This is an opportunity to help shape the architecture, platform, and technical foundation of a company redefining the future of GRC. JOIN US If you’re excited by the challenge of modernizing a scaled product, building platform foundations for the AI era, and turning architecture into business impact, we’d love to talk. At Optro, you’ll have the opportunity to help build the AI-native connected risk platform of the future. Our Company Values - Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset. - Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes. - Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next. - Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success. - Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve. Perks* - Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America! - Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life - Comprehensive employee health coverage (all locations) - 401K with match (US) or pension with match (UK) - Competitive compensation & bonus program - Flexible Vacation (US exempt & CA) or 25 days (UK) - Time off for your birthday & volunteering - Employee resource groups - Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers! *perks may vary based on eligibility/location Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information. We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.   #LI-Remote