VP Architecture

VP of Engineering
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Platform Architecture & Scale
Using cutting‑edge AI technology, we're reducing months‑long disability application processes to days, helping vulnerable citizens get the support they deserve. Now we need an architectural visionary to design our next‑generation platform.
We're seeking a VP of Engineering who sees elegant simplicity where others see overwhelming complexity. You'll partner with our CTO to head architecture and engineering, reimagining how case development platforms should work in an AI‑first world. You’ll lead and mentor a team of engineers while partnering with our CTO to define platform architecture. This uniquely combines deep technical architecture, strategic thinking, and hands‑on engineering leadership. Essential Background: You’re an accomplished architect and engineering leader who has designed sophisticated platforms that model human workflows with AI to transform facts into meaningful insights. You’ve led teams through platform transformations and built best‑in‑class user experiences. Most importantly, you’ve fully integrated AI into your workflow – it's not a tool you use, it's a partner that amplifies your capabilities 10x.
The role requires travel to our SF and NY office locations at least 6 times per year for strategic planning sessions, team collaboration, and key company events. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider international applicants or provide visa sponsorship at this time.
Architectural & Engineering Leadership : Partner with the CTO to design enterprise‑grade systems that seamlessly blend event‑driven architectures, stream processing, workflow orchestration, and AI pipelines. Build and mentor a high‑performing engineering team, creating a culture where engineers grow while delivering exceptional results. your pair programming sessions demonstrate AI‑amplified development
At Advocate, we believe in human intellectual amplification through AI partnership – we'll never be “vibe coders.” You’ll establish workflows and practices that make AI collaboration second nature for the entire team, teaching others to achieve 10x productivity through AI partnership
Platform Evolution : Design systems that handle data changing over time through human and machine steps. As humans review data and AI generates insights, your architecture must elegantly handle cascading changes while maintaining perfect audit trails. AI & Architecture Mastery : You’ve developed a profoundly effective personal workflow with Claude Code, Codex, GPT‑5, and other AI systems. You understand the difference between “vibe coding” and true AI partnership. neither, and understand AWS services deeply without being dependent on them
Framework & Performance Expertise : Experienced with modern orchestration (Temporal, Airflow), data processing (Spark, Flink), and application frameworks – understanding their internals, not just usage. Systems Thinker : You see connections others miss – between data points, algorithms, and human processes. The problem stays with you in the shower, on walks, in dreams. You wake up at 3 AM with breakthrough ideas and immediately test them
Intellectual Humility : You understand AI may produce insights beyond human comprehension and build systems that account for this. Communication Clarity : You can explain distributed consensus to an intern and data sharding to a board member. Your architecture documents are clear, visual, and impossible to misinterpret
Team Builder : You identify talent, develop potential, and create teams greater than the sum of their parts. Interdisciplinary Background : Your expertise spans multiple fields – software engineering, data science, user experience, organizational behavior
A working solution today beats perfection next quarter
Multi‑tier data platforms (Aurora, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, S3)
AI/ML pipelines throughout – you'll have full authority to evaluate, adopt, or replace any part of our stack.
Your approach to building AI‑native engineering teams
This role is for those rare individuals who can hold an entire platform in their mind while inspiring others to build it – those who see AI as a partner in invention, not just automation.
Join us in building the platform that will revolutionize government services.
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