VP of Systems Engineering - West Coast
Core
Lead the Systems Engineering organization across the Western U.S., partnering with Sales to drive growth and win complex enterprise and AI infrastructure opportunities.
Role type
VP of Systems Engineering (second-line leadership)
Builds
High-performing technical field organizations and repeatable technical sales motions
Domain
AI infrastructure, distributed storage, data platforms, cloud
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Second-line leadership, building and scaling technical organizations, full-stack technical credibility (storage, networking, AI), executive engagement, solution selling, talent acquisition
Preferred skills
Experience in high-growth environments, deep knowledge of modern data/AI ecosystem
Technologies
Distributed storage, NFS, SMB, S3, NVMe, RDMA, InfiniBand, Linux, Kubernetes, Spark, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Trino, Kafka, NVIDIA, AMD (via careerplan.io/jobs/43-001-8D-276-vp-of-systems-engineering-west-coast-at-vast-data)
Responsibilities
Lead SE managers and teams, define regional strategy with Sales, establish technical discovery and architecture standards, engage in strategic opportunities, coach leaders on solution architecture, create cross-functional partnerships, build organizational culture
Seniority
VP, second-line leadership
