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Bankjoy is a Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partner backed FinTech startup. We are changing the way community banks and credit unions do business, enabling them to become tech-driven and digital first. Bankjoy provides modern digital banking products including mobile banking, banking, account opening, loan origination, and conversational AI. Our mission is to revolutionize banking tech infrastructure by leading digital transformation at financial institutions — big and small.
We are looking for a
to own three of Bankjoy's most critical engineering functions:
, and to build the quality engineering framework that raises the bar across the entire engineering organization.
This is a
at a critical inflection point in Bankjoy's growth. You will directly lead Release Management, a QA organization including a QA Lead and automation engineers, and a DevOps team responsible for platform delivery and reliability. You will also maintain a
embedded across engineering value streams, setting quality standards and ensuring consistent practices while those engineers report directly to their respective technical leads.
Bankjoy is a
, primarily hosted on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), deployed through Helm, and delivered through Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines using Agile development practices.
The ideal candidate has
, has personally built or rebuilt automation programs in complex, multi-platform environments, and has the technical breadth to lead Release Management, DevOps, and platform reliability alongside QA. You have the organizational credibility to drive a cultural shift from manual-heavy testing toward
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You know what it takes to deliver reliable, compliant software to regulated financial institutions, and you build systems that make
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, owning delivery quality, release discipline, and platform reliability across Bankjoy.
embedded across product engineering value streams, establishing organization-wide quality standards while coordinating execution with technical leads.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, engaging directly in architecture decisions, delivery practices, production incidents, root-cause analysis, and complex troubleshooting.
Partner closely with the VP of Engineering on cross-cutting initiatives including engineering standards, architectural direction, AI-assisted development, and release coordination.
Participate in senior leadership alongside the COO, VP of Engineering, and product leadership.
across all value streams, establishing standards for unit, integration, API, automated regression, and end-to-end testing.
covering Angular web applications, .NET APIs and services, Swift iOS applications, and Kotlin Android applications.
, including automated testing, defect standards, regression completion, and QE sign-off.
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across engineering.
Embed quality throughout Agile development by ensuring QA and automation are considered during planning, refinement, development, and delivery rather than at sprint end.
Build
that provide engineering and leadership visibility into automation coverage, defect trends, test reliability, escaped defects, and release readiness.
, including readiness reviews and formal go/no-go decisions with explicit engineering, QA, and product accountability.
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to connect production issues with engineering priorities and ensure client-impacting defects drive systemic improvements, not just individual fixes.
for significant client-impacting releases, identifying systemic causes and driving corrective actions.
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Drive repeatable and automated build, test, deployment, environment promotion, and rollback practices.
Ensure platform engineering supports
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, including service health measurement, incident management, operational readiness, and continuous reliability improvement.
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across your teams in partnership with the VP of Engineering.
Apply AI to quality engineering through test generation, automation maintenance, defect analysis, troubleshooting, and regression coverage.
Drive measurable improvements in engineering productivity and quality while maintaining appropriate review, security, and quality controls.
with at least 4 years in engineering leadership managing QA, DevOps, platform engineering, release engineering, SRE, or related functions.
; you have personally built, rebuilt, or significantly modernized automation frameworks, not simply overseen them.
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, including making difficult release decisions under schedule pressure.
, or comparable tooling.
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, preferably Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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, preferably Azure DevOps pipelines.
and how development, QA, DevOps, and release management operate together throughout the delivery lifecycle.
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beyond individual usage and into engineering team practices.
, with experience partnering with engineering, product, technical support, release management, security, and other senior stakeholders.
platforms.
client environments.
development environments.
, such as Terraform or comparable technologies.
Experience with broader Azure services supporting modern SaaS platforms.
Experience with
, or similar regulatory compliance contexts.
roles.
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A fast-paced and collaborative environment
Competitive compensation
Stock options at a well-funded startup
We cover 100% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for individuals on our base plan, with significant contributions toward all other plan options (USA).
We cover 100% of extended medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your family under our single, comprehensive plan (Canada).
Retirement plan with 4% company matching
8 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents, 4 weeks for non-birthing
3-5 weeks PTO depending on tenure
5 health days
15 holidays
End of year shutdown
Performance-based bonuses
Remote first culture
Bankjoy is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Bankjoy provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
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medical, dental, and vision premiums for individuals on our base plan, with significant contributions toward all other plan options (USA).
How to apply for VP of Systems Engineering - USA at Bankjoy?
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What is the salary for this role?
Salary details will be discussed during the interview.
What experience is required?
10+ years of experience is required.
Is this position still open?
Yes, currently active and accepting applications.
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