Vice President of Engineering

VP Product Engineering (CXO Track)

Location: Pune (Baner), India

Company: Edmo

Travel: Periodic U.S. travel (visa preferred)

Company Overview

Edmo is a Series A+ AI-powered SaaS company serving the higher education market. The company is fully sustainable, revenue-backed, and employs 100+ people globally. Edmos platform powers admissions, enrollment, and student engagement workflows for large U.S. universities, integrating deeply with enterprise systems such as Salesforce, Slate, and SIS platforms.

Edmo is in a phase of disciplined scale, focused on building durable, enterprise-grade technology with real customers and long-term impact.

Role Overview

Edmo is seeking a VP Product Engineering to lead and scale its engineering organization from Pune. This is a senior leadership role with a clearly defined progression to CXO-level (CTO / CPO) as the company grows.

The role owns product engineering execution, platform architecture, and engineering leadership, and includes direct customer engagement with U.S.-based enterprise clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a 20+ person product engineering team across frontend, backend, platform, integrations, and infrastructure.
• Own architecture and delivery of enterprise-grade SaaS products with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, performance, and UX.
• Oversee UI/UX engineering, backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Drive complex system integrations (Salesforce, Slate, Marketing Cloud, SIS).
• Partner closely with product, AI, and go-to-market leaders on roadmap and execution.
• Act as a customer-facing technology leader, supporting enterprise implementations and strategic conversations.
• Establish best practices across engineering delivery, DevOps, quality, and operational excellence.
• Mentor senior engineers and engineering managers; build a high-accountability, ownership-driven culture.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of experience building and scaling SaaS or enterprise software products.
• Proven leadership of engineering teams of 20+.
• Strong technical depth across:

- Frontend systems and modern UI/UX

- Backend architecture and API platforms

- Cloud infrastructure and DevOps

- Systems integration and data workflows

• Experience delivering products with AI-powered capabilities .
• Strong executive presence and communication skills; comfortable in customer-facing roles.
• Prior experience in startup or scale-up environments.
• Willing and able to travel internationally (U.S. visa or travel history strongly preferred).

Compensation & Upside

• Competitive fixed compensation
• Meaningful equity / stock options
• Clear CXO growth trajectory
• Long-term upside aligned with company growth and scale

Work Environment

• Based out of Edmos new Grade A+ office in Baner, Pune
• Collaborative, high-caliber engineering and leadership team
• Global exposure with U.S. customers and partners

Why This Role Is Compelling

• Stable, revenue-backed Series A+ company
• Clear ownership and authority over product engineering
• Direct exposure to customers, leadership, and investors
• Opportunity to grow into a top-tier CXO role