VP, Platform Engineering

If you are looking for a career at a dynamic company with a people‑first mindset and a deep culture of growth and autonomy, ACV is the right place for you! Competitive compensation packages and learning and development opportunities, ACV has what you need to advance to the next level in your career. We will continue to raise the bar every day by investing in our people and technology to help our customers succeed. We hire people who share our passion, bring innovative ideas to the table, and enjoy a collaborative atmosphere.

Who we are

ACV is a technology company that has revolutionized how dealers buy and sell cars online. We are transforming the automotive industry. ACV Auctions Inc. (ACV), has applied innovation and user‑designed, data‑driven applications and solutions. We are building the most trusted and efficient digital marketplace with data solutions for sourcing, selling and managing used vehicles with transparency and comprehensive insights that were once unimaginable. We are disruptors of the industry and we want you to join us on our journey. Our network of brands include ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation, ClearCar, MAX Digital and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products, as well as, True360 and Data Services.

Benefits

• Company Sponsored (paid) Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&DD, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability.
• Comprehensive additional optional benefits such Critical Illness and Supplemental Life/AD&DD.
• All insurance benefits go into effect on your date of hire.
• Generous Parental Leave Top-Up Pay and Vacation Programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with additional opportunities to earn stock in the company.
• Retirement planning through the Company’s RRSP.

About The Role

ACV Auctions is seeking a highly strategic, experienced, and transformative Vice President of Platform Engineering. In this critical leadership role, you will be the driving force behind our platform’s evolution, responsible for crafting and executing a comprehensive, multi-year technology vision.

We are looking for a seasoned leader who thrives in a large, and growing organization. You must have experience operating at the Senior Leadership level and managing a multi-layered global organization (Directors who manage Managers and Individual Contributors). The ideal candidate would have experience and expertise in seamlessly collaborating across all areas of the organization, including peer VPs to align engineering initiatives with broader business objectives.

Core Responsibilities

Span of Control

• Infrastructure & Reliability: Lead our infrastructure, cloud operations, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) strategy and teams to ensure scalable, fault tolerant, highly available systems.
• Core Platform: Oversee the teams building and maintaining core foundational services, including our search services (built on Elasticsearch), identity management, and core frameworks.
• Quality Engineering: Drive the strategy for comprehensive quality assurance, automated testing frameworks, and overall software quality standards.
• Developer Experience: Empower our product engineering teams by leading DevOps, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, integrating AI-driven developer tools, and championing overall developer enablement.

Strategic Leadership & Organizational Management

• Multi-Year Vision: Own, author, and drive a multi-year technology roadmap for the platform that supports ACV’s scaling business needs.
• Leadership Collaboration: Partner closely with the Executive Team, Senior Leadership and cross-functional leaders to ensure platform capabilities align with product roadmaps and company goals.
• Multi-Tiered Management: Lead, mentor, and scale a large organization of engineers, managing through your team (including Directors and Senior Engineering Managers) to foster a high-performance culture.

Driving Operational Discipline & Excellence

• Establish Frameworks: Introduce and enforce proven operational program frameworks to drive improvement of multiple engineering disciplines across the organization.
• Cloud & Cost Management: Take aggressive ownership of our cloud footprint, implementing strict cost management, forecasting, and optimization practices.
• Standards & Observability: Define and enforce rigorous engineering standards. Implement robust observability and monitoring solutions to ensure system health and rapid incident resolution.
• Security & Reliability: Champion a security-first and reliability-first mindset, closing existing gaps and building resilient architectures.
• Cultivate Ownership: Drive a culture of extreme ownership and accountability across the organization including at the IC level, ensuring teams take pride in and responsibility for the services they build and operate.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Leadership Experience: 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience, with proven tenure operating at the VP/Senior Leadership level in a large, global organization. You must have experience managing multi-layered teams (managing Directors/Senior Managers).
• AI-First Transformation Leader: Proven track record of architecting and executing an AI-first engineering strategy. Demonstrated success in embedding AI/ML capabilities into core platform services, automating complex infrastructure operations, and championing the adoption of generative AI tools to exponentially accelerate developer velocity and overall engineering output.
• Transformational Track Record: Proven experience in successfully implementing frameworks to mature cloud management, cost controls, reliability, and security.
• Technical Depth: Deep understanding of modern infrastructure, cloud-native architectures, and related principles.
• Innovation Mindset: Forward-thinking perspective on Developer Experience, including the integration of AI tools and modern enablement strategies to accelerate engineering velocity.
• Organizational Navigation: Demonstrated collaborative savviness and emotional intelligence to effectively influence, negotiate, and drive consensus among peer VPs and senior executives.

Our Values

Trust & Transparency | People First | Positive Experiences | Calm Persistence | Never Settling

At ACV, we are committed to an inclusive culture in which every individual is welcomed and empowered to celebrate their true selves. We achieve this by fostering a work environment of acceptance and understanding that is free from discrimination. ACV is committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires reasonable accommodation, please let us know.

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No immigration or work visa sponsorship provided for this position.

Compensation

The compensation range for this position is listed in the "Job Details" section at the bottom of this posting. Please note that final compensation will be determined based upon the applicant's relevant experience, skillset, location, business needs, market demands, and other factors as permitted by law.

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