Director / Vice President of Engineering

Location: Bay Area, CA (Hybrid)

Reports to: Chief Architect

Company: Bedrock Data

About Bedrock

Bedrock Data delivers continuous, context-driven security and governance for enterprise data across private cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and AI environments. Powered by its patented Metadata Lake and Serverless Outpost architecture, Bedrock Data autonomously discovers, classifies and contextualizes data in place without moving it outside customer boundaries. Its open, API-first design integrates with existing platforms and enables natural-language policy enforcement, AI governance and automated remediation at enterprise scale. Global leaders in technology, finance, healthcare and biotech rely on Bedrock Data to make data security operational. Learn more at bedrockdata.ai.

The Opportunity

Bedrock is seeking a Director or Vice President of Engineering to lead our engineering organization through its next phase of growth and maturity. This role is ideal for a process-driven, execution-focused leader who thrives on building teams, scaling systems, and delivering with quality and predictability.

The Director or VP of Engineering will own delivery excellence—driving disciplined execution, process rigor, and high-quality outcomes across a fast-scaling engineering team. This is not a coding role, but a leadership position for someone who knows how to set direction, coach technical teams, and ensure the trains run on time.

Key Responsibilities

Execution & Delivery Leadership

• Own the engineering execution pipeline, ensuring predictable, high-quality product delivery.

• Establish scalable processes across release management, QA, test automation, and deployment.

• Drive accountability, velocity, and communication within engineering and across functions.

• Partner closely with Product to ensure clear handoffs, alignment, and delivery discipline.

Process, Quality & Operations

• Implement engineering processes that improve quality, reliability, and on-time performance.

• Strengthen automation, testing, and deployment practices to reduce regressions and post-release issues.

• Lead continuous improvement efforts focused on developer productivity and product stability.

People & Team Leadership

• Lead and scale a high-performing engineering team from ~20 to 30+ engineers over the next 12–18 months.

• Own hiring, mentoring, and performance management across the engineering function.

• Identify and upgrade talent, bringing in experienced engineers and technical leaders to strengthen the team.

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Strategic Growth & Scalability

• Partner with leadership to plan and execute engineering expansion in alignment with company goals.

• Anticipate scaling needs in people, process, and infrastructure as Bedrock grows.

Serve as a cultural anchor for engineering, driving excellence, clarity, and operational consistency.