VP of Engineering

Job Description

As VP of Engineering, you own the technical vision for the organization and are accountable for the outcomes of engineering at the highest level. You set the direction for how we build, what we invest in, and how engineering operates as a business function. You are a senior executive who partners across the company and with external stakeholders to ensure that our technology strategy drives long-term competitive advantage. Your leadership shapes not just the engineering organization, but the company’s ability to grow, innovate, and deliver an exceptional experience for residents, associates, and investors.

Impact

  • Own the technical vision and define how engineering investments translate into product outcomes across all audiences: residents, associates, and investors.
  • Make high-stakes build, buy, and partner decisions that determine how the company develops and maintains its technology capabilities.
  • Set the standard for engineering execution across the entire organization: quality, delivery, operational excellence, and automation as a first-class discipline.
  • Drive accountability for engineering outcomes at the executive level, including delivery, budget, and resource planning.
  • Select and negotiate with strategic vendors, ensuring technology partnerships deliver high business value and appropriate technical assurances.

Reach

  • Leadership Reach
    • Company
  • Technical Reach
    • Industry

Your influence extends beyond the company. You build and maintain a reputation in the single-family home rental space and the broader software development community that attracts talent, earns trust from partners, and positions Invitation Homes as a technology leader. Internally, you are a trusted executive partner across Product, Finance, and Business Operations.

Knowledge

  • Maintain the technical depth to engage credibly in architecture, code quality, and design decisions while knowing when to lead and when to empower.
  • Stay ahead of emerging trends, including AI, IoT, cloud architecture, and security, and apply them strategically to keep the organization competitive.
  • Understand the financial dimensions of engineering: forecasting, resource planning, and managing a budget in alignment with business outcomes.
  • Develop a broad awareness of the vendor landscape and the trade-offs between building, buying, and partnering.

Communication

  • Communicate the engineering vision and strategy with clarity and confidence at the executive level, translating technical complexity into business impact.
  • Bring engineering, business, and external partners into alignment through high emotional intelligence and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Represent engineering externally, contributing to the company’s reputation in the industry through thought leadership, recruiting presence, and community engagement.

Leadership

  • Hire, develop, and retain a high-performing, diverse organization of engineering leaders and teams.
  • Coach and grow Directors and senior leaders, building the next generation of engineering executives.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement that is felt at every level of the engineering organization.
  • Model low-ego, action-oriented leadership — decisive when needed, collaborative by default, and always focused on enabling others to succeed.
  • Champion diversity and inclusion as a foundation for team culture and organizational strength.
  • Build and steward Invitation Homes’ reputation as a technology organization — externally through community and industry engagement, and internally through the standards and culture you set.