Vice President of Software Engineering, 6sense
$270.1-396.2k
Marketing engagement platform
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Marketing engagement platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$270.1-396.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower clients to gain predictable and consistent revenue growth, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in senior leadership (VP+) roles
- Proven success in scaling engineering organizations in fast-paced environments
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, high-throughput platforms, and large-scale data processing
- Familiarity with Marketing Tech, AdTech, Email, or related domains preferred
- Demonstrated experience leading through change—org design, platform evolution, or systems modernization
- Ability to set technical vision and influence business and product teams with strong collaboration skills
- Track record of building inclusive teams and strong engineering cultures
- Exceptional communication skills and executive presence
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic, highly technical, inspirational, execution-oriented VP of Software Engineering to lead our engineering function across core product areas including our Marketing Platform, Advertising Technology, Email, and Reporting + Analytics functionality.
- The VP of Engineering will serve as a pivotal leader, responsible for architecting and executing an engineering strategy that is deeply aligned with 6sense’s business objectives and our customers’ success. This role requires a visionary who not only partners closely with Product, Design, and Go-to-Market teams, but also demonstrates a keen understanding of our business drivers and market dynamics
- This individual must be a strategic communicator, adept at translating complex technical concepts into actionable plans that resonate across the organization and with external stakeholders. Their focus will be on delivering scalable, reliable, and innovative technology solutions that drive customer value and platform health, while proactively addressing technical debt and future-proofing our systems
- Key to success in this role is a relentless commitment to customer success, platform scalability, and operational excellence. The VP of Engineering will champion the growth and development of engineering talent, ensuring teams are empowered, diverse, and aligned around a shared vision. By delivering a clear engineering roadmap and measurable outcomes, this leader will help position 6sense as a market leader, driving both customer satisfaction and sustainable business growth
- Reporting to the SVP of Engineering, the ideal candidate will bring a strong track record of building scalable systems, leading through change, and creating a commitment to customer success, platform scalability, engineering, and operational excellence
- Define and execute the engineering vision to align with business strategy and customer needs
- Build and scale high-performing engineering organizations and foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Drive engineering excellence across architecture, performance, reliability, and code quality
- Lead through transformation and change, ensuring team agility and operational effectiveness
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, and GTM leaders to translate business goals into technical outcomes
- Translate Product Requirements to define technical specifications that align with roadmap priorities; Make tradeoffs across strategic and tactical work to focus teams on high-impact outcomes
- Influence company strategy by bringing a technical lens to business conversations
- Manage technical risk and debt - Identify long-term risks and adjust plans and resourcing to mitigate them
- Organizational Leadership & Talent Development
- Scale and structure a global engineering teams (across U.S., India, and Singapore) to support company growth
- Attract, retain, and develop top-tier engineering talent with a strong emphasis on leadership and diversity
- Coach senior leaders to elevate team performance and align on long-term org design
- Technical Vision & Platform Architecture
- Set a compelling technical direction for Marketing Tech, AdTech, and Email platforms
- Effectively communicate vision and strategy to cross-functional teams
- Make critical architecture decisions that support scalability, reliability, and customer-facing performance
- Drive modernization initiatives for systems and platforms, ensuring tech debt is addressed proactively
- Operational Excellence & Execution
- Build and refine scalable engineering processes for planning, delivery, and incident management
- Establish clear goals, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to track performance and execution
- Lead engineering-wide transformation initiatives that enhance speed, quality, and innovation
- Define and uphold high standards for code quality, system design, and operational readiness
- Foster a culture of craftsmanship, innovation, and data-driven decision-making
- Create clarity around goals and ensure measurable outcomes are delivered consistently
Our take
While sales and marketing teams need access to customer data to stay competitive, this information is often scattered around multiple difficult-to-access systems both inside and outside the company. 6sense exists to solve this problem, using AI to bring together disparate data sources such as internal CRMs and social media signals to give sales teams all the information they need in one place.
While other companies have attempted to tackle this problem, 6sense stands out with its ability to provide a complete picture of a company and the leads to pursue within it. This allows teams to accurately prioritise accounts that are most likely to buy, greatly increasing conversion rates and sales figures. This has led to it being taken up by major enterprises including Dell Technologies, Shell and Cisco, to name a few.
6sense has raised a large amount of capital over multiple funding rounds and now has a $5.2 billion valuation. The company remains focused on research and development to maintain its market lead and is working to improve its AI's predictive, insight, and orchestration capabilities. At the end of 2023, it launched a LinkedIn integration that allowed 6Sense customers to launch targeted LinkedIn marketing campaigns through its AI platform.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2022
$200m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $428.2m
Company benefits
- Parental Leave, Wellness Days Off, Quarterly Wellness Speakers, Wellness Challenges
- Udemy Online Learning Courses, WFH Stipend, Revenue Certifications
- Giving Fridays Rotating Charity Support, GoodSense Social Impact Programs
- Flexible Time Off, WeWork Access
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Viral Bajaria
(CTO)They started their career as a Software Engineer at Hexaware Technologies, before spending 2 years as a University of Southern Carolina Graduate Research Assistant. They then worked in Software Development for Hulu for 5 years, before leaving in 2013 to co-found 6sense.
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