Vice President, Software Engineering (Remote)
Experian
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Jul 13, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering executive role responsible for leading software development of automotive marketing and statistical data products. The position owns the full software delivery lifecycle — from architecture and development through to operations — while driving adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, modern cloud-native architectures, and organizational transformation. Suited to a seasoned engineering leader with experience managing distributed teams and delivering enterprise-scale SaaS platforms.
Principal level · 15+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 750 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 450–1,150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting references a base pay range 'listed above' but no figures appear in the provided text — compensation could not be extracted.
Degree requirement: the JD lists 'Bachelor's or Master's degree … or related field' but the phrasing does not explicitly reject candidates without a degree, and an MBA is called 'preferred but optional'; treated as no hard degree gate.
Technical skills (REST, Node.js, React, Python, Terraform, AWS RDS) appear under the 'Technical Expertise' / 'Qualifications' section with the framing 'Knowledgeable about', which is softer than a hard gate. However, they sit within the primary qualifications block alongside clearly required items, so the named technologies are treated as required capabilities. AWS RDS is the one item called out only in the 'Knowledgeable about' sub-bullet alongside the stack list, making it the most borderline — marked preferred accordingly.
This is a VP-level people-management role with direct reports, org-building, budget ownership, and executive-level scope across multiple teams, mapping clearly to 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers).
The 5+ years of senior leadership requirement is nested inside the overall 15+ years requirement; the overall years minimum is set to 15 (the role-level minimum).
Agentic AI and MCP (Model Context Protocol) are mentioned as emerging technologies to evaluate rather than as required skills; omitted from the skills list.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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