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VP of Engineering (Vice President of Engineering) jobs: 237 open roles, pay, industries and skills

237 open Vice President of Engineering jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as VP Engineering, Vice President, Engineering, SVP Engineering, Senior Vice President of Engineering, EVP Engineering. Listings that state pay show a median of $260,000 a year.

The market for Vice President of Engineering work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Vice President of Engineering jobs
237

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$260,000

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State with the most openings
New York (34)

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Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (35%)

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Listings that are remote
37%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
45%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a VP of Engineering does

Vice president role in Engineering.

A vice president of engineering runs the engineering teams, the architecture and how reliably the product ships for a company or a large business unit.

Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • VP of Engineering
  • VP Engineering
  • Vice President of Engineering
  • Vice President, Engineering
  • SVP Engineering
  • Senior Vice President of Engineering
  • EVP Engineering
  • Executive Vice President of Engineering
  • VP of Software Engineering
  • VP of Platform Engineering
  • Engineering VP

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Vice President of Engineering jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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VP of Engineering salary

From 51 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$218,500
Median
$260,000
Upper quarter
$301,500

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for VP of Engineering jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where VP of Engineering jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills VP of Engineering jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 79 Vice President of Engineering listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in VP of Engineering listings

  1. 1. aws28%
  2. 2. azure16%
  3. 3. devops16%
  4. 4. machine learning16%
  5. 5. regulatory compliance15%
  6. 6. ci/cd14%
  7. 7. agile10%
  8. 8. python9%
  9. 9. supply chain9%
  10. 10. onboarding9%

Across all Engineering openings

  1. 1. python8%
  2. 2. project management5%
  3. 3. agile5%
  4. 4. aws5%
  5. 5. ci/cd4%
  6. 6. excel3%
  7. 7. sql3%
  8. 8. linux3%
  9. 9. azure3%
  10. 10. devops3%

AI skills for VP of Engineering jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

45% of 87 open Vice President of Engineering listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 7% of all Engineering openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work24%
  2. 2. AI workflow automation15%
  3. 3. AI adoption and change management13%
  4. 4. AI coding assistants7%
  5. 5. AI strategy and use cases6%
  6. 6. Model training and deep learning6%

Do AI skills change vice president of engineering pay?

For Engineering roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for vice president of engineering alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Engineering listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +16.9% (about $29k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$210,000
median, from 4,087 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$154,000
median, from 4,980 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Engineering ladder

The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.

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Job titles under VP of Engineering

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for VP of Engineering roles

  • Confidential 19
  • Goldman Sachs 9
  • JRG Partners 5
  • Fidelity Investments 5
  • BNY 5
  • New York Life 4
  • WSP Global 3
  • Planet Labs 3
  • JPMorgan Chase 2
  • iCapital 2
  • WSP in the U.S. 2
  • Webster & Webster Associates 2

VP of Engineering questions

What does a VP of Engineering do?
A vice president of engineering runs the engineering teams, the architecture and how reliably the product ships for a company or a large business unit. Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.
What else is a VP of Engineering called?
The same job is also written VP Engineering, Vice President of Engineering, Vice President, Engineering, SVP Engineering, Senior Vice President of Engineering, EVP Engineering, Executive Vice President of Engineering, VP of Software Engineering.
How many VP of Engineering jobs are open?
237 verified open Vice President of Engineering jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a VP of Engineering make?
Among 51 open Vice President of Engineering listings that state pay, the median is $260,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $218,500 and $301,500. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are VP of Engineering jobs?
New York (34), California (33), Texas (27), Pennsylvania (15) have the most open Vice President of Engineering listings. About 37% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a VP of Engineering the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $299,000.
Which industries hire for VP of Engineering roles?
Technology & Software (35%), Financial Services & Banking (24%), Manufacturing & Industrial (13%), Energy & Utilities (7%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do VP of Engineering jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Vice President of Engineering listings are aws, azure, devops, machine learning, regulatory compliance.
Do VP of Engineering jobs ask for AI skills?
45% of 87 open Vice President of Engineering listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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