Amper is hiring a Vice President, Product & Engineering to lead our combined product and engineering functions during a critical growth phase. You will define our product strategy, scale the engineering organization, and bring our next-generation AI-native manufacturing product to life. This senior leadership role blends strategy and execution, reporting directly to the CEO.

What You'll Do

Own the full product lifecycle: vision, roadmap, execution, launch, and iteration.
Define what we build and why, grounded in customer insight, market dynamics, and technical feasibility.
Drive execution across fast-moving sprints, keeping builds sharp, validated, and high-impact.
Talk to users regularly to understand real-world needs and validate ideas early and often.
Partner with Sales and Customer Success to ensure we build what drives real value.
Build internal systems for product feedback, roadmap visibility, and cross-functional collaboration.
Define and drive our technical strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, and speed.
Lead and grow our engineering team, currently five engineers, with plans to scale significantly over the next 12 to 24 months.
Create a strong engineering culture grounded in accountability, innovation, and velocity.
Oversee technical delivery across the stack, including our AI/ML systems, APIs, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.
Implement the practices, tools, and architecture needed to move fast without breaking.
Ensure alignment between engineering and product so we build the right things the right way.

What We're Looking For

10+ years of experience across both Engineering and Product, with a strong track record of senior level leadership in each.
Experience taking early products to scale, from $0 to $50M+ in revenue, across both technical and business dimensions.
Proven track record of building and scaling teams, systems, and roadmaps.
Strong product instincts with the technical depth to lead complex engineering decisions.
Skilled at navigating ambiguity, setting clear priorities, and driving execution.
Excellent communicator who can align cross-functional stakeholders and simplify complexity.
Comfortable interfacing with enterprise customers, engineers, and executives alike.
You take action, close loops, and lead by doing.

Nice to Have

Ideally, you’ve led both functions in a high-growth SaaS, infrastructure, or B2B startup.
Experience with IoT systems, real-time telemetry, or AI/ML in decisioning or automation.
Background in manufacturing, industrial tech, or operations-heavy products.
Track record of building AI-native products.

Technical Stack

AI/ML systems
APIs
Integrations
Cloud infrastructure

Team & Environment

You will lead the combined product and engineering functions, reporting to the CEO. The engineering team is currently five engineers, with plans to scale significantly.