Job description
Sauce is a premier restaurant technology platform that helps businesses grow with our Commission-Free Delivery & Pickup structure and proprietary delivery optimization technology. We are serving a 105 billion dollar US local restaurant business. Headquartered in NYC and Tel-Aviv, Sauce wants restaurants to fulfill their highest potential, this means giving local establishments everything they need to connect directly with their customers. The Sauce team pools together decades of restaurant tech experience, along with seasoned tech, sales, marketing, product and operations executives who produce an industry-changing delivery system for successful local restaurants and chains.
At this time, we are not accepting any applications from candidates based in a PST or MST time zone. Only EST and CST candidates will be evaluated.
We are seeking a visionary and hands-on VP R&D, to lead the engineering monetization efforts for our critical customer-facing and revenue-generating services. This role will be instrumental in driving the technical strategy, execution, and growth of our B2C products, with a strong focus on enhancing user experience, conversion, and monetization capabilities. This leader will work closely with product, design, and business teams to deliver innovative solutions that directly impact our bottom line and may further expand in the future to also include our B2B services.
This would be a hybrid work environment if based in or near our NYC offices.
What You’ll Do:
- Strategic product development: lead and actively contribute to the end-to-end development lifecycle of B2C services, including our storefront transactions, integrations, and upsell capabilities, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performing solutions.
- Monetization & growth focus: drive technical initiatives aimed at enhancing user engagement, and exploring new monetization opportunities.
- AI-First adoption: champion the adoption and integration of AI-driven approaches within B2C products and operations, leveraging AI for personalization, analytics, and automation to boost revenue.
- Rapid experimentation & prototyping: lead the build-out of functional prototypes and internal tools rapidly using low-code/no-code platforms and traditional development, specifically for B2C feature validation and monetization experiments.
- Full lifecycle ownership: of engineering activities from concept to production deployment, including design, monitoring, debugging, and continuous improvement.
- Strategic alignment: shape the B2C product and engineering roadmap in close collaboration with Product, R&D leadership, and other stakeholders such as Growth, CS, and Marketing
- Data-driven decision making: champion a robust framework for data collection, analysis, and interpretation across B2C products. Own initiatives to meticulously measure the impact of features, assess user behavior, and leverage insights to ensure development efforts are validated by quantifiable results.
- Mentor and influence: inspire teams across the org to adopt innovative thinking and stay ahead of the curve and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
What You Bring:
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years in a leadership role focused on driving technical innovation and strategic initiatives (e.g., Chief Architect, Head of Innovation, VP R&D, CTO)
- Proven track record in leading a large, diverse engineering organization of 10+ people with a focus on delivering high-impact B2C features
- Strong technical background in modern frontend technologies (e.g., React, Next.js, etc.)
- Strong architectural / hands-on experience in designing, building, and operating highly scalable and reliable distributed systems, particularly high-traffic B2C platforms
- Expertise in building and operating B2C platforms, e-commerce solutions, or marketplace payment systems.
- Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, championing an ‘AI-first’ mindset
- Strong understanding of data analytics, A/B testing methodologies, and experience in leveraging data insights to guide technical development and product optimization.
- Exceptional communication skills, capable of articulating complex technical concepts and strategic vision to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a pragmatic approach to technical challenges
- Experience working effectively with remote or distributed teams in a matrix environment
Optional Requirements:
- Restaurant Tech experience is very helpful, especially in the digital/delivery space
- Experience with React / full stack development
- Experience with .NET and microservices architecture
- Experience with data modeling and database interactions
- Experience in e-commerce, B2C platforms, or marketplace payments
- Background in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native development (Azure preferred)
What We Offer:
- Highly exciting project with modern microservice and serverless architectures and active customers
- Ability to learn from experts in software development and architecture
- Friendly environment where you can reach your full potential and grow your career
- Challenging tasks to help you evolve as a professional
- Open mindedness for innovations and self growth
- Work directly for our company without an outsourcing company in the middle
- Flexible work schedules
- Work from home for better life/work balance
- Strong Time Off Policy
- Strong Compensation Package
Sauce is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability (physical or mental), gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, immigration status, or any other classification, category or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We understand the importance of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and celebrate our employees for their differences.
