VP Engineering - Saas - Remote Eligible

VP Engineering - SaaS

At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours.

We give small and medium-sized businesses cloud-based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love.

We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succeed. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relationship people have with Xplor products.

Job Description

About the opportunity

As the VP of SaaS Engineering for Xplor Technologies, you play a crucial role in leading and managing the SaaS Xplor Gym engineering department. Your responsibilities involve overseeing multiple teams and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software products.

This role requires a strategic and hands-on leader who can balance execution with innovation driving delivery excellence, scaling teams, and aligning technology strategy with business outcomes.

The VP of Engineering will be responsible for shaping the engineering culture, maturing our SDLC practices, and ensuring our products are scalable, secure, and delight customers.

Why this might be the right opportunity for you?

• You'll shape engineering roadmaps that directly influence our global fitness technology platform.
• Your architectural decisions will drive growth across our Connect & Ecosystem solutions
• You'll craft compelling business cases and lead initiatives that push industry boundaries.
• You'll lead multiple distributed engineering teams delivering software that power fitness communities worldwide.
• You'll champion modern SaaS practices while balancing technical excellence with business outcomes.
• You'll optimise processes and drive quality standards that set new industry benchmarks
• You'll mentor colleagues and shape next generation of technical leaders.
• You'll foster an engineering culture where innovation, accountability and continuous learning thrive.
• You'll expand our technical community and build partnerships that amplify our collective success.

Location: At Xplor, we value flexibility. This role is fully remote within Australia, open to candidates with full working rights. You'll collaborate closely with your team across time zones, so some overlap in working hours is important. Occasional business travel will be part of the role to stay connected and aligned.

Qualifications

What would make me a good candidate?

We're seeking visionary, empathetic leaders who excel at the intersection of strategic thinking and engineering excellence. You thrive in dynamic, scaling environments where ambiguity is opportunity, and you consistently drive meaningful outcomes that matter to both customers and teams.

The ideal candidate inspires and develops engineering talent while building cultures of innovation, accountability, and continuous growth. You balance ambitious technology goals with business impact, and embody Xplor's core values by thinking big, acting decisively, and always putting people first in your leadership approach.

Required qualifications for the role:

• Previous leadership experience, ideally in a multi-region (global) SaaS environment with proven track record of driving innovation.
• Deep expertise in Connect & Ecosystem technologies with strategic thinking capabilities
• Culture builder who sets the tone for high delivery, accountability, and quality.
• Global team experience leading geographically distributed engineering organisations.
• Change agent mindset focused on simplifying processes and driving continuous improvement.
• Expert-level understanding of AWS/cloud-native infrastructure and microservices
• Mastery of SaaS/IaaS/PaaS platforms, container orchestration, and service mesh architectures.
• Strong grasp of API design, architectural governance, and managing technical debt
• Experience with operational concerns including resiliency, observability, and security

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.