Full-Time

Senior Vice President – Engineering

Posted on 8/27/2025

Intellistack

Intellistack

1-10 employees

Back-end solutions enabling startup acceleration

No salary listed

Toronto, ON, Canada

Remote

Hybrid role; in-office Tue-Thu at Toronto hub.

Category
Engineering Management (1)
Requirements
  • Proven Leadership in Data-Intensive Systems: Deep experience building platforms with high data throughput; prior background as a data architect strongly preferred.
  • AI Fluency & Curiosity: Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled systems, with the mindset to foster exploration and continuous innovation in applied AI.
  • Scale-Up Expertise: Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in early-stage startup environments while successfully scaling organizations, platforms, and product lines.
  • Team Leadership Range: Experience leading both small, entrepreneurial teams and large, global engineering organizations.
  • Strategic + Hands-On: Ability to set visionary strategy while rolling up sleeves to engage with architecture, systems, and teams directly when needed.
  • Executive Presence: Strong communicator who can influence, align, and inspire across functions and geographies.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the technical direction of Intellistack; work closely with Product Strategy, DevOps, and QA, as well as cross-functional peers, to develop and execute on the technical vision and product roadmap.
  • Advance the Data Fabric and Platform Architecture: Guide the evolution of our Data Fabric—our core IP—ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability in data-intensive environments with complex ingest and egress requirements.
  • Foster AI-Driven Innovation: Build a culture of curiosity and disciplined experimentation with AI, enabling teams to rapidly explore new opportunities that extend the value of our platform.
  • Scale Engineering with Agility: Balance startup scrappiness with growth discipline, leading the dual challenge of maturing our young platform while managing migration and scaling of established product lines.
  • Lead Diverse Teams: Inspire, mentor, and scale engineering organizations of all sizes, cultivating a world-class culture grounded in collaboration, feedback, and continuous learning.
  • Drive Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with Product, GTM, and Operations to ensure technical priorities align with business outcomes and customer success.
  • Own Technical Strategy: Define and execute Intellistack’s technical vision, marrying long-term architectural bets with near-term delivery that keeps us ahead of the market.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience scaling platforms that serve enterprise and mid-market customers
  • Familiarity with developer platforms and low/no-code ecosystems

IntelliStack provides backend development and operations support tailored for startups. It handles the heavy lifting of server infrastructure, databases, APIs, and deployment so founders can focus on building their product. The service works by supplying a dedicated backend team and managed services that cover core backend tasks, monitoring, and scaling, allowing rapid iteration without getting bogged down in technical chores. IntelliStack differentiates itself by targeting early-stage founders and promising faster progress—the goal is to help startups accelerate their growth by taking the backend workload off their plate and enabling teams to move from idea to product-market fit faster.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Founded

2018

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Rebranded from Formstack in June 2025, expanding to 32,000+ organizations including Netflix.
  • Relocated HQ to Denver in June 2025, employing over 200 with 50+ locally.
  • Seamless Salesforce integration suits mid-market and enterprise workflow needs.

What critics are saying

  • Zapier captures 60-80% market share in 6-12 months via 7,000+ integrations.
  • Microsoft Power Automate takes healthcare clients in 3-6 months with Azure AI.
  • Salesforce Einstein obsoletes Streamline for CRM-reliant clients in 18-24 months.

What makes Intellistack unique

  • Streamline offers zero-retention data model for secure real-time access across sources.
  • AI-driven automation classifies data per HIPAA/PCI with smart routing and analytics.
  • Streamline CLM accelerates contracts from creation to signature without restrictions.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Remote Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Professional Development Budget

INACTIVE