Turn/River Capital · San Francisco
Software EngineeringPortfolio OperationsRemoteFullTime
Turn/River Capital is a private equity firm that applies a proprietary growth engineering strategy to investing, partnering with software businesses to accelerate growth and build enduring value. The firm’s team of equal parts investors and operators provides hands-on operational support and the flexible capital to systematically scale marketing, sales and customer success at its portfolio companies. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Turn/River has $5.6bn in committed capital and invests globally with a focus on North America and Europe.
Turn/River is seeking a VP of Engineering to unlock engineering capacity in our portfolio companies. You'll work directly with CTOs, CPOs, and engineering teams at our portfolio companies, building AI agents that automate recurring feature development. This is a hands-on building role where you will write agent code, design orchestration architectures, and partner with engineers daily.
Identify recurring, high-yield feature patterns in portfolio company backlogs that consume disproportionate engineering time and effort
Decompose those patterns into agent task hierarchies, orchestration flows, and validation loops
Prototype agents end-to-end yourself, proving the approach and value on real backlog items before involving other engineers
Use data and build working demos to earn CTO/CPO buy-in in order to dedicate the engineering team to agent development
Technically lead the agent team: review architecture, pair on hard problems, set quality bars for agent output
Instrument and track success: agent evaluation and accuracy, engineering capacity freed, roadmap velocity, defect rates
Apply learnings across the portfolio, sharpening the approach and playbook(s) with each engagement
15+ years in software engineering, with production systems you personally designed, built, and shipped
Proven capability of building agentic AI systems in production - architecting orchestration, wiring tool use, debugging agent failures - not just directing others who do
Fluency in LLM orchestration patterns with strong convictions about agent reliability that come from lived experience, not just white-papers
Productive in a large, unfamiliar codebase within days/weeks
Experience in B2B or enterprise software environments, including comfort with on-prem, legacy architectures, and compliance constraints
Ability to walk a CTO through a technical strategy and back it up with a working demo
Effective across organizational boundaries - equally comfortable pairing with engineers and presenting to executive teams
Consulting, PE or VC portfolio operations, or multi-company technical leadership is a plus, but not required - we want hands-on operators
San Francisco, hybrid work model
The annual base salary range for this role is $345,000 - $355,000, taking into account numerous variable factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and organizational requirements.
This role is eligible to participate in the Turn/River carry program and a discretionary bonus program.
The below benefits are offered to full-time employees based out of our San Francisco office:
An opportunity to make an impact across multiple high-growth tech firms
Competitive salary and discretionary bonus
Medical, dental, and vision insurance covered 100% for employee & dependents
Flexible vacation policy
401K matching
Paid parental leave
Commuter benefits
Health and Wellness benefits
Household Services benefits
Home Office benefits
Annual Home Office Equipment Reimbursement
Donation matching
Work from home Monday & Friday
Energetic work environment with snacks and weekly team lunches 3x per week, centrally located near multiple public transit lines
A company that enjoys having fun: holiday parties, annual company offsite and retreat, annual summer "work from anywhere" month
Turn/River provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, natural hair styles, age (40 years and over), sexual orientation, veteran and/or military status, protected medical leaves (requesting or approved for leave under any applicable state, or federal leave act), domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and any other characteristic or status protected by state or federal law.