VP of Engineering

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💎 Seniority level: Senior, Proven experience as a VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or similar senior leadership role

📍 Location: United Kingdom

🔍 Industry: SaaS

⏳ Experience: Proven experience as a VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or similar senior leadership role

🪄 Skills: LeadershipPostgreSQLPythonCloud ComputingElasticSearchKubernetesMachine LearningRubyData engineeringRedisTerraformData visualization

Proven experience as a VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or similar senior leadership role, ideally within a high-performance culture at a SaaS or product-driven company
Strong technical background with experience in data-intensive distributed systems in the cloud environment
Experience in the design and architecture of data infrastructure for AI products
Experience building highly available, fault-tolerant systems

Ownership of technology roadmap to support product development, scalability, and innovation
Lead a high-performing engineering team, fostering excellence, collaboration, and innovation
Develop and execute engineering strategy aligned with company vision and growth goals
Engage in day-to-day technical challenges and project execution
Ensure alignment between technical development and business objectives through cross-functional collaboration
Drive best practices in software development, architecture, and delivery
Ensure all necessary security certifications and controls are in place

Posted about 1 month ago

📍 United Kingdom

🧭 Full-Time

🔍 Software Development

🔧 Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in senior leadership roles.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree preferred).

💡 Responsibilities

Define and implement engineering strategies, standards, and best practices to ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure software.
Collaborate with Product Management, the CTO, Support, and Professional Services to develop a competitive roadmap that balances technical priorities with customer-facing features.
Own the end-to-end execution of the roadmap, ensuring strategic planning, on-time delivery and budget adherence.
Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation and maintain HICX’s competitive edge.
Recruit, mentor, and retain a high-performing engineering team.
Foster a collaborative, customer-centric culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Define department goals to achieve HICX company objectives. Define and track key performance indicators for engineering productivity and product success.
Communicate engineering strategies, plans, and progress clearly across technical and executive teams.
Contribute to company strategy as a senior executive, ensuring technology and business objectives are aligned.

LeadershipSoftware DevelopmentAgileCloud ComputingProduct ManagementData engineeringMicroservices

Posted about 1 month ago