Vice President of Software Engineering

Our client builds technology at the intersection of mathematics, data, and real-world complexity – solving problems that others in the industry tend to walk away from. They’re active across multiple European markets, founder-led, and backed by investors who think in years rather than quarters. Engineering leadership is one of the key pieces they’re putting in position as they accelerate.

The role

The VP Engineering leads a sizeable engineering organisation and sits in a cross-functional leadership team, reporting into technical leadership with close proximity to the founders. You’d be the engineering anchor across a complex, multi-disciplinary part of the business – someone who understands the technical depth and can translate it into commercial clarity. The foundation is there; the job is to raise the ceiling.

This is a hands-on leadership role. Presence and proximity matter, and you’ll be expected to be around, to be visible, and to lead from the front.

Who you are

• You’ve built and led engineering organisations before and know how to develop them without letting process get ahead of progress.
• You’re technically credible without needing to prove it – your teams respect your judgment, not your commit history.
• You’re as comfortable in a commercial conversation as a technical one.
• You know when structure helps and when it gets in the way.
• You come from product- and tech-led environments where speed and quality coexist.
• You’re drawn to hard, optimisation-heavy problems and find them energising rather than daunting.