Almedia

VP of Engineering

Berlin. Posted 2 months ago

The role

The VP of Engineering will own engineering end to end including execution, quality, reliability, and people. You will partner with the executive team, Product, and Design to turn ideas into experiments and successful releases.

What you will do

  • Own engineering end to end including execution, quality, reliability, and people
  • Shape a lean, high-performing team with AI as core to the way the team ships
  • Get engineers onto the highest-impact work
  • Partner with the executive team, Product, and Design to turn ideas into experiments and successful releases
  • Make AI-native workflows the default
  • Build a QA function that prevents defects and keeps the site reliably up
  • Build the leadership bench and engineering culture
  • Scale engineering organisations through significant business growth
  • Develop engineering managers
  • Lead Frontend, Backend, and Reliability functions

Required qualifications

  • Hands-on leader
  • Strong in TypeScript
  • Writes and reviews code
  • Has rethought how a team works with AI and shipped faster because of it
  • Scaled engineering organisations through significant business growth
  • Led Frontend, Backend, and Reliability functions
  • Partnered closely with Product and Design
  • Know how to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes

Nice to have

  • React Native
  • Python
  • data pipelines

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity
  • Central Berlin Office
  • Transport subsidy
  • breakfasts and lunches
  • language learning
  • Urban Sports Club

About the company

Almedia is Germany's fastest-growing company by YoY revenue. It is bootstrapped and profitable from day one.