VP Engineering

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

BibliU is seeking an accomplished engineering leader to head and grow its engineering function. You will own team leadership, set standards, govern technical decisions, and ensure delivery aligned with the product roadmap.

A core focus will be establishing AI-assisted development as a standard practice while expanding the team as the business scales. You will drive architecture direction for future scale, develop engineering managers, and strengthen security posture, aiming to improve

Qualifikationen

• Significant experience leading software engineering or application development functions at VP, Director or CTO level.
• Track record of leading teams through change and delivering complex web and mobile applications, including release governance.
• Experience managing engineering teams and technical leads, with full stack TypeScript and AWS experience.

Aufgaben

• Lead and grow BibliU's engineering function.
• Own team leadership, engineering standards, technical governance, security posture, and delivery against the product roadmap.
• Establish AI-assisted development as a standard team practice.
• Grow the engineering team as the business grows.
• Set architecture direction for the next stage of scale.
• Develop engineering managers.
• Document, own and strengthen the security posture.
• Improve availability, performance and incident metrics.
• Establish a trusted release process and honest roadmap.

Kenntnisse

Full Stack TypeScript

AWS Experience

Application Security Management

DevOps Practice Implementation

Cloud-Native Architecture

Tools

CI/CD

Security Compliance

Jobbeschreibung

• Lead and grow BibliU's engineering function
• Own team leadership, engineering standards, technical governance, security posture, and delivery against the product roadmap
• Earn the team's trust and make delivery predictable during the first six months
• Establish AI-assisted development as a standard team practice
• Grow the engineering team as the business grows
• Set architecture direction for the next stage of scale
• Develop engineering managers
• Document, own and strengthen the security posture
• Improve availability, performance and incident metrics
• Establish a trusted release process and honest roadmap
• Measure AI-assisted development adoption and improve quality and security metrics
• Document engineering standards, architecture decisions and technical debt
• Create a credible architecture plan for future scale
• Report credibly to senior leadership and align engineering output with commercial objectives
• Report to the CEO (interim)

Requirements

• Significant experience leading software engineering or application development functions at VP, Director or CTO level
• Track record of leading teams through change
• Demonstrated accountability for delivery of complex web and mobile applications, including release governance
• Experience managing engineering teams and technical leads
• Full stack TypeScript and AWS experience is required
• Track record of owning application security: secure coding practice, vulnerability management, audit and customer security review
• Experience implementing development governance, DevOps practice, CI/CD and quality assurance standards
• Proven ability to manage technical risk and align engineering output with commercial objectives, and to report credibly to senior leadership
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture and modern development frameworks
• Practical position on AI-assisted development, including tooling, guardrails, review, and measuring gains
• Experience in SaaS, EdTech, FinTech or other product-led digital environments
• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards, secure coding practices, and customer-requested certifications
• Familiarity with international product deployments and multi-region infrastructure
• Exposure to data-driven product optimisation and analytics frameworks
• Experience in a resource-constrained scale-up
• Ability to work remotely in the UK

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive leadership in software engineering, focusing on team development, technical governance, and security posture. Proven ability to align engineering output with commercial objectives while implementing AI-assisted development and maintaining high standards in application security.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Full Stack TypeScript
• AWS Experience
• Application Security Management
• DevOps Practice Implementation
• Cloud-Native Architecture

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Software Engineering Leadership
• Application Development
• Release Governance
• Secure Coding Practice
• Vulnerability Management
• CI/CD Standards
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Risk Management
• Data-Driven Product Optimisation
• Analytics Frameworks

Soft Skills

• Team Leadership
• Accountability
• Trust Building
• Communication with Senior Leadership

Certifications & Qualifications

• Cybersecurity Standards Certifications

Industry Keywords

• SaaS
• EdTech
• FinTech
• Product-Led Digital Environments

Tools & Technologies

• AI-Assisted Development Tools
• Multi-Region Infrastructure