Vice President of Engineering

Nisos; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nisos is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead a high-performing team responsible for building their next-generation SaaS platform. This role requires strong leadership in both technical vision and personnel management, making a significant impact on technology and team development while integrating AI/ML solutions.

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Macbook Pros and peripherals provided

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience required.
• Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Scrum or Agile certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an engineering team with regular 1:1s and career development plans.
• Conduct performance reviews and oversee hiring for the team.
• Drive engineering excellence across testing, documentation, and Agile/Scrum adherence.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Agile

Process Discipline

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Who Is Nisos?

Nisos is the human risk management company specializing in unmasking threats before they escalate. We are a trusted advisor who operates as an extension of security, intelligence, legal, and human resource teams to protect their people and business. Our intelligence-led solutions help enterprises make critical decisions, manage human risk, and drive real world consequences for digital threats.

For more information, visit: https://www.nisos.com.

What Is The Opportunity?

As VP of Engineering, you will lead and grow a high-performing development team responsible for building the next generation of our SaaS platform. This role requires both strategic thinking and hands-on leadership. You will be accountable for engineering execution, people development, architectural decisions, and the integration of cutting-edge AI/ML technologies. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and go-to-market teams to ensure alignment, delivery, and scalability.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be part of a team building a platform and products from the ground up, with the opportunity to make an outsized impact on technology, people, and customers. If you’re a builder with a passion for people and AI-driven innovation, we want to talk to you.

What Are The Responsibilities?

Personnel Leadership

• Lead and mentor an engineering team with regular 1:1s, clear goal-setting, and career development plans.
• Conduct performance reviews, determine raises/bonuses, and address disciplinary issues when necessary.
• Oversee hiring for your team: write job descriptions, review CVs, and conduct interviews.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and operational excellence.

Technical Leadership

• Participate in technical roadmap development and platform strategy with a focus on scalable, AI-powered infrastructure.
• Work closely with developers in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and daily technical guidance.
• Review architecture and code for quality, security, performance, and scalability.
• Train and coach developers in new tools, frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Drive engineering excellence across testing, documentation, code reviews, and Agile/Scrum adherence.

AI & ML Strategy

• Lead the implementation of AI/ML solutions and workflows across the product delivery team.
• Drive adoption of AI capabilities into core product features and go-to-market use cases.
• Partner with product leaders to prioritize and implement machine learning models.
• Ensure AI/ML systems are robust, explainable, and ethical.

Who Are You?

You are proficient in:

• Leading diverse, distributed engineering teams.
• Mentoring developers at all stages of their careers.
• Communicating technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Aligning engineering practices with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Driving process discipline in code quality, testing, and documentation.

You are experienced in:

• Full-stack software development (front-end, middleware, data tier).
• Modern AI/ML development lifecycle and workflow integration.
• Working with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), containers, message queues, and relational databases.
• Using Git, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation.
• Designing and scaling SaaS platforms from early-stage to growth.

It is a strong bonus if you have experience with:

• Go-to-market AI feature development (e.g., AI-enabled user experiences or insights).
• Non-relational/NoSQL databases.
• Security and compliance in AI applications (e.g., model governance, data privacy).
• Building AI products in industries such as cybersecurity, finance, or enterprise SaaS.

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field—or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Scrum or Agile certification is preferred.

Where will you work?

Successful candidates may review our job contract and employee handbook for definitive details, but the short story is that we support work-life balance. Employees work with their team and manager to establish:

• Hybrid office schedule: employees balance working remotely and working at our office in Belfast City Centre.
• Flexible schedule: employees generally work normal business hours. We routinely meet in the afternoon with US-based colleagues, but we rarely schedule meetings earlier than 8 am or past 6 pm local time.

What equipment will you use?

The position requires use of Macbooks and MacOS. We ensure you can work well from home by providing Macbook Pros, monitors, peripherals, and noise-canceling headphones.

Where will you go?

You will be required to travel to the United States for meetings and quarterly planning. You must be able to travel and be authorized to work in the United Kingdom.

Disclaimer
This job description is not designed to cover nor contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Nisos Core Value: "We are Diverse"
We’re an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a diverse workplace and prioritizing dignity and respect for our workforce. The goals of our trusted-partner culture are to establish an environment where employees have a sense of belonging, and to support all employees in reaching their fullest potential. We do this by cultivating a listening culture that values each individual's unique perspectives, backgrounds, and contributions.

We integrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging into our business strategy and across the employee lifecycle—from recruitment and onboarding, to engagement, development and off-boarding. We believe in equal employment opportunity and advancement for all, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, caste, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected basis under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Nisos is also committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation for the job application or interview process, email [e-mail].

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