Vice President of Engineering

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology company based in London is seeking a VP of Engineering to drive the engineering strategy and lead a high-performing team. You will architect the core platform and work closely with founders to ensure business success. Ideal candidates have a strong Python background and experience scaling product companies. This role offers a competitive salary, significant equity, and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Significant equity

Fast cycles and founder access

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• Track record leading engineering in product companies from about 0 to 10m ARR or similar scale-ups.
• Depth in systems and data. You have shipped enterprise grade platforms, not just features.
• Strong Python background and fluency with modern web stacks.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering strategy and delivery from 0 to 1 through scale.
• Define the platform architecture and reliability roadmap.
• Design the workflow engine with key features.

Skills

Leadership in engineering

Python programming

Systems and data depth

Cloud experience (AWS/GCP)

Clear communication

Job description

VP of Engineering (Founding Engineer) | AI x Enterprise Workflow

£180k to £200k base + up to 2% equity + benefits

Hybrid in London. 2 to 3 days on site (Fitzrovia)

The mission

Build the context and execution platform that lets enterprise AI agents do real work. Turn messy business knowledge into a usable context layer, and plain English processes into reliable, auditable, executable workflows. Real customers, seven figure ARR, strong pull to scale.

What you will do

• Own engineering strategy and delivery from 0 to 1 through scale, then raise the bar again
• Define the platform architecture and reliability roadmap across Python services and a React app
• Design the workflow engine with state, retries, idempotency, audit, and multi-tenant isolation
• Set SLOs and observability, manage incidents, and make on call boring
• Build and lead a high performing team. Org design, hiring, mentoring, standards, and SDLC
• Partner with founders and customers to turn outcomes into roadmap and measurable value
• Establish security, privacy, and change control that fits enterprise buyers without killing speed

What you will bring

• Track record leading engineering in product companies from about 0 to 10m ARR or similar scale-ups
• Depth in systems and data. You have shipped enterprise grade platforms, not only features
• Strong Python background and fluency with modern web stacks. React exposure is helpful
• Practical cloud experience on AWS or GCP, containers, CI and CD, zero downtime rollouts
• Proven ability to hire, coach, and set engineering culture in small, high ownership teams
• Clear communication, product instincts, and comfort meeting users and enterprise stakeholders
• UK work rights and comfort with 2 to 3 days in the London office
• Nice to have. Workflow engines, authorization models, knowledge graphs, or agent tooling

Why this is worth your time

• Own the core platform that customers rely on every day
• Significant equity with clear upside as the team and revenue scale
• Fast cycles, founder access, and a mandate to build the engine, the team, and the culture
• Real traction. Paying enterprises, visible impact, no AI theater

The process

• Brief founder screen
• Technical and architecture deep dive with the CTO
• Final with the founding team

No visa sponsorship at this stage. Adjustments available.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and provide reasonable adjustments.