Vice President of Engineering

JR United Kingdom; Leeds; Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the AI Blockchain sector is seeking a VP of Engineering. This role involves leading software architecture decisions, establishing engineering standards, and managing R&D processes. It's a hands-on leadership position focused on scaling products and teams within an innovative startup environment, with an attractive salary and equity package.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in a leadership role within a startup.
• Strong technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead software architecture decisions to align with technical vision.
• Establish high-quality software engineering processes.
• Manage the full R&D lifecycle from concept to launch.

Skills

Python

Typescript

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Vice President of Engineering, leeds, west yorkshire

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Client:

FutureTech Recruitment

Location:

leeds, west yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

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Job Description:

VP of Engineering

Remote Europe (Everywhere included)

$180-220k base + equity + tokens

FutureTech Recruitment is partnered with an AI Blockchain startup located in Europe. They’re a driving force in co-owning AI systems. They’re looking to bring on a VP of Engineering, located in Europe, to help scale their product and team.

Responsibilities

• Lead software architecture decisions that align with the company’s technical vision, balancing speed, reliability, and security.
• Establish and uphold high-quality software engineering processes and standards.
• Design and implement systems to monitor product reliability, with emphasis on agents and the desktop application
• Partner with the CTO to lead incident response and troubleshooting efforts.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to manage the full R&D lifecycle—from concept to launch—helping shape the roadmap and resource planning with Delivery support.
• Coordinate teams and resources to deliver key outcomes, managing project scopes with a high degree of autonomy
• Represent the company externally with customers, partners, and at industry events to help strengthen market presence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years leading teams in a start-up/scale-up
• Strong track record of executing at a high level in technical leadership roles.
• Hands-on with Python, Typescript
• Bonus points if you’ve worked in or have strong knowledge of the crypto space.
• Equity + tokens in a fast-growing, exciting start-up
• Working with an extremely high-level team

If you’re a hands-on engineering leader who wants to make a major impact at a company looking to revolutionise the AI sector, click apply.