VP of Software Engineering & AI Platform

Vonage; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Income Protection

Pension Plan

Life Insurance

DTO (Discretionary Time Off)

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Care Line

Job summary

Vonage seeks an engineering leader to shape Network Powered Solutions, defining architecture, building platforms, and driving innovation across agentic AI, digital identity, and API products. This role transcends delivery management and requires strategic vision and execution accountability.

You will partner with Product, Commercial, and executives to translate ideas into production-grade capabilities, lead multi-squad teams, and scale the engineering function for rapid growth in a global

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering organisations in SaaS, data platform, or AI/ML product businesses at scale – VP or Senior Director level
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native engineering and AWS in a product environment
• Track record building or leading agentic AI or AI-based analytics platforms, with a strong understanding of data-driven product architecture
• Demonstrated ability to scale and lead distributed, multi-squad engineering teams
• Ability to operate as a strategic thought leader and credible technical authority
• Startup or scale-up experience with ambiguity and risk-taking
• Strong collaborative instincts with cross-functional stakeholders across time zones

Responsibilities

• Define the architectural direction for the engineering function with end-to-end accountability
• Establish architectural standards and governance for all products
• Lead technical decision-making on platform design and integration patterns
• Shape and execute AI and data platform strategy for intelligent services
• Partner with Product to identify and validate new opportunities via PoCs
• Translate strategy into end-to-end delivery across products
• Own QA/SDET capability and SRE practices for reliability
• Support DevRel engineering for the developer ecosystem

Skills

Leadership

SaaS scale

Cloud-native engineering

AWS

AI/ML product

Architectural governance

Stakeholder management

Tools

AWS

Job description

Vonage seeks an engineering leader to shape Network Powered Solutions, defining architecture, building platforms, and driving innovation across agentic AI, digital identity, and API products. This role transcends delivery management and requires strategic vision and execution accountability.

You will partner with Product, Commercial, and executives to translate ideas into production-grade capabilities, lead multi-squad teams, and scale the engineering function for rapid growth in a global