VP Engineering

Otherside at Work; 's-Hertogenbosch; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Travel/work-from-home allowance

Hybrid working

Studytube access

OpenUp access

Bike leasing

Laptop and phone for business use

Pension and disability insurance

WGA/WIA extra disability insurance

Job summary

Otherside at Work in the Netherlands is seeking a VP Engineering to shape how we build software, how Engineering operates and how technology enables growth. You will lead the transition towards AI-native software development and scale our SaaS platform for international markets.

As a member of the management team, you will establish an engineering organization with clear ownership, strong leadership and processes that balance speed, quality and predictability, while delivering customer value.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a multi-team engineering org in B2B/enterprise SaaS.
• Track record in scaling organizations, platform modernization, and technical transformation.
• Clear vision for AI-native software development and applying AI to improve productivity, quality and speed.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS architecture, cloud, DevOps/SRE, platform engineering, security and lifecycle management.
• Ability to connect technology decisions to customer value, business growth, cost and risk.

Responsibilities

• Build a high-performing Engineering organization with clear ownership and leadership.
• Increase predictability and speed by improving delivery, priorities and dependencies.
• Lead the move toward AI-native Engineering and embed AI/tools across SDLC.
• Drive evolution of the SaaS platform balancing modernization with scalability, security and reliability.
• Strengthen Engineering excellence including DevOps/SRE, observability, privacy and resilience.
• Shape company strategy as a management-team member translating product, tech and business ambitions into Engineering capabilities and investments.

Skills

Leadership

AI-native development

SaaS architecture

Cloud/DevOps/SRE

Strategic MT-level

Customer value focus

Tools

Cloud platforms

DevOps tooling

Job description

Build the Engineering organization that enables our next phase of growth.

As VP Engineering, you will shape how we build software, how Engineering operates and how technology enables our business to grow.

Otherside at Work is scaling, and so are our ambitions for our technology. You will shape how we build software, how Engineering operates and how technology enables our business to grow.

Your challenge? Build an Engineering organization that combines speed, quality and predictability, while leading our transition towards AI-native software development. You will shape how we organize Engineering, strengthen technical leadership and ensure our SaaS platform is ready to scale internationally.

As part of our Management Team, you will have the mandate to shape not only Engineering, but also how technology enables the future of Otherside at Work.

What will you do?

• Build a high-performing Engineering organization, with clear ownership, strong Engineering leadership and teams that can perform sustainably at a high level.
• Increase predictability and speed, creating transparency around capacity, priorities and dependencies while continuously improving delivery and quality.
• Lead our move towards AI-native Engineering, embedding AI, automation and agentic technologies throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Drive the evolution of our SaaS platform, balancing modernization and technical debt with scalability, security, reliability and maintainability.
• Strengthen Engineering excellence, including Developer Experience, DevOps/SRE, observability, security, privacy and operational resilience.
• Shape company strategy as an MT member, translating product, technology and business ambitions into the Engineering capabilities and investments needed to deliver them.

You will work closely with Product and the CTO as strategic peers: Product drives customer value and product direction, the CTO shapes our long-term technology vision and architecture, and you build the Engineering capability that turns these ambitions into reality.

What do you bring?

• We are looking for an experienced Engineering leader who has:
• Led and scaled a multi-team Engineering organization in a B2B or enterprise SaaS environment.
• Experience leading Engineering Managers or comparable Engineering leaders.
• A strong track record in organizational scaling, platform modernization and technical transformation.
• A clear vision on AI-native software development and experience applying AI to improve engineering productivity, quality and speed.
• Strong knowledge of SaaS architecture, cloud, DevOps/SRE, platform engineering, security and software lifecycle management.
• The ability to connect technology and Engineering decisions to customer value, business growth, cost and risk.
• The strategic perspective to operate at MT level, combined with enough technical depth to challenge and guide Engineering.

Most importantly, you know that strong Engineering leadership is not about becoming the person who solves everything. It is about building the people, leadership, technology and operating model that enable teams to perform at their best.

What do we offer?

You will join a Great Place To Work® where trust, collaboration and personal development are central to how we work.

You can also expect:

• A competitive salary, depending on knowledge and experience
• 25 days of annual leave based on full-time employment and the option to purchase additional leave
• Travel and/or work-from-home allowance
• Hybrid working and flexibility in working hours
• Access to Studytube® for professional and personal development
• Free access to OpenUp® for you and your family.
• The option to lease a bicycle through Otherside at Work, subject to applicable conditions
• Laptop and phone for business use
• Pension scheme and additional disability insurance
• Additional WGA gap and WIA excess disability insurance

Why Otherside at Work?

At Otherside at Work, we develop technology that helps organizations create healthier and more sustainable working environments. Our solutions bring together insights around absence, prevention, vitality and employee engagement, helping organizations understand what is happening within their workforce and take action at the right moment.

We believe that organizations perform better when people can perform sustainably too. That belief is reflected not only in the products we build, but also in how we work ourselves. We value trust, ownership, openness and the willingness to challenge each other, while keeping people at the heart of the decisions we make.

For Engineering, this creates an exciting challenge. Our technology operates in a domain where reliability, privacy, security and quality matter, while our ambitions require us to keep innovating and scaling. We are building for our next phase of growth and see AI as an important part of how we want to develop software in the future.

As VP Engineering, you will have the opportunity to make a real mark on that next chapter: shaping our Engineering organization, evolving our platform and helping define what AI-native Engineering at Otherside at Work will look like.

An assessment may be part of the recruitment process. Upon joining Otherside at Work, we ask for a valid Certificate of Conduct (VOG) and carry out a screening of employment and educational history.