Vice President of Engineering
A11
Seniority
Director
Model
In-Office
Sector
Salary
Undisclosed
Contract
Full-Time
As Vice President of Engineering, you'll lead and scale the engineering organization, drive the evolution of the platform architecture, and ensure technology strategy aligns with business goals and customer outcomes at a next-generation supply chain platform redefining how one of the world's largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials.
What you'll do
- Lead, grow, and mentor a high-performing engineering organization across multiple teams and domains
- Develop engineering leaders and managers, fostering accountability, ownership, and technical excellence
- Build a strong, inclusive engineering culture grounded in psychological safety and high standards
- Partner closely with Business and Product leadership on roadmap planning, prioritization, and trade-offs
- Lead the architectural evolution toward scalable, cloud-native, microservice-based systems
- Define and enforce principles for modern, maintainable, and scalable SaaS and marketplace architecture
- Own system reliability, performance, security, and uptime across all environments
- Strengthen DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability
What you'll need
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior leadership roles (Director, Head of Engineering, VP) in SaaS, marketplace, or platform businesses
- Proven experience leading teams through platform scaling, architectural transformation, or modernization initiatives
- Strong hands-on background in software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and data-driven platforms
- Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Solid knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and observability
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to connect technical decisions to business impact
Nice to have
- Experience operating in AI-enabled or AI-first product environments
What they offer
- Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and take a pre-validated business model to the next level
- Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
- Attractive base and bonus compensation program
- Collaborate with top-tier investors and angels as well as leading market experts

