VP of Engineering

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This is a pivotal role for a technical leader who thrives in high-growth environments (currently ~100+ employees) and is passionate about open-source ecosystems, distributed systems, and building world-class engineering cultures.The Role As the VP of Engineering, you will report to the executive leadership team and take full ownership of our engineering strategy, delivery, and organizational design.Strategic Leadership: Set the technical vision and roadmap for our data platform, ensuring we stay ahead of the curve in AI-readiness and multi-cloud infrastructure.Scale & Excellence: Lead a global organization through managers, fostering a "show, don't tell" culture that prioritizes high-impact shipping over long meetings.Culture & Mentorship: Build a high-trust, inclusive environment.

VP of Engineering | AIPlatform | Berlin / HybridThe Opportunity We are a global leader in providing an AI-ready, open-source data platform that powers some of the world's most recognizable brands.

With a presence in over 60 countries and a commitment to keeping open-source accessible, we help businesses manage massive scale - handling over 11 million requests per hour with sub-millisecond latency.We are looking for a VP of Engineering to lead our entire platform and development organization.

You will be responsible for recruiting top-tier talent and developing the next generation of technical leaders.Operational Rigor: Establish metrics-driven cadences (SLIs/SLOs/Error Budgets) to maintain 99.99% uptime and extreme reliability across our global footprint.Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with Product, Sales, and Security to ensure our roadmap is commercially viable, secure, and innovative.What We’re Looking ForTechnical Depth: You have a strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and ideally, open-source data technologies (Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, etc.).Scaling Experience: Proven track record of leading engineering organizations through significant growth phases (e.g., scaling from 50 to 150+ engineers).Bias for Action: You are a "high-agency" leader who prefers prototypes to powerpoints and takes ownership of outcomes.Location: Based in Berlin.Why Join Us?Equity: Participate in our global equity plan.Flexibility: A true hybrid work policy that respects your work-life balance.Impact: Contribute directly to the open-source community and help build the future of data infrastructure.Growth: A generous professional development budget and holistic wellbeing support. #J-18808-Ljbffr