VP Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead and expand BibliU's engineering function.

• Take ownership of team leadership, engineering standards, technical governance, security posture, and ensure delivery aligns with the product roadmap.

• Build trust within the team and establish predictable delivery within the first six months.

• Integrate AI-assisted development into standard team practices.

• Scale the engineering team in line with business growth.

• Define architectural direction for the next stage of scaling.

• Mentor and develop engineering managers.

• Document, manage, and enhance the security posture.

• Enhance availability, performance, and incident metrics.

• Create a reliable release process and transparent roadmap.

• Assess the adoption of AI-assisted development and boost quality and security metrics.

• Maintain documentation of engineering standards, architectural decisions, and technical debt.

• Formulate a credible architectural plan for future scaling.

• Provide credible reports to senior leadership and ensure alignment of engineering output with commercial goals.

• Report directly to the CEO (interim).

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience leading software engineering or application development functions at the VP, Director, or CTO level.

• Proven track record of guiding teams through periods of change.

• Demonstrated responsibility for delivering complex web and mobile applications, including governance during releases.

• Experience in managing engineering teams and technical leaders.

• Proficiency in full stack TypeScript and AWS is essential.

• Proven history of managing application security, including secure coding practices, vulnerability management, audits, and customer security reviews.

• Experience in implementing development governance, DevOps practices, CI/CD, and quality assurance standards.

• Ability to manage technical risks and align engineering outputs with commercial objectives, along with providing credible reports to senior leadership.

• Strong comprehension of cloud-native architectures and modern development frameworks.

• Practical experience with AI-assisted development, including tooling, guardrails, reviews, and metrics for measuring gains.

• Background in SaaS, EdTech, FinTech, or similar product-led digital environments.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards, secure coding practices, and certifications requested by customers.

• Familiarity with international product deployments and multi-region infrastructures.

• Experience with data-driven product optimization and analytics frameworks.

• Experience in a resource-constrained scale-up environment.

• Capability to work remotely within the UK.

🏝️ Benefits

• 35 days of holiday annually (excluding public holidays).

• Day off on your birthday.

• 12 scheduled company wellness Fridays off each year.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave allowances.

• Flexible working hours.

• Work-from-home allowance.

• Cycle-to-work scheme (UK).

• Life insurance coverage up to 4 times salary.

• Private health insurance.

• Annual eye test and up to £100 towards frames for glasses required for DSE work.