Vice President of Software Engineering (London)

Job Description

VP Engineering, AI-Driven B2B SaaS (Series B)

Join an AI- B2B company that has just raised Series B funding and is hiring a VP Engineering to lead the next phase of growth.

This is a true VPE role (not CTO), reporting to the CEO, and is responsible for scaling the engineering organisation from to 30+ over the next 1218 months.

The Mission

• Tackling complex engineering challenges - The company builds advanced tools that help engineers address problems once considered too difficult or resource-intensive using conventional approaches. These solutions span areas such as performance optimisation, safety testing, and advanced materials.
• Speeding up innovation cycles - The companys technology is designed to shorten the journey from concept to launch. By equipping engineers with powerful AI-driven capabilities, it enables faster progress across all stages of product development.
• Harnessing AI and data to drive decisions - The company applies intelligent, data-led models that learn, adapt, and predict. This makes it possible to anticipate issues, refine designs, and unlock new opportunities for innovation early in the process.

The Role

As VP Engineering you will own:

• Tech Roadmap & Execution: Define, drive, and deliver the roadmap in alignment with product and company strategy.
• Team Leadership & Growth: Attract, hire, onboard, and retain top engineering talent.
• Engineering Excellence: Instil strong architectural direction, lean processes, and delivery discipline across teams.

Youll be both strategic and hands-on , leading from the front technically and organisationally.

Ideal Profile

• 1215 years total experience : Started out as a hands-on engineer; transitioned into leading teams, then managers.
• Built it : Deep technical experience in at least two of the following:
• Software Engineering (Cloud/SaaS)
• Data Architecture
• Applied AI (Application layer)
• Scale exposure : Has led engineering orgs of 30+ and experienced scale-up growth on both technical and commercial sides.
• Outcome-driven : Understands engineering as a lever for business value makes tradeoffs based on customer impact, ROI, and velocity.

What Were Looking For

Technical & Execution Leadership

• Brings architecture-level clarity and technical rigor.
• Drives repeatable, high-quality releases and platform reliability .
• Holds teams accountable with data, KPIs, and clear decision frameworks.
• Prioritises effectively with limited information.

Team & Culture Building

• Builds strong engineering management capability from the ground up.
• Motivates and aligns teams through a compelling tech vision and execution cadence.
• Creates a safe, high-trust environment where feedback and collaboration are the norm.
• Can attract top-tier talent and elevate the performance of existing teams.

Executive Presence

• High-energy, high-ownership operator - can raise the heartbeat of the org .
• Proven in making complex, high-stakes initiatives succeed.
• Balances intuition with data , and knows how to drive action amidst ambiguity.

Bonus

• Experience in a company that has scaled or exited.
• Strong cross-functional instincts - knows how to partner with product, data, and commercial leads.

If youre a technically credible leader whos scaled teams, delivered platforms, and wants to shape a high-impact AI product company from the ground up - this is for you.