VP of Engineering

UK (Remote or Hybrid, it's up to you!)

Competitive salary based on experience

Be part of our success with a significant allowance in our company equity scheme

Visa and relocation support available if needed

We are searching for an experienced and visionary VP of Engineering to join the Chattermill leadership team. Reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, you will play a critical role in shaping the technological direction of the business, driving innovation, and scaling our engineering function to support our ambitious growth objectives.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a talented engineering team, take ownership of strategic and operational engineering initiatives, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Data Science, Product, and the broader leadership team. In addition to strategic leadership, this role requires someone who is happy to roll up their sleeves and get stuck into the day-to-day activities, whether it's solving complex technical challenges or supporting the team in delivering key projects.

Your key responsibilities will be as VP of Engineering:

• Ownership of our technology roadmap to support product development, scalability, and innovation
• Engineering Team Leadership: Lead a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation
• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute the engineering strategy to align with the company's vision and growth goals working in tandem with founders and the rest of the leadership team.
• Hands-On Leadership: Be comfortable working at both a strategic level and actively engaging in day-to-day technical challenges and project execution.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with the Data Science, Product, and Leadership teams to ensure alignment between technical development and business objectives.
• Technical Excellence: Drive best practices in software development, architecture, and delivery, ensuring high-quality and scalable solutions.
• Ownership of our security certifications, ensuring all necessary controls, policies, and procedures are in place to meet the requirements

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience as a VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or similar senior leadership role, ideally within a high-performance culture at a SaaS or product-driven company.
• A strong technical background with experience in data-intensive distributed systems in the cloud environment
• Experience in the design and architecture of data infrastructure for AI products
• Experience building highly available, fault-tolerant systems

Nice to haves:

• Hands-on experience with machine learning and AI
• Hands-on software engineering experience with Ruby or Python
• Experience within Enterprise SaaS
• Experience building analytical products with data visualisation
• Cloud infrastructure in GCP managed by Terraform
• Frontend: Typescript, React

Diversity & Inclusion

We want to enable exceptional experiences for everyone, and to achieve this we need everyone's voice in our team. We are on a mission to bring more diversity into the business in 2023 and to give everyone (from all backgrounds and abilities) a chance to join us, even if they may not fit all of the requirements set out in this job spec. We realise that some may be hesitant to apply for a role when they don't meet 100% of the listed requirements - we believe in potential and will happily consider all applications based on the skills and experience you have, we'd love to be part of your growth and we encourage you to apply!