VP of Engineering
VP of Engineering | AI Platform | Berlin / Hybrid
The 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. 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.
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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.
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Scale & Excellence: Lead a global organization through managers, fostering a "show, don't tell" culture that prioritizes high-impact shipping over long meetings.
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Culture & Mentorship: Build a high-trust, inclusive environment. You will be responsible for recruiting top-tier talent and developing the next generation of technical leaders.
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Operational Rigor: Establish metrics-driven cadences (SLIs/SLOs/Error Budgets) to maintain 99.99% uptime and extreme reliability across our global footprint.
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Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with Product, Sales, and Security to ensure our roadmap is commercially viable, secure, and innovative.
What We’re Looking For
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Technical Depth: You have a strong background in distributed systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and ideally, open-source data technologies (Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, etc.).
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Scaling Experience: Proven track record of leading engineering organizations through significant growth phases (e.g., scaling from 50 to 150+ engineers).
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Bias for Action: You are a "high-agency" leader who prefers prototypes to powerpoints and takes ownership of outcomes.
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Location: Based in Berlin.
Why Join Us?
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Equity: Participate in our global equity plan.
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Flexibility: A true hybrid work policy that respects your work-life balance.
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Impact: Contribute directly to the open-source community and help build the future of data infrastructure.
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Growth: A generous professional development budget and holistic wellbeing support.