VP of Engineering

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 20 April 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

AWS Kubernetes micro-services architecture DevOps CI/CD pipelines AI B2B SaaS Reliability Engineering

FULL DESCRIPTION

If you love food and technology as much as we do, you’ll love life at [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]. We’re on a mission to revolutionise the hospitality experience for operators and their customers.

About the role

With your mission as VP of Engineering in mind, you will need to be commercially minded and pragmatic, balancing strategic vision with hands-on leadership. You will support teams and systems in a fast-moving, product-led environment, collaborating closely across Product, Revenue, and Client Success. Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and bringing structure without unnecessary process will be essential.

The day-to-day

  • Lead a team of 14 engineers and 11 QA staff, driving high performance and fostering a collaborative, stable working environment.
  • Implement automation and advanced technologies to optimise and extend the existing tech stack.
  • Improve system resilience, reliability, and uptime to prevent outages and ensure stable operations.
  • Leverage AI to accelerate development speed and increase engineering output.
  • Contribute to the company’s AI strategy, including building an AI-driven intelligence layer for clients.
  • Support overall product development and the broader roadmap, encompassing foundational improvements, system resilience, and new feature delivery.

About you

  • Essential: B2B SaaS experience, preferably in high-growth environments with lean resources.
  • Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams, including mentoring and talent retention.
  • Experienced “player-manager,” able to combine hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities.
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS, Kubernetes, micro-services architecture, and cloud infrastructure modernisation.
  • Deep knowledge of reliability engineering, including DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring/observability, and managing/recovering from major production incidents.
  • Experience designing and managing large-scale data architectures.
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