About the role
Our bar is high, and this is the best place for ambitious builders.
Bootstrapped and profitable from day one, Almedia is Germany’s fastest-growing company (FT1000). Join us as we build the global leader in rewards, at a $1bn+ revenue run rate and climbing fast.
VP of Engineering
Berlin, Onsite
What Makes This Role Exciting
- Own engineering end to end (execution, quality, reliability, and people), reporting to our CTO at Almedia, Germany's fastest-growing company by YoY revenue.
- Shape a lean, high-performing team with AI as core to the way the team ships.
- Get engineers onto the highest-impact work, with a shared way of prioritising alongside Product and Design.
Your Mission
- Partner with the executive team, Product, and Design to turn ideas into experiments and successful releases.
- Make AI-native workflows the default, cutting the time from hypothesis to live experiment to decision, so more experiments reach customers without more defects.
- Build a QA function that prevents defects and keeps the site reliably up, with the authority to surface release risk early.
- Build the leadership bench and engineering culture that let the org keep compounding.
What You Bring
- Hands-on leader, strong in TypeScript, who writes and reviews code. This is how everyone operates here, starting with our CTO.
- Already rethought how a team works with AI and shipped faster because of it.
- Bonus: React Native, Python, data pipelines.
Your Track Record
- Scaled engineering organisations through significant business growth, developing engineering managers.
- Led Frontend, Backend, and Reliability functions, and know how to design the operating model that lets them move together at speed.
- Partnered closely with Product and Design, turning business priorities into a shared roadmap.
- Know how to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes, not just delivery metrics.
Why Almedia?
- Grow With Almedia: Own meaningful equity in a company that's been profitable from day one.
- Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.
- Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.
- We Listen: We regularly add to our benefits through rigorous employee feedback.
We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.