VP of Engineering

<p style="min-height:1.5em">This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 80 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.<br /></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h1><strong>VP of Engineering</strong></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Berlin, Onsite</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What Makes This Role Exciting</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own engineering end to end (execution, quality, reliability, and people), reporting to our CTO at Almedia, Germany's fastest-growing company by YoY revenue.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Shape a lean, high-performing team with AI as core to the way the team ships.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Get engineers onto the highest-impact work, with a shared way of prioritising alongside Product and Design.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Your Mission</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with the executive team, Product, and Design to turn ideas into experiments and successful releases.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Make AI-native workflows the default, cutting the time from hypothesis to live experiment to decision, so more experiments reach customers without more defects.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build a QA function that prevents defects and keeps the site reliably up, with the authority to surface release risk early.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build the leadership bench and engineering culture that let the org keep compounding.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What You Bring</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Hands-on leader, strong in JavaScript/TypeScript, who writes and reviews code. This is how everyone operates here, starting with our CTO.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Already rethought how a team works with AI and shipped faster because of it.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bonus: React Native, Python, data pipelines.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Your Track Record</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Scaled engineering organisations through significant business growth, developing engineering managers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Led Frontend, Backend, and Reliability functions, and know how to design the operating model that lets them move together at speed.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partnered closely with Product and Design, turning business priorities into a shared roadmap.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Know how to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes, not just delivery metrics.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Why Almedia?</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Grow With Almedia:</strong> Own meaningful equity in a company that's been profitable from day one.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Central Berlin Office:</strong> Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Other Benefits:</strong> Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>We Listen:</strong> We regularly add to our benefits through rigorous employee feedback.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>