VP of Software Engineering in London

Company & Role Overview

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Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the software and data strategy, ensuring it enables business growth and supports multi‐market operations.
• Translate company goals into a clear technical roadmap with measurable milestones and KPIs (uptime, latency, deployment frequency, technical debt reduction, etc.) ensuring our architecture supports data‐driven, personalised user experiences.
• Build a future‐proof architecture integrating mobile, e‐commerce, CRM, and analytics environments in a unified system.
• Champion AI‐driven operations and ensure scalable, cost‐efficient technology development.
• Oversee all software technology (except firmware), including app development, backend, data infrastructure, website (WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify), and CRM integrations.
• Build and maintain a resilient, multilingual, multi‐market infrastructure ensuring consistent performance across regions.
• Establish best practices in CI/CD, testing, versioning, and documentation.
• Ensure compliance, data protection, and information security across all systems.
• Work closely with Quality & Regulatory team to ensure compliance and alignment with applicable standards.
• Design and implement a centralized data infrastructure that unifies data flows from app, CRM, marketing, and e‐commerce systems.
• Build scalable data pipelines and analytics foundations that enable real‐time decision‐making.
• Oversee data governance and quality assurance, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and usability.
• Lead and develop the engineering team in Serbia through building trust, clarity and motivation - and manage external partners and freelancers across disciplines.
• Create a performance‐driven culture based on clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure delivery against key milestones, system uptime, and quality KPIs.
• A true partner to product, design and growth helping translate business goals collaboratively into technical reality.
• Embed automation into all workflows — from deployment to monitoring to customer data processes.
• Use AI tools to enhance scalability, predictive capabilities, and operational speed.
• Build an infrastructure that is AI forward using new emerging tech to improve user experience and decision‐making.
• Ensure growth through intelligence, not headcount — scaling smartly through systems and technology.

Requirements

• Based in Europe with sufficient working‐hours overlap with CET.
• Proven leadership experience in software engineering for subscription‐based, data‐heavy, or app‐first businesses.
• Track record of building or scaling strong, reliable software and data platforms in high‐growth or multi‐market environments.
• Experience with multilingual, multi‐region infrastructures and managing diverse tech stacks.
• We are operating in a regulated market, previous experience in those kind of environments would be highly valued.
• Deep expertise in cloud architectures, data systems, mobile platforms, and system integrations.
• Strategic and KPI‐driven mindset, translating business goals into technical outcomes.
• Strong understanding of AI applications, data operations, and automation frameworks.
• Operationally disciplined, pragmatic, and able to balance strategic vision with hands‐on execution.
• Collaborative, structured, and inspiring leader who sets clear goals and holds teams accountable.

What Success Looks Like

• A robust, unified, and scalable software backbone supports all digital operations across markets.
• System uptime exceeds 99.9%, with full visibility on performance, cost, and delivery KPIs.
• A data infrastructure is in place that enables real‐time insight generation and seamless cross‐platform integration.
• Engineering runs as a high‐performance, accountable, and metric‐driven organization.
• AI and automation have streamlined development, reduced cost, and accelerated innovation.
• Hilo's software and data platforms are recognized internally as a strategic enabler of growth, not just a support function.
• A solid collaboration is built between product and engineering making the two entities operate as one team.

Benefits

• The opportunity to contribute to working with a cutting edge technology that has the power to influence people's lives.
• Competitive salary and equity program.

Seniority level: Director

Employment type: Full‐time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting