VP of Engineering

VP of Engineering | Tech For Good Bristol Start-Up

Central Bristol Location - Hybrid Working
£120k - £130k + Generous Share Scheme + Private Healthcare
Post Series-A Mission Driven Startup moving closer towards profitability

Reporting Into: CEO, whilst working closely w/ VP of Product

SR2 are exclusively partnered with an innovative, well-funded post-Series A startup who are on a mission to reshape the world of investments in a sustainable way using cutting-edge SaaS technology.

Over the past 7+ years they have been shaping and growing a culture that is highly inclusive, values-driven and truly people first.

If you're local to Bristol, and on the lookout for a fulfilling and exciting challenge within Engineering Leadership… this role will give you the chance to scale a purpose-driven platform whilst leading a high performing engineering team!

We're looking for someone who is going to have an on-site presence within their Bristol office, so if you have an appetite for coming into the office and working in a highly collaborative environment then this is definitely for you. They offer tons of flexibility but this is definitely not a remote position.

Experience Needed:

✔ Experienced leading teams within B2B SaaS environment

✔ Stakeholder management experience at an Enterprise level

✔ Technically credible/background within software engineering/technology

✔ Experienced in leading engineering function of 10-50+ people, including directly managing Tech Leads

✔ Comfortable diving into architecture reviews, code discussions or debugging with team

✔ Passion for best engineering practices & embedding security principles

✔ Strong personal interest in impact-driven/ethical work

✔ All round good egg!

Key Responsibilities:

🔹 Owning/building/setting the Engineering Culture

🔹 Line Management of 5 Tech Leads & coaching the wider engineering team

🔹 Setting the ongoing technical vision & architecture

🔹 Delivery & Execution

🔹 Cross-functional collaboration & stakeholder management

What you'll be getting up to:

✔ Leading and nurturing high-performing engineering squads, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

✔ Driving forwards their tech strategy, balancing legacy improvements with future scalability

✔ Supporting their expansion into international markets (Europe and US) by ensuring their platform is robust, secure and ready to scale.

Why should you join them?

🔹 This is a mission-driven company who truly put their people first, highly inclusive and forward thinking with lots of flexibility.

🔹 Their culture values autonomy, innovation and continuous learning and development

🔹 They value diversity & inclusion and have created an envrionment where people can bring their whole selves to work and be a piece of the puzzle of the wider mission they are all contributing towards.

🔹 They are invested in cutting edge technology such as Kubernetes, AWS, GoLang, Terraform, TypeScript, Microservices, PostgreSQL and more.

🔹 Last but not least... they are FUN and you'll be working alongside a lovely team of humans.

Benefits:

Competitive Share Scheme (100% equivelent of your salary), Enhanced Parental Leave Policy (Maternity leave at 26 weeks, Paternity 6 weeks), Private, Healthcare Insurance, Employer pension at 5%, Monthly Wellbeing allowance, Work from home budget and monthly company socials.

Please apply with your most up to date CV, and I will be in touch to discuss further.