VP Engineering

VP Engineering

As VP Engineering, you own StrangeBee's engineering execution and technical architecture. You lead a multi-stack engineering organisation of ~40 engineers, structured around engineering managers for Backend (Scala, Java, Go), Frontend, and QA, and you are accountable for the architecture, quality, velocity, and technical health of what we ship. You report to the CTPO and sit on the leadership team. This is a hands‑on leadership role: your leverage is the engineering managers you develop and the systems you put in place, not personal contribution.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of TheHive and Cortex: technical direction, scalability, and reliability decisions
• Lead and grow the engineering organisation through engineering managers for Backend (Scala, Java, Go), Frontend, and QA
• Own delivery: planning, prioritisation, and reliable execution against product and architecture goals
• Run a sustained, structured programme to reduce significant technical debt without sacrificing product momentum
• Define and enforce engineering standards, code quality practices, and incident response
• Develop your engineering managers: hiring standards, performance, and team health across the three domains
• Partner closely with the VP Product on roadmap sequencing and cross‑functional dependencies
• Partner with the Head of AI to integrate AI/ML workstreams into engineering delivery
• Attract and retain senior engineering talent in a competitive market
• Represent StrangeBee's engineering culture externally

Key results for the first 6 months

• Architectural ownership established, with a clear technical direction for TheHive and Cortex
• A measured delivery baseline (velocity, quality, incidents), tracked, not estimated
• Engineering managers for Backend, Frontend, and QA in place and operating
• A structured technical‑debt programme launched, with no loss of product cadence
• Engineering standards and incident processes applied in practice, not just documented

Requirements

• Significant experience leading engineering teams at scale through a layer of engineering managers, in a B2B SaaS or security software environment
• Deep technical credibility and architectural ownership — you set technical direction and earn respect from senior engineers even if you no longer write code
• Hands‑on experience with at least one core stack (Scala, Java, or Go strongly preferred)
• Experience managing technical‑debt programmes in live production serving enterprise clients
• Experience building or transforming engineering culture
• Comfortable with ambiguity and a strong focus on delivery
• Excellent communication skills in English

Offer and Benefits

• Up to €140K base salary depending on experience
• Performance‑based variable component
• Hybrid working from Paris
• Direct impact on the architecture and culture of two widely used security platforms