Vice President of Engineering
Vice President of Engineering
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Job Description
Who Is Nisos
Nisos is the human risk management company specializing in unmasking threats before they escalate. We are a trusted advisor who operates as an extension of security intelligence legal and human resource teams to protect their people and business. Our intelligence-led solutions help enterprises make critical decisions manage human risk and drive real world consequences for digital threats.
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What Is The Opportunity
As VP of Engineering you will lead and grow a high-performing development team responsible for building the next generation of our SaaS platform. This role requires both strategic thinking and hands-on leadership. You will be accountable for engineering execution people development architectural decisions and the integration of cutting-edge AI/ML technologies. Youll collaborate with product design and go-to-market teams to ensure alignment delivery and scalability.
Why Join Us
Youll be part of a team building a platform and products from the ground up with the opportunity to make an outsized impact on technology people and customers. If youre a builder with a passion for people and AI-driven innovation we want to talk to you.
What Are The Responsibilities
Personnel Leadership
- Lead and mentor an engineering team with regular 1:1s clear goal-setting and career development plans.
- Conduct performance reviews determine raises/bonuses and address disciplinary issues when necessary.
- Oversee hiring for your team: write job descriptions review CVs and conduct interviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability continuous learning and operational excellence.
Technical Leadership
- Participate in technical roadmap development and platform strategy with a focus on scalable AI-powered infrastructure.
- Work closely with developers in backlog refinement sprint planning and daily technical guidance.
- Review architecture and code for quality security performance and scalability.
- Train and coach developers in new tools frameworks and engineering best practices.
- Drive engineering excellence across testing documentation code reviews and Agile/Scrum adherence.
AI & ML Strategy
- Lead the implementation of AI/ML solutions and workflows across the product delivery team.
- Drive adoption of AI capabilities into core product features and go-to-market use cases.
- Partner with product leaders to prioritize and implement machine learning models.
- Ensure AI/ML systems are robust explainable and ethical.
Who Are You
You are proficient in:
- Leading diverse distributed engineering teams.
- Mentoring developers at all stages of their careers.
- Communicating technical information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
- Aligning engineering practices with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Driving process discipline in code quality testing and documentation.
You are experienced in:
- Full-stack software development (front-end middleware data tier).
- Modern AI/ML development lifecycle and workflow integration.
- Working with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) containers message queues and relational databases.
- Using Git CI/CD pipelines and test automation.
- Designing and scaling SaaS platforms from early-stage to growth.
It is a strong bonus if you have experience with:
- Go-to-market AI feature development (e.g. AI-enabled user experiences or insights).
- Non-relational/NoSQL databases.
- Security and compliance in AI applications (e.g. model governance data privacy).
- Building AI products in industries such as cybersecurity finance or enterprise SaaS.
Education & Work Experience
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering Computer Science or related fieldor equivalent hands-on experience.
- 10 years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
- Proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Scrum or Agile certification is preferred.
Where will you work
Successful candidates may review our job contract and employee handbook for definitive details but the short story is that we support work-life balance. Employees work with their team and manager to establish:
- Hybrid office schedule: employees balance working remotely and working at our office in Belfast City Centre.
- Flexible schedule: employees generally work normal business hours. We routinely meet in the afternoon with US-based colleagues but we rarely schedule meetings earlier than 8 am or past 6 pm local time.
What equipment will you use
The position requires use of Macbooks and MacOS. We ensure you can work well from home by providing Macbook Pros monitors peripherals and noise-canceling headphones.
Where will you go
You will be required to travel to the United States for meetings and quarterly planning. You must be able to travel and be authorized to work in the United Kingdom.
Disclaimer
This job description is not designed to cover nor contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Nisos Core Value: We are Diverse
Were an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a diverse workplace and prioritizing dignity and respect for our workforce. The goals of our trusted-partner culture are to establish an environment where employees have a sense of belonging and to support all employees in reaching their fullest potential. We do this by cultivating a listening culture that values each individuals unique perspectives backgrounds and contributions.
We integrate diversity equity inclusion and belonging into our business strategy and across the employee lifecyclefrom recruitment and onboarding to engagement development and off-boarding. We believe in equal employment opportunity and advancement for all regardless of race religion color sex national origin ancestry caste physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status gender gender identity or expression age military or veteran status sexual orientation or any other protected basis under applicable federal state and local laws.
Nisos is also committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment services programs and activities. To request reasonable accommodation for the job application or interview process email
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Employment Type
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