Vice President of Engineering

Kraków - Poland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our client a Silicon Valley-based industry leader in retail AI solutions is now looking for an experienced Vice President of Engineering to join its expanding team.

Location: Poland Europe
Type: Remote Full-time
Start date: ASAP
About Company:

The company is the industry leader in retail AI solutions a Silicon Valley-based startup headquartered in San Francisco with operations in Canada the UK multiple EU countries and a tech hub in Poland.

A Deep Learning-first organization their mission is to automate and optimize brick-and-mortar retail through deep learning computer vision. Their technology has been deployed at scale with some of the worlds top retailers processing hundreds of millions of images per day across tens of thousands of stores globally.

Recently named Confluents inaugural Data Streaming Startup of the Year theyve earned recognition for taking on the most demanding engineering challenges at the core of their business.
They are looking for smart creative and passionate people who want to help build a great and enduring company.

About Role:

We are looking for a hands-on VP of Engineering to lead and grow our globally distributed engineering teams.

They are looking for an individual who is hands-on with development cares deeply about architecture decisions and can credibly engage with engineers at every level of the stack.
The core challenge in this role is scale. The company processes a massive rapidly growing volume of image and shelf data in real time across geographies and retail environments. The systems that got them here need to evolve and the right candidate will be the person who figures out how. That means driving down COGS reducing latency increasing reliability and building infrastructure that can support millions of deployed cameras without missing a beat.

You will oversee backend infrastructure deep learning embedded and frontend engineering teams. Beyond the technical work you are a builder of teams and culture - someone who can hire exceptional engineers earn their trust and create the environment where they do their best work.

Responsibilities:

Lead and grow our globally distributed engineering organization with a strong presence in Europe
Personally engage with the hardest scaling problems - architectural decisions performance bottlenecks cost reduction
Oversee scalable data-heavy backend infrastructure built on Python FastAPI Kafka and related technologies
Work closely with engineering teams to understand backend needs and ensure data persists in usable formats for frontend middleware diagnostics and deep learning pipelines
Drive development of deployment monitoring tools blue/green and canary deployment strategies and CI/CD practices that support smooth zero-downtime releases
Build and improve processes and tooling that create an outstanding developer experience across the team
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of backend infrastructure with frontend UIs and deep learning systems
Recruit hire and onboard new engineers as we continue to scale
Set clear objectives performance expectations and development goals; provide regular coaching and feedback
Foster a team environment that encourages creativity ownership and continuous improvement

Requirements:

Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or equivalent
10 years of experience in distributed systems and software development
5 years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams
Strong hands-on experience with Python; you can read and write production code not just review it
Deep experience with data-intensive applications microservices and REST APIs
Experience with CI/CD tools Docker and cloud deployments
Experience with deployment strategies (blue/green canary) and production reliability at scale
Understanding of AI and machine learning techniques is a requirement
Startup mentality - you take ownership move fast and know how to prioritize
Flexible enough to coordinate across time zones with our global team
Fluent in English (Upper-Intermediate or above). Polish is a plus but not required

Why Join:

Strong Values and Mission - They are a tightly-knit team with an ambitious mission and a strong set of core values which define our approach to business and have successfully guided us since inception.
Exceptional Team - They are a team of hard-working fun-loving professionals from some of the most eminent universities research labs and tech companies of our time. We pride ourselves on recruiting exceptional individuals to help us redefine the state-of-the-art.
Outstanding Partners - The company works with the largest retailers in the world and has a world-class roster of investors advisors and partners to support & advise us in our endeavors.

The company offers:

Competitive Salary & Attractive Stock
Paid Time Off
Team Retreats
Education grants

Our client a Silicon Valley-based industry leader in retail AI solutions is now looking for an experienced Vice President of Engineering to join its expanding team.Location: Poland EuropeType: Remote Full-timeStart date: ASAPAbout Company: The company is the industry leader in retail AI solutions ...

We are looking for a hands-on VP of Engineering to lead and grow our globally distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

Lead and grow our globally distributed engineering organization with a strong presence in Europe
Personally engage with the hardest scaling problems - architectural decisions performance bottlenecks cost reduction
Oversee scalable data-heavy backend infrastructure built on Python FastAPI Kafka and related technologies
Work closely with engineering teams to understand backend needs and ensure data persists in usable formats for frontend middleware diagnostics and deep learning pipelines
Drive development of deployment monitoring tools blue/green and canary deployment strategies and CI/CD practices that support smooth zero-downtime releases
Build and improve processes and tooling that create an outstanding developer experience across the team
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of backend infrastructure with frontend UIs and deep learning systems
Recruit hire and onboard new engineers as we continue to scale
Set clear objectives performance expectations and development goals; provide regular coaching and feedback
Foster a team environment that encourages creativity ownership and continuous improvement

Requirements:

Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or equivalent
10 years of experience in distributed systems and software development
5 years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams
Strong hands-on experience with Python; you can read and write production code not just review it
Deep experience with data-intensive applications microservices and REST APIs
Experience with CI/CD tools Docker and cloud deployments
Experience with deployment strategies (blue/green canary) and production reliability at scale
Understanding of AI and machine learning techniques is a requirement
Startup mentality - you take ownership move fast and know how to prioritize
Flexible enough to coordinate across time zones with our global team
Fluent in English (Upper-Intermediate or above). Polish is a plus but not required

Why Join:

Strong Values and Mission - They are a tightly-knit team with an ambitious mission and a strong set of core values which define our approach to business and have successfully guided us since inception.
Exceptional Team - They are a team of hard-working fun-loving professionals from some of the most eminent universities research labs and tech companies of our time. We pride ourselves on recruiting exceptional individuals to help us redefine the state-of-the-art.
Outstanding Partners - The company works with the largest retailers in the world and has a world-class roster of investors advisors and partners to support & advise us in our endeavors.

The company offers: