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VP of Engineering
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
38 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
VP of Engineering
YouGov
• Define and execute the engineering strategy across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure, setting a high bar for engineering culture, delivery, and operational excellence. • Hire, develop, and retain exceptional engineers and engineering managers, fostering a culture of psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement. • Collaborate closely with the CPO and Product team to translate roadmap priorities into reliable, scalable delivery, bringing an opinionated technical voice to product strategy. • Own the technical architecture of a multi-tenant SaaS platform handling large-scale research data pipelines, survey infrastructure, and analytics delivery. • Ensure the platform meets enterprise-grade SLA, security, and data privacy requirements (SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001), leading incident response culture and processes. • Manage the engineering budget, headcount planning, and vendor relationships to optimise cost, velocity, and quality across the organisation. • Participate in cross departmental projects and in senior leadership meeting, representing engineering externally with customers, partners, investors, and prospective hires.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
- MBA or other advanced degrees are a plus.
- 10+ years in software engineering, including at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles managing teams of 20 or more people across multiple disciplines.
- Proven track record scaling B2B SaaS platforms, ideally in data-heavy, analytics, or research technology products.
- Strong command of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), microservices architecture, data pipelines, and modern API design.
- Experience as a manager of managers, with the ability to build and coach layered engineering organisations through periods of rapid growth.
- Fluency in data engineering, AI engineering practices, and AI/ML integration, with the ability to make informed architectural decisions in data-heavy product contexts.
- Commercially minded and able to balance technical idealism with pragmatism — you understand that shipping great software on time matters as much as the quality of the architecture.
- Excellent communicator who can engage confidently with engineers, executives, and enterprise customers alike, and who builds trust quickly across the organisation.
- Desirable: Proven track record of delivering complex software products on time and within budget.
- Background in market research, survey platforms, consumer insights, or panel management technology.
- Prior experience leading SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR compliance programmes in a SaaS environment.
Benefits
- best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.
- Flexible working hours.
- Professional development opportunities.
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