VP Engineering - Connected Platform

Join us on our mission to make a better world of work. 

Culture Amp is the world’s most trusted Employee Experience platform. Our mission is to create a better world of work for 100 million people by helping companies put their people and culture first. 

We do this by bringing together pioneering people science and powerful technology. Over 4000 companies like Airbnb, Slack, and the BBC trust Culture Amp to collect, understand and connect data throughout the employee experience. The insights help them truly understand their people and guide them on the best actions to drive positive behaviour change and lasting impact. We live in a world where the ability to understand and influence culture at scale is no longer a ‘nice-to-have’ but a ‘necessary-to-survive’.

Join us in making the world work better, by making a better world of work.

How you can help make a better world of work

The VP of Engineering - Connected Platform  is a critical leadership role in Culture Amp’s Product Group. As Culture Amp has continued to grow we have introduced mission-focused Camps (similar to “Tribes” in other companies) to help us organise our staff around our different product offerings. Our platform presents customers with these offerings as a seamless, consistent experience.

The VP of Engineering is responsible for ensuring each product is consistent in look and feel, and that the products are deeply connected with each other. They enhance each other in a way that is only possible if all of our Camps are aligned and laddering up to a single architecture. The engineering leads of each Camp report to the VP of Engineering, and it will be your job to help them grow in their roles and align to the technical vision, and to support them as they build out their unique product offerings within our unified platform.

You will 

• Partner with the CTO to define and execute our technical architecture and strategy to create a single unified platform experience for our customers.
• Work closely with product and design leadership to execute our product strategy.
• Define and drive the engineering and talent strategy for how we continue to evolve and grow our product platform and the teams supporting it.
• Mentor senior engineering leaders across the organisation, creating an environment where they deliver the best work of their careers.
• Champion key initiatives across the organisation to improve product quality and foster a culture of engineering excellence.

You have

• Experience with fast growth tech companies and growing engineering teams during the “scale up” phase from 100 to 200+ engineers, ideally (but not necessarily) in the SaaS space.
• Technical experience at all levels of the stack, from the low level all the way up to complete distributed architecture experience.
• Exceptional people skills and experience leading multiple teams of teams, as well as managing engineering managers.
• Strong communication skills, both in one-to-one situations as well as one-to-many in a variety of mediums.
• Been around engineering teams for long enough to know which questions to ask, and to recognise when recognise when something is amiss.
• A remarkable eye for talent, and solid track record of developing great leaders.
  

You are

• A strategic thinker. You are someone who understands that we play the long game, and that meaningful progress takes time to achieve.
• A brilliant coach. You recognise that the key to success is to work through others, supporting and enabling leaders.
• Deeply empathetic. You are curious about other humans and work out what makes them tick.
• An inspirational leader. You are someone who is capable and driven by creating an environment where your team is able to realise their careers.

Non average workplaces attract above average people.

We consider ourselves anything but average and strive to make a home for different types of people from around the world to do their best work and have fun doing it. So we have created 4 “not your average” values that we live by, take a read, and if this sounds like the environment for you, please apply! 

We are extremely proud of the Culture we have built, but don't just take our word for it, our Glassdoor reviews speak for themselves! 

We are committed to not only making a better world of work, but also a better world. So we are proud to be recognised as a certified B-Corp.

We believe that inclusive businesses are better, not just for “company results”, but for the world. We have a strong commitment to Anti-Racism, and endeavour to lead by example. Every step we make as a business towards anti-racism is another step we can support our customers in making a better world (of work). You can see our current commitments to Anti-Racism here.

We ensure you have the tools you need to thrive both in and out of work.

• MacBooks for you to do your best work 
• Share Options - it’s important to us that everyone is an owner and can share in our success
• Excellent parental leave and in work support programme, - for those families to be
• Flexible working schedule - where we can, let’s make work, work for you
• Fun and inclusive digital, and (in the future) in-person events

Most importantly, an opportunity to really make a difference in people’s lives.

Here are a few highlights from Culture Amp

• What is a People Geek?
• Learn how Culture Amp has impacted businesses around the world
• What does Culture First mean?

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Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.