VP OF ENGINEERING | UP TO $150K + 1–2% EQUITY | EUROPE

Join a pioneering cloud development platform as VP of Engineering. This full-time leadership role offers the opportunity to shape technical strategy, drive innovation in Rust-based backends, and guide the next generation of “Infrastructure From Code.” You’ll influence architecture, scale systems, and lead a high-performing engineering team while contributing to open source.

📍 LOCATION:

Europe

💡 ABOUT THE ROLE:

As VP of Engineering, you’ll take ownership of key backend systems that enable cloud infrastructure management directly from code. You’ll collaborate with the founding team, coordinate closely with product, and set long-term technical direction. This role blends leadership, architecture, and hands-on development, with significant contributions to the open-source Rust ecosystem.

💼 WHAT YOU’LL DO AS VP OF ENGINEERING:

• Lead design and implementation of virtualization and orchestration backends for scalability
• Collaborate with founders on technical strategy and long-term platform direction
• Coordinate with product teams to set realistic goals and timelines
• Write architecture documents, RFCs, and proof-of-concepts to guide engineering
• Contribute Rust code across the platform, shaping structure and best practices
• Maintain and contribute to open-source Rust projects, engaging with the community

💻 TECH STACK:

• Rust (tokio, actix, async-std, futures, async/await)
• AWS (ELB, EC2, ECS, API Gateway, Lambda @edge)
• WebAssembly (desirable)
• Other backend languages (Go, Python, JavaScript, Ruby)

🔎 WHO YOU ARE:

• 5+ years of experience building backend services for web apps or IaaS/BaaS products
• Proven leadership of engineering teams (5+ engineers) with design and delivery ownership
• Experienced in writing production Rust code and familiar with Rust async/web ecosystem
• Comfortable balancing hands-on coding with leadership and unblocker responsibilities
• Strong knowledge of AWS products and distributed systems
• Past experience as a technical founder is a plus
• Able to commute occasionally to London office preferred
• Bonus: Experience with WebAssembly or additional backend languages

🚀 WHY JOIN:

• Shape the technical vision of a fast-growing open-source cloud platform
• Lead high-impact Rust engineering projects scaling to thousands of users
• Contribute to the Rust ecosystem while building the future of developer productivity