VP of Engineering

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 80 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

Berlin, Onsite | €200-300k + Equity

• Own engineering end to end (execution, quality, reliability, and people), reporting to our CTO at Almedia, Germany's fastest-growing company by YoY revenue.

• Shape a lean, high-performing team with AI as core to the way the team ships.

• Get engineers onto the highest-impact work, with a shared way of prioritising alongside Product and Design.

• Partner with the executive team, Product, and Design to turn ideas into experiments and successful releases.

• Make AI-native workflows the default, cutting the time from hypothesis to live experiment to decision, so more experiments reach customers without more defects.

• Build a QA function that prevents defects and keeps the site reliably up, with the authority to surface release risk early.

• Build the leadership bench and engineering culture that let the org keep compounding.

• Hands-on leader, strong in JavaScript/TypeScript, who writes and reviews code. This is how everyone operates here, starting with our CTO.

• Already rethought how a team works with AI and shipped faster because of it.

• Bonus: React Native, Python, data pipelines.

• Scaled engineering organisations through significant business growth, developing engineering managers.

• Led Frontend, Backend, and Reliability functions, and know how to design the operating model that lets them move together at speed.

• Partnered closely with Product and Design, turning business priorities into a shared roadmap.

• Know how to connect engineering decisions to business outcomes, not just delivery metrics.

• Grow With Almedia: Own meaningful equity in a company that's been profitable from day one.

• Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin.

• Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more.

• We Listen: We regularly add to our benefits through rigorous employee feedback.

We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.