VP of Engineering

Neural Concept

About the Role The mission of Neural Concept's Application Engineering team is to help industry leaders redefine how they design products — by bridging cutting-edge AI technology with real-world engineering challenges. We work hand-in-hand with engineering, design, and executive teams across automotive, aerospace, and energy to understand their strategic needs and deliver solutions that create measurable impact. As part of this team, you will sit at the intersection of business and technology — translating complex customer challenges into high-value AI-powered solutions, and ensuring those solutions actually land and stick within our customers' organizations. This is a role for someone who thrives equally in a boardroom conversation with a VP and in a deep-dive technical session with engineers. If you're excited about shaping how industry leaders adopt AI and about being a trusted advisor to some of the world's most sophisticated engineering teams, this is the role for you. What you will do * Understand and shape customer strategy: Engage with senior stakeholders (VP, C-level) to understand their business challenges, articulate the value of AI-assisted design, and co-design high-level solution roadmaps. * Design and deliver solutions: Translate business requirements into concrete technical approaches using NC's platform, working closely with customer engineering teams and internal developers. * Drive adoption: Guide customers through AI adoption — from proof-of-concept to full integration — ensuring teams are equipped and confident to use new workflows. * Be the bridge: Act as the link between customer needs and NC's product evolution, feeding insights back to our development team to continuously improve the platform. Who you are * You are a strong communicator and trusted advisor — you can engage confidently with senior stakeholders (VP, C-level), build relationships quickly, and drive alignment around complex, ambiguous problems; * You have experience designing solutions end-to-end: from understanding a business need to translating it into a concrete technical approach; * You are comfortable working in a customer-facing environment, navigating both executive conversations and deep technical sessions with engineering teams; * You hold a Master's or PhD degree in Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related field — or have equivalent experience in an industrial or consultancy setting; * You have a solid understanding of engineering simulation concepts (CAD/CAE, CFD, FEM, or similar) — whether from an academic or industry background; * You have working knowledge of machine learning and how it applies to engineering problems; hands-on experience with Python and ML/deep learning frameworks is a strong plus; * You are intellectually curious and eager to tackle real-world engineering challenges through AI and automation; * You are fluent in English; French is a plus; What You Get * Work with a world-class technology team – our engineers are top-notch, and we always aim for excellence. * Benefit from a competitive salary and rewarding opportunities as we continue to scale. * Thrive in a collaborative, multicultural environment where your work is visible and recognized. * Develop professionally alongside talented colleagues who share knowledge freely and support one another. * Make a global impact by helping customers shift to AI-assisted design, making innovation faster, smarter, and more sustainable. * Balance life and work with a hybrid model and flexible hours—we care about results, not rigid schedules. WE'RE PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU CAN THRIVE.

Almedia

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 70 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world. About You * You are a senior engineering leader with strong JavaScript and TypeScript experience across frontend and backend, hands-on enough to be credible while operating at the level of the org. * You have built and scaled engineering organisations through significant growth, including hiring and developing engineering managers and tech leads. * You have led Frontend, Backend, and Reliability functions and know how to design the operating model that lets them work together at speed. * You enjoy simplifying complexity and turning ambiguous strategy into clear, executable plans. * You set high standards, attract strong talent, and build trust across teams and with the executive team. * You are highly driven, accountable, and comfortable owning org-level outcomes. * Bonus experience includes React Native, Python, and data pipelines. Your Mission * Own the engineering function end to end: execution, quality, reliability, and people. * Design and evolve the engineering operating model as the company scales, defining ownership, processes, and the leadership bench. * Partner directly with the CTO, the executive team, and Product to set technical direction and ensure delivery against company strategy. * Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery as the company scales without compromising reliability. * Hire, develop, and retain a strong engineering leadership team, raising the bar on talent across the org. Your Impact * Make the engineering organisation faster, more reliable, and more effective as we scale. * Shape both short-term execution and long-term platform and architectural strategy. * Build a leadership bench that lets the org keep compounding without depending on any single individual. * Build and maintain a strong engineering culture that attracts and retains top talent in Berlin. * Improve collaboration and alignment across product, engineering, and other stakeholders. What Makes This Role Exciting * Lead engineering in a fast-scaling, profitable company and sit on the leadership team. * Build a lean, high-performing engineering organisation with strong ownership. * Shape both the platform and the team, partnering directly with the CTO and founders on the most important technical decisions. * Real ownership of outcomes that move the business, with the autonomy and resources to deliver them. Why Almedia? * Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success. * Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has 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.

Bounce

💙 ABOUT BOUNCE... Bounce is building cloud storage for the physical world, starting with the largest global luggage storage network in existence. Bounce's marketplace connects travelers with 30,000+ small business locations worldwide for hyper-local short-term baggage storage. With more locations globally than Burger King, and more locations in New York City than Starbucks, Bounce has served 3M+ users, stored 10M+ bags, and paid over $10M to small business partners. To achieve this, Bounce is a fast-paced and scrappy team. We believe that experimentation fuels innovation, so we move quickly, testing new ideas and adapting in real time. If you're ready to make an impact in a high-energy, close-knit, and collaborative environment, Bounce is the place where you can move fast, think big, and shape the future of travel. Join us as we make the world a lighter, more accessible place! Bounce has been named the Inc5000's fastest-growing travel company in the USA in 2024 and is proudly backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, and Sapphire. (Learn more about Bounce's Series B HERE and our Japan expansion HERE). ABOUT THE ROLE… As VP of Engineering, you'll own product delivery and engineering hiring at Bounce as we scale from a 25-person engineering team that ships fast to a 50+ person org that ships even faster. You'll inherit a sharp, senior-loaded team across four engineering managers — and you'll be accountable for what we ship, how fast we ship it, and the people we develop while doing it. You'll partner directly with our CTO. The CTO keeps the wheel on architecture, AI, and technical platform; you'll take ownership of product delivery, the engineering org, hiring, and the partnership with Product and Design. Together you'll set the bar for engineering at Bounce and grow the team for the next chapter of the company. You'll be based in Lisbon, in-office, and report directly to the CTO. WHERE YOU COME IN… * Own product delivery end-to-end — be accountable for shipping the product roadmap on time and at quality. Run the planning, sprint, on-call, and incident-response cadences with autonomy. * Manage through managers — coach our four engineering managers into stronger leaders. Make the hire/level/exit calls. Build a bench so Bounce always has the next layer ready. * Own engineering hiring — personally close the senior hires. Hire ~10-15 strong engineers in year one. Own the engineering brand externally — talks, writing, and the candidate experience. * Be a deep partner to Product and Design — build real working partnerships with our Head of Product and Head of Design. Roadmap, prioritisation, and scope trade-offs are made together. Push back when scope is wrong; absorb it when it isn't. * Be a real exec — the engineering voice on the leadership team. Make trade-offs explicit, communicate up and across, and represent engineering externally. * Partner deeply with our CTO on architecture, AI, and technical platform — you'll work through these decisions together. Bring the product-delivery lens, translate technical bets into engineering execution, surface what product delivery needs from them to ship, and help shape platform direction so it accelerates the team. YOUR PROFILE… * You've led engineering organisations of at least 25 people, ideally through a 25→50 or 50→100 growth phase. This is not the first place you'll do this. * You've been a manager of managers for 3+ years — EMs reporting to you, not just senior ICs. * You have a strong technical foundation. You can review a system design, push back on an architectural decision, and earn trust from your Staff ICs. You haven't been promoted away from the technology. * You've personally recruited and closed senior engineers. You treat hiring as a primary part of the job, not something you delegate. * You're excited about being a deep partner to a hands-on technical CTO. You can build a real working relationship without ego, and you know how to make a CTO better at their job by taking the right things off their plate. * You move fast and treat speed as a feature. You don't bring a 50-page process playbook — you bring judgment. * Marketplace, consumer, and physical-world operations experience is a strong plus. So is having been part of an engineering culture known for shipping (Linear, Ramp, Stripe, Vercel, GitHub, DoorDash, etc.) * You're based in Lisbon or willing to relocate — this is an in-office role.