Vice President of Engineering (m​/f​/d

Project A is a leading European early-stage investor with €1.2b AUM, championing ambitious tech founders from idea to scale. We provide pre-seed and seed capital to firms shaping Europe's future across key themes including Fintech, European Resilience, Global Supply Chains, and the Future of Autonomous Work. Our portfolio features category leaders such as Trade Republic, Sennder, Zepz, and Quantum Systems. In addition, our founder-led Studio actively partners with ventures like 11x, ARX Robotics, and Enapi to shape and validate bold ideas from day zero.

We’re looking for an experienced Vice President of Engineering (m/f/d) to join and lead the Engineering team at one of our Portfolio Companies.

As the Vice President of Engineering
, you’ll lead and scale the engineering organization, drive the evolution of the platform architecture, and ensure technology strategy aligns with business goals and customer outcomes.

Join the Project A portoflio: A next-generation supply chain platform, the company is redefining how one of the world’s largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials. Engineered to unlock the full potential of global trade, it harnesses agentic AI and workflow automation to provide seamless, high-efficiency access to premium materials ce its commercial rollout, the platform has fueled exponential growth, optimizing procurement for thousands of businesses while setting new benchmarks for speed, transparency, and efficiency.

Its competitive edge lies in full digitization and AI-driven supply chain management automation, eliminating inefficiencies and creating a direct, intelligent bridge between suppliers and buyers. With a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe (Berlin HQ), China, and India, the company is rapidly scaling toward profitability, driving triple-digit million GMV, and setting new industry standards in autonomous, AI-powered supply chain orchestration.

Please note that this position is based in Berlin with an immediate start date.

Lead and Scale the Engineering Organization

• Lead, grow, and mentor a high-performing engineering organization across multiple teams and domains
• Develop engineering leaders and managers, fostering accountability, ownership, and technical excellence
• Build a strong, inclusive engineering culture grounded in psychological safety and high standards
• Partner closely with Business and Product leadership on roadmap planning, prioritization, and trade-offs
• Represent engineering perspectives in executive and business discussions
• Align technology strategy with company goals and customer outcomes

Drive Platform Evolution

• Ensure continuous improvement, stability, and performance of the existing marketplace platform
• Lead the architectural evolution toward scalable, cloud-native, microservice-based systems
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical health and scalability
• Define and enforce principles for modern, maintainable, and scalable SaaS and marketplace architecture
• Guide the integration of AI/ML capabilities (e.g. LLMs, recommendations, intelligent workflows) into production systems
• Anticipate future technical and platform needs as the business scales

Ensure Operational Excellence and Reliability

• Own system reliability, performance, security, and uptime across all environments
• Strengthen Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability
• Drive disciplined engineering processes, metrics, and delivery predictability

Foster Technical Innovation

• Encourage experimentation and thoughtful adoption of new technologies that improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity
• Create an environment where teams can innovate while maintaining strong operational rigor

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior leadership roles (Director, Head of Engineering, VP) in SaaS, marketplace, or platform businesses
• Proven experience leading teams through platform scaling, architectural transformation, or modernization initiatives
• Strong hands-on background in software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and data-driven platforms
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS,…