Vice President of Engineering Remote

Vice President of Engineering

Location:

Remote – UK Based

Type:
Full time

We’re on a mission to issue 1 billion career‑changing credentials. Accredible is the world's leading digital credential platform, helping universities, associations, and training providers issue badges, certificates, and transcripts that open doors for learners worldwide. Organizations including Google, IAPP, McGraw Hill, Rutgers, Skillsoft, and the University of Cambridge trust Accredible to help their learners prove what they know.

We’re building the data layer that turns a credential into a career move—connecting people with job opportunities, labor‑market insights, and learning pathways that help them take the next step. Our mission: to be the first company to issue one billion verifiable, career‑advancing credentials.

We are a fully remote team spread across the US, UK, Egypt, India, Portugal, and beyond. We debate like equals, hold each other to high standards, and genuinely care about our customers and each other.

We’re looking for a Vice President of Engineering to lead our Engineering organization day‑to‑day. Reporting directly to our CTO, you’ll own the people, processes, and delivery that keep our engineering organization running at its best, enabling the CTO to focus on long‑term technical strategy.

You’re an experienced engineering leader who knows how to build high‑performing distributed teams. You understand that great engineering organizations are built through trust, clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.

You’re equally comfortable discussing architecture with senior engineers, coaching engineering managers, reviewing delivery metrics, or partnering with Product and Executive Leadership on strategic priorities.

Most importantly, you’re a compassionate leader who listens first, communicates clearly, embraces feedback, and creates an environment where engineers can do the best work of their careers.

• Building and leading a high‑performing, generative engineering culture.
• Hiring exceptional engineers and engineering leaders while coaching existing team members to grow.
• Managing engineering performance and making difficult people decisions when necessary.
• Owning engineering delivery, ensuring the team reliably ships what it commits to.
• Driving sprint execution, engineering velocity, predictability, and continuous improvement.
• Designing and refining engineering processes including sprint planning, code review, CI/CD, and Jira workflows.
• Partnering with Product and company leadership to make effective roadmap and technical prioritisation decisions.
• Championing engineering quality, technical excellence, and platform reliability.
• Working alongside the CTO to evolve Accredible's long‑term technical architecture and engineering strategy.
• Monitoring and communicating engineering health, including delivery metrics, uptime, defects, and operational performance.
• Supporting customer conversations involving technical architecture when needed.

At Accredible, Engineering exists to build products that customers love while continuously improving how we work.

You’ll lead a fully distributed engineering organisation spanning multiple countries and time zones, creating an environment where autonomy, ownership, and accountability thrive. You’ll be responsible for ensuring engineering processes remove friction rather than create it, helping teams deliver quickly without sacrificing quality.

You’ll work closely with our CTO, CEO, Product leadership, and Executive Team to ensure engineering execution supports company priorities while maintaining a healthy balance between delivery, technical investment, and long‑term platform stability.

This role is focused on engineering leadership—you won’t own product strategy, security & compliance, or internal IT, as those areas have dedicated ownership.

This role is remote and UK‑based (or close to GMT) to align with the engineering organization, with occasional travel required to meet the Senior Leadership Team, typically less than twice per year.

• Significant experience leading distributed…