Our Engineering organization is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead our Platform Engineering division. Platform Engineering at Snyk is responsible for our cloud infrastructure and the platform experience we provide to our internal development teams.

As the Vice President of Engineering, Platform Engineering, you will oversee everything from providing rock-solid infrastructure to low-level shared services, and from building a great internal developer experience through to setting the standards around our API and quality programs. You’ll also be the ultimate budget holder for strategic software and infrastructure vendors, so an interest in cost management and vendor relations is a must. The Platform Engineering organisation at Snyk today is approximately 80 people strong, with office based and remote teams and individuals in the UK, Isreal, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and the US.

• shaping overall R&D Strategy to achieve Snyk’s company goals as part of R&D leadership team
• ensuring effective engineering execution of Snyk’s industry leading applications.
• building up Snyk’s security expertise and engagement with the wider community
• attending to the highest priority items that affect the entire engineering function, as well as your Platform division.
• staying at least one step ahead of our rapid growth by scaling the impact of engineering.
• acting autonomously towards achieving goals, and enabling your team to do the same.
• coaching and developing your team of engineering directors

You Should Apply If You

• have proven experience at the highest levels of engineering leadership in fast moving technology focused companies.
• are extremely driven, versatile, and dedicated to productivity.
• have experience planning and organizing strategic initiatives.
• care about the details, and achieving success in your areas of focus.
• appreciate a fast moving, energetic, and collaborative environment.

What You’ll Need

• Proven experience in Enterprise SAAS at the highest levels of engineering leadership in fast moving technology focused companies
• A driven, knowledgeable, and dedicated to productivity mindset
• The ability to plan and succeed, setting milestones along the way, over-communicate, create alignment, rally people and satisfy stakeholders
• To care about the details and achieving success in your areas of focus
• An appreciation for a fast moving, energetic, and collaborative environment with a team that is ridiculously easy to work with