Vice President of Engineering

We are looking for a VP of Engineering to build and scale an engineering organization as we scale our autonomous Voice AI platform. You will own the engineering organization end-to-end: building the leadership layer, scaling teams and processes, driving predictable delivery, maintaining operational excellence, and ensuring our technology and organization can support rapid business growth.You’ll work closely with the founders and Product leadership to shape the engineering strategy behind one of the most advanced platforms for autonomous AI Employees.

What will need to do:

• Grow the team from 45 → 100+ engineers
• Hire, coach and develop the engineering management layer
• Structure the organization and architect the platform for hypergrowth
• Establish a predictable SDLC
• Close partnership with Product Management to ensure that the most impactful business outcomes are delivered in priority order
• Quality standards and SLAs
• Scaling to ensure that production capacity is never a bottleneck for growth
• FinOps and vendor management
• Career ladders and hiring process refinement.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience leading teams of 30+
• Experience with high-scale software development and operations
• Experience leading engineering teams working on customer-facing SaaS
• Strong knowledge of agentic systems (even without production experience)
• Strong software architecture skills
• English and Russian B2+: excellent communication skills in both spoken and written
• Startup experience.

It will be a plus:

• Previously scaled an engineering org from ~40 → 150 people as VP Eng / CTO
• Have experience with AI/ML/Voice/real-time systems (preferred)
• Have experience building high-scale software in a public cloud
• Enjoy “zero → one” organizational building and are comfortable with rapid decisionmaking
• Lead people with clarity and empathy
• Can manage conflict without ego
• Want to help build one of the most advanced AI companies in the world.

Why Join Us:

At Mad Devs, you will be part of a company that values creativity, strategic thinking, and continuous improvement. You will work on meaningful projects that impact millions of users worldwide alongside a talented and supportive team. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact, grow your career, and contribute to developing cutting-edge solutions in the world of backend engineering.