VP of Engineering at Vita Mojo

City of London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Jun, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

09 Mar, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Commercially Minded, Pragmatic, Strategic Thinking, Hands-on Leadership, Collaboration, Product Development, Mentoring, Talent Retention, Player-Manager, AWS, Kubernetes, Micro-services Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure Modernisation, Reliability Engineering, DevOps Practices, CI/CD Pipelines

Industry

IT Services and IT Consulting

Description

Location: Central London Job Type: Full time - Hybrid working: 2/3 days per week in our head office Why join us? If you love food and technology as much as we do, you’ll love life at Vita Mojo. We’re on a mission to revolutionise the hospitality experience for operators and their customers. Through our smart digital products, we’re powering the digital transformation of your favourite pubs, bars and restaurants. And we want a world where everyone gets the meal they’re hoping for. Each and every time. Our Vita Mojo DNA We’re proud to have built an award-winning digital platform. Vita Mojo is a positive, energetic and forward-thinking place to work, and when you become a Moji, you’ll be joining a supportive team who’ve always got your back. Our passion for technology and food is matched only by our support for our people. About the role Your mission as VP of Engineering in mind, we are looking for someone commercially minded, pragmatic, and able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on leadership. The ideal candidate is comfortable supporting teams and systems in a fast-moving, product-led environment. Strong collaboration is key; they should partner effectively across Product, Revenue, and Client Success, communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and bring structure without unnecessary process. Cultural alignment is critical: curiosity, ownership, and a bias toward action matter as much as technical depth. The day-to-day Overseeing a team of 14 engineers and 11 QA staff, ensuring high performance and fostering a stable, collaborative environment. Implementing automation and advanced technology solutions within the existing tech stack. Enhancing the resilience, reliability, and uptime of the tech stack to prevent outages and improve overall system stability. Leveraging AI to significantly increase development speed and output from the engineering team. Contributing to the company’s overall AI strategy, including building an AI-driven intelligence layer for clients. Helping drive general product development and contributing to the broader product roadmap, which includes foundational fixes, resilience, and new feature development. About you B2B SaaS experience is essential. Ideally within high growth environments, where resources are more limited. Experience leading teams of high quality engineers; being able to mentor, retain and develop talent. Experience operating as a "player-manager" ; capable of hands-on technical involvement alongside leadership responsibilities. Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, micro-services architecture, and cloud infrastructure modernisation. Deep experience with reliability engineering e.g. implementing DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring/observability, and preventing/recovering from major production outages. Experience with large-scale data architecture. Our Benefits and Ways of Working We’re proud of the open, inclusive, and supportive culture we’ve built, and continue to build Vita Mojo. We operate a hybrid working model with two in-office collaboration days each week. Outside of those, we trust our team to manage their working day in a way that suits them, while being mindful of team needs, collaboration, and business priorities. This means you can flex your time when needed, whether for personal appointments, family responsibilities, or deep-focus work as long as you’re communicating openly and delivering on your goals. Private Healthcare All team members have access to private medical insurance through Vitality Health, offering fast access to high-quality healthcare, wellbeing resources, and the Vitality Programme. Life Assurance We provide Group Life Assurance through Legal & General, offering financial protection and wellbeing support to your loved ones in the event of your passing. Income Protection Income Protection is offered via Canada Life to support you financially if you’re unable to work due to long-term illness or injury, with additional support to help you return to work when ready. Learning & Development We believe that when you grow, we all grow. We’re proud to support professional development that helps you build transferable skills, whether that’s in your current role or to set you up for future success within the company. We’re also happy to support learning that’s not strictly role-specific, as long as it’s professionally enhancing and contributes to your broader growth at Vita Mojo. Holiday Allowance Team members receive 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays. This increases with each full year of service, up to 28 days. Carer’s Leave We offer one week (five days) of paid leave annually to support team members caring for a loved one. Parental Leave Our enhanced parental leave policy supports all new parents after three months of employment. Primary caregivers receive 16 weeks of full pay, followed by 50% pay for an additional 16 weeks. Secondary caregivers receive four weeks of full pay, plus an additional two weeks after three years of service. Health Leave We offer 12 days of fully paid sick leave annually to support your health and recovery. Birthday Leave Take the day off to celebrate your birthday—it’s on us. Social Events We host regular team socials, from monthly in-office drinks to quarterly offsites, celebrating milestones and enjoying time together as a team. Dog-Friendly Office We welcome well-behaved dogs in our offices.

Responsibilities

The VP of Engineering will oversee a team of 14 engineers and 11 QA staff, focusing on fostering a high-performance, stable, and collaborative environment while implementing automation and enhancing tech stack resilience. Key duties also involve leveraging AI to boost development speed and contributing significantly to the company's overall AI strategy and product roadmap.