Vice President of Engineering Job at Hazelcast

Vice President of Engineering

Hazelcast

Location:
United Kingdom

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced, inspirational Vice President of Engineering to lead our global engineering function. They will be responsible for defining and executing the technical strategy, leading the organisation, and ensuring the quality, performance, and resilience of our Java open-source based in-memory Real-Time Data Platform. This role requires a leader who is both a strategic planner and hands-on manager of world-class engineering teams.

Job Responsibility:

Define and execute the technical strategy
Lead the global engineering function
Ensure the quality, performance, and resilience of the Java open-source based in-memory Real-Time Data Platform
Collaborate with Product Management to define, prioritize, and drive the technical direction of the product roadmap
Drive, own and manage end-to-end engineering delivery against the product roadmap
Maintain and continuously elevate world-class standards for system quality, performance, security, and resilience
Provide oversight for core technical domains
Steward Hazelcast’s open-source core
Balance the needs of commercial customers with the expectations of a global, user-led open-source community
Convert high-volume user feedback into clear engineering priorities
Maintain disciplined reliability across Hazelcast’s multi-language client ecosystem
Champion exceptional developer and operator experience
Lead, motivate, and manage a highly distributed, global engineering team
Instill a strong product-led, innovation ethos
Evolve and optimize the organisational structure
Involvement in headcount planning
Identify, coach, mentor, and develop engineering managers
Ensure teams are empowered and aligned with company goals
Partner with Sales for critical field training, enablement, and some customer-facing activity
Inspire and engage advanced developers globally

Requirements:

10+ years of progressive leadership experience in software engineering
At least 5 years operating at the VP and/or director level, preferably in a B2B enterprise software or platform company
Demonstrated experience fostering a product-led culture and driving commercial results through engineering excellence
Deep, hands-on understanding of complex architectures, concurrent, distributed systems, high-performance compute, and real-time data architectures
Excel at balancing open-source community expectations with enterprise requirements
Proven track record of successfully leading a geographically distributed, international engineering organisation
A strong foundation in the core technologies relevant to the Hazelcast platform including Java, concurrency, networking, data streaming, SQL, distributed data stores, data grids
Expertise in modern agile methodologies and continuous delivery pipelines
Comfortable working backward from the customer
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Nice to have:

Entrepreneurial Spirit
Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills
Proven ability to influence across organizational boundaries
Ideally recent experience and an appetite to be hands on in development especially using java based technologies

What we offer:

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays + Quarterly Wellbeing Days
Group Company Pension Plan
Private Medical Insurance
Private Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Competitive salaries
Flexible, empathetic and highly collaborative working environment

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 20, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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