# VP of Engineering

**Company:** [Zocks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zocks)
**Location:** Budapest, Hungary
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Software Engineering, B2B SaaS, Cloud-Native Software, Engineering Strategy, Organizational Design, Performance Management, Security, Compliance, Software Architecture, Ai Technologies
**Posted:** 2026-07-15

> Leads the engineering organization alongside the CTO, developing Engineering Managers, shaping strategy and operating models, and improving delivery, quality, and organizational health. Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, multi-layer leadership, B2B SaaS expertise, and strong English and Hungarian communication skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with the CTO to define and execute Zocks’ long-term engineering strategy.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers through coaching, feedback, performance management, and career development.
- Build a high-performing engineering organization focused on ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and sustainable growth.
- Improve delivery predictability, execution quality, planning processes, and organizational health.
- Shape engineering scaling through pragmatic, high-impact improvements suited to the business and culture.
- Lead cross-functional technical initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams.
- Create alignment across Engineering while empowering teams and leaders to make decisions close to the work.
- Partner with Product leadership to balance customer needs, business priorities, and long-term engineering investments.
- Define scalable engineering processes, organizational structures, and operating mechanisms.
- Support organizational-level technical direction while empowering Engineering Managers and technical leaders.
- Champion excellence across architecture, quality, security, reliability, and operational maturity.
- Represent Engineering in customer-facing and executive-level conversations when needed.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive experience leading engineering organizations through multiple management layers.
- Experience as a Director of Engineering, VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or comparable second-line engineering leader.
- Demonstrated success building and developing Engineering Managers while scaling high-performing organizations.
- Strong background in product-led B2B SaaS companies; software product experience is essential.
- Experience defining engineering strategy, operating models, and organizational design with substantial ownership and autonomy.
- Track record of improving engineering effectiveness and delivery predictability, and leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
- Outstanding leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent English and Hungarian communication skills, including executive or customer-facing communication.
- Exposure to security, compliance, or enterprise software environments.
- Technical credibility in modern cloud-native software organizations, with comfort discussing architecture, engineering trade-offs, and technical strategy.
- Interest in AI technologies and AI-powered products is a strong advantage.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Work directly with the founders to shape company-wide engineering strategy.
- Genuine ownership over how Engineering evolves.
- Opportunity to build leaders and scale the organization through people.
- Opportunity to help build an AI-first B2B SaaS company and establish lasting systems, culture, and leadership practices.

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