VP of Engineering

Role Overview

• Partner closely with the CTO to define and execute the long-term engineering strategy for Zocks.
• 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.
• Drive engineering effectiveness by improving delivery predictability, execution quality, planning processes and organizational health.
• Shape how Engineering scales by introducing pragmatic, high-impact improvements that fit our business and culture, rather than applying one-size-fits-all frameworks.
• Lead large cross-functional technical initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams, ensuring clear ownership, alignment and successful execution.
• Create alignment across Engineering while empowering teams and leaders to make great decisions close to where the work happens.
• Partner with Product leadership to balance customer needs, business priorities and long-term engineering investments.
• Define scalable engineering processes, organizational structures and operating mechanisms as our engineering organization continues to grow.
• Support technical direction at an organizational level while empowering Engineering Managers and technical leaders to own implementation and technical decisions.
• Champion engineering excellence across architecture, quality, security, reliability and operational maturity.
• Represent Engineering in customer-facing conversations when needed, confidently communicating technical strategy, delivery plans and organizational capabilities to customers and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, including extensive experience leading engineering organizations through multiple layers of management.
• Proven experience as a Director of Engineering, VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or in a comparable second-line engineering leadership role.
• Demonstrated success building and developing Engineering Managers while scaling high-performing engineering organizations.
• Strong background in product-led B2B SaaS companies. Experience in software product companies is essential; agency or consulting backgrounds are not a fit for this role.
• Experience defining engineering strategy, operating models and organizational design with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.
• Track record of improving engineering effectiveness, delivery predictability and leading complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Outstanding leadership, coaching and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across Engineering, Product and Executive Leadership.
• Excellent English and Hungarian communication skills, including experience representing Engineering in customer-facing or executive-level conversations.
• Exposure to security, compliance or enterprise software environments.
• Technical credibility gained from working in modern cloud-native software organizations. While this isn't a hands-on coding role, you're comfortable discussing architecture, engineering trade-offs and technical strategy with senior engineering leaders.
• Interest in AI technologies and building AI-powered products is a strong advantage.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Premium Health Insurance
• SZÉP-card
• L&D contribution
• AYCM package
• Employee equity program
• Extra PTO
• Home office support
• Your lunch is on us when you are in the office
• Fully stacked office snacks