Vice President - Engineering

About the role

Beam builds AI agents that carry out business processes for enterprise customers. It is looking for a Head of Engineering to build the engineering organisation and help it deliver well as the company grows. You will lead through the engineers who run the squads, own engineering delivery, hiring and team structure, and work with Product and leadership on priorities and capacity. You should stay close to the technical work, review designs, get into code when it matters, help diagnose production issues and use AI coding tools yourself.

Key responsibilities

• Lead engineering across multiple product areas, with ownership of delivery, technical quality and production reliability
• Coach engineering leads and build a leadership layer that operates autonomously while keeping standards consistent
• Shape team structures, ownership and hiring plans, and hire engineers and leaders who strengthen technical execution
• Work with Product to turn priorities into realistic engineering plans and help teams navigate trade-offs
• Set technical direction across squads on architecture, reliability, security and scalability
• Improve engineering velocity by removing friction and strengthening feedback loops
• Introduce practical AI-assisted development into everyday workflows and set standards for reviewing AI-generated work

Required profile

• 10-12+ years of engineering experience, with significant experience leading teams and managing leads across multiple product areas
• Strong technical foundation, able to review code and assess architectural trade-offs
• Track record of developing engineering leaders
• Experience owning software products beyond launch, including reliability, technical debt and customer feedback
• Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Required skills

• Practical experience with AI coding tools
• TypeScript/Node.js, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, event-driven systems or cloud infrastructure are useful but not required
• Experience building AI products or enterprise software is valuable

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits, equity
• Flexible working arrangements and work-from-anywhere
• Parental leave