About Cognigy
Cognigy is transforming the customer service industry with the most advanced AI Agent platform for enterprise contact centers. Its award-winning solution, Cognigy.AI, empowers enterprises to deliver instant, hyper-personalized, multilingual service on any channel. By integrating Generative and Conversational AI to create Agentic AI, Cognigy delivers AI Agents that redefine customer experiences, drive satisfaction, and support contact center employees in real-time.
Our skilled #CognigyCrew are the people behind our leading technology and we are now looking for more talented people to join our global team
Why you'll love working at Cognigy - Our promise to you
We empower our people to be successful as part of a diverse, passionate and respectful team who are proud to be enabling customer and employee service that is loved by everyone.
We do this by challenging each other to succeed and being enabled to do our best work. Encouraging and supporting growth is at the heart of our success, founded on a culture of mutual respect and trust - always! It's no wonder that the values that inspire and drive our #CognigyCrew are our 4Ts:
Team, Trust, Transparency, Technology.
Your new role: VP of Engineering
Location - Germany
The VP Engineering will be responsible for aligning the engineering efforts with the company's strategic goals, ensuring that all software development teams are working towards a common vision. One of the main objectives of the VP Engineering are to help us scale the organisation and guide us through a period of hyper-growth. Our already existing engineering practices and processes should be improved for greater efficiency and technical debt should be kept at a minimum.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Team management & hiring - building the software development teams of the future; decide whom to hire to build high performing software development teams
- Delivery process - build software products efficiently and with high quality; adjust and change our development processes and ensure efficiency in delivery
- Budgeting - design the people- & services budget for the entire software development part of our Engineering department; decide how we will allocate and spend most of our budget
- Analyze status-quo on status of product-roadmap implementation - report to the CSA / other stakeholders regarding the implementation status
- Weekly meetings with all Engineering Managers in order to review our most critical metrics such as defect-rate, mean time between failure, efficiency of our teams as well as cycle time
- Perform & analyze employee engagement surveys to understand issues in the organization
- Keep an eye on the budget and review it on a monthly basis to keep track of our actual spendings
Growth Potential
At Cognigy we are committed to your professional growth. This role offers significant opportunities for career development, including access to ongoing training, and involvement in high-impact projects allowing you to showcase and advance your unique skills and experience.
Requirements
About you
- At least 10 years of experience in software development for SaaS businesses with a BSc in computer science or an equivalent field as a must
- At least 5-10 years of experience in leadership roles such as Engineering Managers, Director of Engineering or equivalent positions in an software development organization with more than 45 people.
- Successfully scaled a software engineering teams & at least doubled the number of engineers within 12 months or less
- Industry experience in the enterprise SaaS business (must!) with experience in the Conversational AI / Gen AI market (nice to have)
- Strong software development background including all states of software development (implementation, testing, rollouts, monitoring)
- Strategic thinking & business acumen to drive financial discussions regarding the software development budget for people & services
- Strong communication skills to express ideas and convince the senior leadership
- People leadership & talent acquisition to shape the software development teams of the future
Benefits
Life at Cognigy - What we offer you
We are an ambitious and international tech company with a great culture, and we make sure that everyone feels welcome. Our excellent benefits make us a fantastic place to work - these include
- Attractive and performance-oriented salary
- Company Pension Scheme
- 25 days paid leave, plus 5 floating days, plus public holidays
- Discretionary virtual stock options plan, so you can benefit from the company's success
- Unique opportunity to help build and shape the company, with little hierarchy
- Flexible working options
- Colleague recognition, reward and celebration events
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- ClassPass membership, giving you access to a variety of fitness and wellness experiences
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities, including LinkedIn Learning
- One paid ‘Giving Back Day' each year, so you can volunteer for a charity or community activity of your choice
- Subscription to the Calm app for you plus five friends/family members, giving you access to guided meditation, sleep stories, music, masterclasses, and much more
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement - Cognigy does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
