VP, Engineering
Offer summary
Qualifications:
10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading teams in high-growth SaaS environments., Proven ability to scale engineering teams and manage hyper-growth challenges., Experience in hiring top-tier engineering talent in Europe and the US., Strong background in integrating AI/ML into products and workflows..Key responsibilities:
- Lead and scale Maze’s global engineering organization with strategic direction.
- Recruit, develop, and mentor engineering teams to foster a high-performance culture.
- Partner with product, design, and other teams to deliver research-driven features.
- Set and communicate a clear technical vision aligned with company goals.
Job description
About Maze
Maze is the user research platform that helps companies build the right products faster by making user insights available at the speed of product development.
In most companies, research demand far exceeds supply. Time, cost, and lack of access to expertise hold teams back. In today’s AIpowered world, anyone can build a product fast. The real challenge? Deeply understanding user needs and building the right product. That’s where Maze comes in.
We believe companies shouldn’t have to choose between building fast and building right. Maze makes research accessible, intuitive, and fast so product teams can put user insights at the center of every decision.
Our platform enables researchers, designers, and product managers to quickly recruit participants, run studies autonomously, and surface insights that actually drive product decisions. Our AI capabilities automate the busywork and add depth and direction to the insights themselves.
That’s why Maze was recently named the #1 user research platform in UX Tools’ Design Tools Survey—and why we’re scaling fast across industries like B2B SaaS, eCommerce, Financial Services, Retail, and Automotive, supporting world class customers such as Uber, Amazon, Atlassian, Anthropic & more.
Maze is a Series B company backed by toptier investors (Felicis, Emergence & Amplify). We operate a global remote workforce driven by our core values.
The RoleWe’re looking for a Vice President, Engineering to join Maze’s executive leadership team and help shape the next chapter of our engineering organization.
This is an opportunity to lead with impact. Reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll play a key role in evolving our culture, scaling our systems, and unlocking the full potential of our team. We’re looking for someone who cares deeply about people and performance, and who’s excited to bring structure, clarity, and momentum to a team that’s ready for its next phase of growth.
Location: Remote, Preference for USAEast Coast, United Kingdom, or Portugal. The companys key engineering and product teams are based in Europe and Portugal.
Experience with highcraft products where design and user experience matter.
Youll work on:[Leading & Scaling] Leading and scaling Maze’s global engineering organization with strategic direction, clarity, and urgency
[Hiring] Lead the recruitment and development of engineering talent, with a focus on hiring exceptional engineers and managers who align with Maze’s mission and values.
[Performance Culture] Building a performance culture rooted in excellence, accountability, and innovation
[Set the Bar] Establishing clear expectations for quality, speed, and team contribution to ensure engineering drives business impact
[AI Vision] Owning AI strategy, vision, and technical delivery across Maze, including integration into workflows and product surfaces
[Crossfunctional partner] Partnering with Product, Design, and the GTM org to ship researchdriven features that serve real user needs in innovative ways
[Ship the Org Chart] Supporting EMs in building team structure, performance rhythms, and individual career paths
[Business Partner to CEO] Bringing executive presence and influence to the leadership team be a thought partner to the CEO & the executive team to drive business & roadmap decisions.
As a VP of Engineering at Maze, you will:
Set a clear vision for Engineering and align it with company priorities and product strategy
Drive high velocity, AIforward product delivery in a lean and distributed environment
Lead and develop a team of globally distributed, Engineering Managers and ICs, fostering autonomy, trust, and performance
Establish systems for accountability, clarity, and consistent quality across pods and platforms
Bring thought partnership to executive conversations, connecting technical opportunity with business ambition
Model strategic, focused, and decisive leadership through moments of change and uncertainty
Invest in the growth and upward mobility of engineers and leaders by building systems of support that empower development
You should apply if:
You have 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading teams in highgrowth B2B SaaS environments
You have experience leading teams through hypergrowth and scale challenges. You have built teams of doubledigit size (60+ engineers) and are able to fly at different altitude, from strategy to handson engagement with the team.
You have a track record of setting clear performance standards and building orgs where excellence is the norm
You have the altitude to engage in highlevel strategic discussions while also being close enough to the technical team to understand the codebase and workflows.
You have a proven track record of hiring Tier 1 talent in Europe & the US, ensuring the team remains at the highest caliber as they scale
You’ve worked in lean or rebuilding environments where culture and delivery needed reshaping
You’ve integrated AIML into products and engineering workflows—not just for hype, but for real leverage
You bring experience in AI developer tooling (e.g., Cursor, intelligent CICD, AIbased QA)
You’ve led the delivery of a full endtoend AI product and have experience with models, evals strategy, and bring a vision on how to get excellent AI products to market.
You lead with urgency, clarity, and care, and bring teams with you through ambiguity
You’re a strong thought partner to CEOs and product leaders who can push back with substance and vision
You communicate transparently and have the EQ to lead distributed, diverse teams
You enjoy mentoring EMs and building leaders around you not just scaling IC capacity
Bonus Points
You’ve led a function through strategic shifts
You have worked in productledsalesassisted organizations
You bring strong commercial instincts and understand how engineering influences revenue and retention
You’re familiar with our tech stack (Node.jsTypeScript, React, AWS)
You’ve worked closely with researchers, designers, or AIML teams to build highly usable products
Reporting Structure
Why Maze is unique
Earlystage startup: You will join an earlystage startup with less than 150 team members. This means youll have the unique opportunity to directly impact success and help shape the future of Maze.
Market disruption: We believe that the way companies build products is fundamentally broken and the user research market is ripe for disruption. For too long, companies have been forced to choose between rapid development without user insights or investing months into research before bringing products to market. But theres finally a groundswell building around a path forward that eliminates this compromise and Maze is leading the charge.
Productmarket Fit: Maze is used by 100,000+ brands across 4,000 companies, from SMB to enterprises, and in the last fiscal year, we saw 6.5M questions answered, supporting 25K decisions
BenefitsHealth insurance with international coverage, vision, and dental: 100% of the team member premium paid
For some locations, coverage options vary, please see our benefits pages for more information
Free access to proper mental health care, unlimited virtual therapy sessions (with a human) and 247 access to resources
Life and Disability Insurance, 100% of the team member premium paid
$500month to be used for dependent health insurance coverage
$1,500 remote work setup fund to ensure you can set up a productive work space
Flexible work schedule where you manage your own working hours
Monthly Bonus.ly points that are awarded to others to recognize teamwork, dedication and helpfulness points can be cashed out for gift cards and more
Open, transparent culture that includes virtual: coffee chats, biweekly allhands meetings, and more
Check out all of our amazeing benefits here.
Outreach NoticeWe understand you might be excited about the job you’re applying for, we are excited you are interested! However, please refrain from reaching out to our current team members on LinkedIn for referrals. Our policy is that referrals can only be provided by team members who personally know the candidate. With the high volume of interest in our roles, contacting our team members who are not involved in recruitment can be overwhelming. Additionally, please avoid submitting support tickets regarding your application, as our support team is not involved in the hiring process. Rest assured, our recruitment team is diligently reviewing all applications and will reach out directly if there is a match.
[Leading & Scaling] Leading and scaling Maze’s global engineering organization with strategic direction, clarity, and urgency
[Hiring] Lead the recruitment and development of engineering talent, with a focus on hiring exceptional engineers and managers who align with Maze’s mission and values.
[Performance Culture] Building a performance culture rooted in excellence, accountability, and innovation
[Set the Bar] Establishing clear expectations for quality, speed, and team contribution to ensure engineering drives business impact
[AI Vision] Owning AI strategy, vision, and technical delivery across Maze, including integration into workflows and product surfaces
[Crossfunctional partner] Partnering with Product, Design, and the GTM org to ship researchdriven features that serve real user needs in innovative ways
[Ship the Org Chart] Supporting EMs in building team structure, performance rhythms, and individual career paths
[Business Partner to CEO] Bringing executive presence and influence to the leadership team be a thought partner to the CEO & the executive team to drive business & roadmap decisions.
Set a clear vision for Engineering and align it with company priorities and product strategy
Drive high velocity, AIforward product delivery in a lean and distributed environment
Lead and develop a team of globally distributed, Engineering Managers and ICs, fostering autonomy, trust, and performance
Establish systems for accountability, clarity, and consistent quality across pods and platforms
Bring thought partnership to executive conversations, connecting technical opportunity with business ambition
Model strategic, focused, and decisive leadership through moments of change and uncertainty
Invest in the growth and upward mobility of engineers and leaders by building systems of support that empower development
You have 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading teams in highgrowth B2B SaaS environments
You have experience leading teams through hypergrowth and scale challenges. You have built teams of doubledigit size (60+ engineers) and are able to fly at different altitude, from strategy to handson engagement with the team.
You have a track record of setting clear performance standards and building orgs where excellence is the norm
You have the altitude to engage in highlevel strategic discussions while also being close enough to the technical team to understand the codebase and workflows.
You have a proven track record of hiring Tier 1 talent in Europe & the US, ensuring the team remains at the highest caliber as they scale
You’ve worked in lean or rebuilding environments where culture and delivery needed reshaping
You’ve integrated AIML into products and engineering workflows—not just for hype, but for real leverage
You bring experience in AI developer tooling (e.g., Cursor, intelligent CICD, AIbased QA)
You’ve led the delivery of a full endtoend AI product and have experience with models, evals strategy, and bring a vision on how to get excellent AI products to market.
You lead with urgency, clarity, and care, and bring teams with you through ambiguity
You’re a strong thought partner to CEOs and product leaders who can push back with substance and vision
You communicate transparently and have the EQ to lead distributed, diverse teams
You enjoy mentoring EMs and building leaders around you not just scaling IC capacity
You’ve led a function through strategic shifts
You have worked in productledsalesassisted organizations
You bring strong commercial instincts and understand how engineering influences revenue and retention
You’re familiar with our tech stack (Node.jsTypeScript, React, AWS)
You’ve worked closely with researchers, designers, or AIML teams to build highly usable products
Earlystage startup: You will join an earlystage startup with less than 150 team members. This means youll have the unique opportunity to directly impact success and help shape the future of Maze.
Market disruption: We believe that the way companies build products is fundamentally broken and the user research market is ripe for disruption. For too long, companies have been forced to choose between rapid development without user insights or investing months into research before bringing products to market. But theres finally a groundswell building around a path forward that eliminates this compromise and Maze is leading the charge.
Productmarket Fit: Maze is used by 100,000+ brands across 4,000 companies, from SMB to enterprises, and in the last fiscal year, we saw 6.5M questions answered, supporting 25K decisions
Health insurance with international coverage, vision, and dental: 100% of the team member premium paid
For some locations, coverage options vary, please see our benefits pages for more information
Free access to proper mental health care, unlimited virtual therapy sessions (with a human) and 247 access to resources
Life and Disability Insurance, 100% of the team member premium paid
$500month to be used for dependent health insurance coverage
$1,500 remote work setup fund to ensure you can set up a productive work space
Flexible work schedule where you manage your own working hours
Monthly Bonus.ly points that are awarded to others to recognize teamwork, dedication and helpfulness points can be cashed out for gift cards and more
Open, transparent culture that includes virtual: coffee chats, biweekly allhands meetings, and more
Check out all of our amazeing benefits here.
Outreach Notice
We understand you might be excited about the job you’re applying for, we are excited you are interested! However, please refrain from reaching out to our current team members on LinkedIn for referrals. Our policy is that referrals can only be provided by team members who personally know the candidate. With the high volume of interest in our roles, contacting our team members who are not involved in recruitment can be overwhelming. Additionally, please avoid submitting support tickets regarding your application, as our support team is not involved in the hiring process. Rest assured, our recruitment team is diligently reviewing all applications and will reach out directly if there is a match.
Benefits
Reporting Structure
Why Maze is unique
Bonus Points
You should apply if:
As a VP of Engineering at Maze, you will:
Required profile
Experience
Other Skills
- Team Building
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Strategic Thinking
- Mentorship
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