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# Vice President of Engineering (m/f/d) at A11 

- **Company:** A11 
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Posted:** 2026-07-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/projectaservicesgmbhcokg/jobs/8634243002

## Job description

## About the Job

As a key growth accelerator, A11 partners with Europe’s most ambitious startups and scaleups, corporates, and SMBs to connect them with top-tier talent ready to make an impact.

We’re looking for an experienced Vice President of Engineering (m/f/d) to join and lead the Engineering team at one of our Ecosystem Companies.

As the Vice President of Engineering, you’ll lead and scale the engineering organization, drive the evolution of the platform architecture, and ensure technology strategy aligns with business goals and customer outcomes.

Join the A11 Ecosystem – A next-generation supply chain platform, the company is redefining how one of the world’s largest industries sources, distributes, and finances materials. Engineered to unlock the full potential of global trade, it harnesses agentic AI and workflow automation to provide seamless, high-efficiency access to premium materials at scale. Since its commercial rollout, the platform has fueled exponential growth, optimizing procurement for thousands of businesses while setting new benchmarks for speed, transparency, and efficiency. Its competitive edge lies in full digitization and AI-driven supply chain management automation, eliminating inefficiencies and creating a direct, intelligent bridge between suppliers and buyers. With a team of 80+ FTEs across Europe (Berlin HQ), China, and India, the company is rapidly scaling toward profitability, driving triple-digit million GMV, and setting new industry standards in autonomous, AI-powered supply chain orchestration.

In this role, you’ll:

Lead and Scale the Engineering Organization

- Lead, grow, and mentor a high-performing engineering organization across multiple teams and domains
- Develop engineering leaders and managers, fostering accountability, ownership, and technical excellence
- Build a strong, inclusive engineering culture grounded in psychological safety and high standards
- Partner closely with Business and Product leadership on roadmap planning, prioritization, and trade-offs
- Represent engineering perspectives in executive and business discussions
- Align technology strategy with company goals and customer outcomes

Drive Platform Evolution

- Ensure continuous improvement, stability, and performance of the existing marketplace platform
- Lead the architectural evolution toward scalable, cloud-native, microservice-based systems
- Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term technical health and scalability

Champion Scalable, AI-First Architecture

- Define and enforce principles for modern, maintainable, and scalable SaaS and marketplace architecture
- Guide the integration of AI/ML capabilities (e.g. LLMs, recommendations, intelligent workflows) into production systems
- Anticipate future technical and platform needs as the business scales

Ensure Operational Excellence and Reliability

- Own system reliability, performance, security, and uptime across all environments
- Strengthen DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability
- Drive disciplined engineering processes, metrics, and delivery predictability

Foster Technical Innovation

- Encourage experimentation and thoughtful adoption of new technologies that improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity
- Create an environment where teams can innovate while maintaining strong operational rigor

Your Profile:

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior leadership roles (Director, Head of Engineering, VP) in SaaS, marketplace, or platform businesses
- Proven experience leading teams through platform scaling, architectural transformation, or modernization initiatives
- Strong hands-on background in software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and data-driven platforms
- Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Solid knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and observability
- Experience operating in AI-enabled or AI-first product environments is a strong plus
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to connect technical decisions to business impact
- A genuine passion for building teams, scaling systems, and delivering technology that creates meaningful customer value
- We value diverse backgrounds and encourage applications even if not every requirement is met

Please note that this position is based in Berlin.

Benefits and Perks:

- Fulfil a role with entrepreneurial freedom and take a pre-validated business model to the next level
- Join an experienced founding team of serial and 2nd-time founders
- Attractive base and bonus compensation program
- Collaborate with top-tier investors and angels (incl. various unicorn founders) as well as leading market experts

If you’re eager to join the A11 Ecosystem and shape what’s next, we want to hear from you!

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

A11 is committed to diverse and equal opportunities hiring for all – applicants, candidates, and employees alike. We value humans – with all our glorious multifaceted backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences – and look forward to your application.

## About A11 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A11 is an execution engine that scales Europe’s fastest-growing tech companies by embedding expert operators across marketing, sales, data, engineering, and people operations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Services Firm / Venture Builder)
- **Headquarters**: Berlin, Germany (Julie-Wolfthorn-Straße 1, 10115 Berlin) [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/imprint)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Rainer Berak, Stephan Schulze, Thuy-Ngan Trinh [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/imprint)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Tech consulting / operational scaling / venture building
- **Target customers**: B2B – fast-growing tech companies, unicorns, and pre-seed startups in Europe
- **Mission**: “Build the next billion” – helping companies reach billion-dollar valuations through embedded operational expertise [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/careers)

## Products & Services
A11 provides hands-on, embedded services across multiple domains, delivered by a SWAT team of operators:

- **Growth Marketing & GTM**: Launching products at speed, reducing customer acquisition costs (e.g., helped Trade Republic acquire its first million customers in six months) [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
- **Sales**: Account executives, sales development, and go-to-market strategy for DACH and beyond
- **Data & Analytics**: Data engineering, data science, BI & analytics to drive decision-making
- **Engineering & Technology**: Backend engineering, AI agents/workflows, CTO-as-a-service, and team scaling (e.g., scaled Sennder’s tech team from 25 to 145 people in 12 months) [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
- **People Operations & Talent**: Recruiting, talent management, and headcount scaling (e.g., built ARX’s robotics & AI team from scratch, hiring 45 employees in 12 months) [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
- **Finance & Strategy**: CFO services, accounting, procurement, and EBITDA improvement (improved EBITDA of multiple PE investments by >30% without headcount reduction) [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total team size of ~83–90 employees (as of mid-2026) [theorg.com](https://theorg.com/org/a11)
- **Notable Clients/Proof Points**:
  - **Trade Republic**: Delivered first million customers in six months; Trade Republic now valued at €12.5B, one of Europe’s eight decacorns [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
  - **Sennder**: Scaled tech team from 25 to 145, increased deployment efficiency by 85%; Sennder is now a unicorn with €1.4B revenue [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
  - **ARX Robotics**: Built robotics & AI team from scratch (45 hires in 12 months); closed €9M seed and €31M Series A with backing from the NATO Innovation Fund [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
- **Growth Signals**: Actively hiring for 39 open roles across Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Bielefeld, including senior leadership positions (CTO, CFO, VP Product) [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/projectaservicesgmbhcokg/jobs/8583403002)

## Competitive Advantages
- **SWAT team model**: Operators embed directly inside client companies, driving change from the inside rather than offering external advice.
- **Proven track record**: Multiple companies taken from pre-seed to billion-dollar valuations – “zero to one billion” [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/)
- **Operational excellence**: Focus on measurable outcomes (e.g., EBITDA lift, deployment efficiency, customer acquisition cost reduction).
- **Culture**: “No Assholes Allowed” and “We Play to Win” – a high-performance, low-ego environment that attracts top talent. [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/careers)

## Strategic Focus
- **AI enablement**: Hiring a Chief of Staff – Strategy & AI Enablement and AI Product Leads, indicating a push to embed AI capabilities across client operations. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/projectaservicesgmbhcokg/jobs/8583403002)
- **Ecosystem expansion**: Building a network of portfolio companies and partners; the careers page lists “Ecosystem” roles alongside A11 internal roles. [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/careers)
- **Continued scaling**: Growing the team rapidly to meet demand from Europe’s tech unicorns.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Smart, humble people who back each other to win. Explicit “No Assholes Allowed” policy. High autonomy and ownership. [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/careers)
- **Impact**: Work directly with Europe’s most valuable startups and scale-ups (Trade Republic, Sennder, ARX) – your work drives real business outcomes.
- **Roles**: Diverse opportunities across engineering, data, product, sales, marketing, finance, and people ops – both in A11’s core team and within its client ecosystem.
- **Location**: Based in Berlin with additional offices in Düsseldorf and Bielefeld. Hybrid/office policy not explicitly stated, but roles are listed with city locations.
- **Engineering culture**: Strong emphasis on backend engineering, AI, and data; CTO and senior engineering roles available. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/projectaservicesgmbhcokg/jobs/8583403002)

## Sources
1. [a11.com](https://www.a11.com/) – Company overview and client case studies
2. [a11.com/careers](https://www.a11.com/careers) – Careers page with values and open roles
3. [theorg.com](https://theorg.com/org/a11) – Org chart and employee count
4. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/projectaservicesgmbhcokg/jobs/8583403002) – Job listings and role descriptions
5. [a11.com/imprint](https://www.a11.com/imprint) – Legal entity and founders

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