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VP of Engineering | B2B SaaS Portfolio Company

Peak Xv Partners

Peak Xv Partners

Software Engineering
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Posted on Jan 22, 2026

One of our B2B SaaS portfolio companies building a no-code platform is looking for a VP of Engineering to join the business, help them build their entire technology infrastructure, and join them on their 1 to 10 journey.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical vision and roadmap for the next 18-24 months, balancing innovation with pragmatic debt paydown
  • Adopt & champion an AI-first product and engineering culture
  • Design, grow and scale the engineering org to align with product strategy while managing technical dependencies
  • Own engineering delivery - ensure we ship what we commit to, when we commit to it and do so with a high bar for quality, velocity and reliability
  • Establish engineering processes, technical standard and practices that create predictability without bureaucracy, high quality outputs & scale with the org as we grow
  • Drive operational excellence: uptime, performance, security, and scalability of production systems
  • Bring on world-class talent and foster an engineering culture that attracts and retains top talent across distributed teams (Australia, SEA)

Requirements

  • 10+ years in engineering including senior leadership roles
  • Scaled a Series A/B SaaS startup as a VP/Head of Engineering from around 20-30 engineers to 60-100 engineers
  • You have experience building AI-first products & AI-first teams
  • Experience building or scaling distributed/remote engineering teams, ideally across time zones
  • You understand modern infrastructure (cloud, containerization, CI/CD, observability) deeply enough to make good decisions
  • Someone who is passionate about the startup ecosystem