VP of Engineering

ABOUT DASH0

Join Dash0 and help us define the future of observability. We are OpenTelemetry-native, building a delightful, simple, and AI-centric platform that eliminates vendor lock-in and meaningless toil. Shape a product that developers love—all with transparent pricing and cost-control built in.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We're looking for a VP of Engineering to lead and scale our engineering organization. Reporting to the CTO, you'll be responsible for our Directors of Engineering, Engineering Managers, and the teams they lead. This is a cross-cutting leadership role spanning all of engineering.

This is a leadership-focused position. While deep technical expertise is essential for engaging with staff engineers and technical decision-making, the role emphasizes people leadership, organizational design, and delivery excellence over hands-on contribution.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Lead, mentor, and grow a distributed engineering organization across Europe

- Partner with the CTO, Head of Platform, and other leaders to align engineering efforts with company strategy

- Collaborate closely with Product to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and delivery

- Scale the team thoughtfully: Hiring, onboarding, and developing engineering talent

- Establish and refine engineering processes that support a growing organization without creating unnecessary overhead

- Bring structure and clarity to task tracking, planning, and delivery mechanisms

- Continuously improve delivery velocity and predictability across teams

- Foster a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in a remote-first environment

WHO YOU ARE

- Significant experience leading engineering organizations of similar or larger scale

- A track record of scaling teams and establishing effective processes during growth phases

- Solid experience partnering with Product organizations—keeping projects on track and maintaining strong cross-functional alignment

- Strong experience in the developer tooling space (observability experience is a plus)

- Deep technical background: You can engage with staff engineers on architecture and technical trade-offs as a peer (our stack includes OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse, Kafka, and Kubernetes)

- Experience with structured delivery practices and the judgment to apply them pragmatically

- Excellent communication and the ability to build trust across a distributed, remote team

- Based in Europe with the ability to collaborate across European time zones

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING AT DASH0

- Competitive salary

- Equity participation

- Collaborative and supportive team culture