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# VP Engineering

- **Company:** Synagen GmbH
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Maintenance, Enterprise Software Applications, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Large Language Models, Backend, AI Platforms
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5888188333

## About the Role

What you'll bring

 * Experience building and leading engineering teams in a fast-moving product company.
 * A track record of taking products from prototype to production while scaling engineering teams, processes and technical foundations from early-stage through growth.
 * Strong engineering judgement across modern Python-based backend systems, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems and AI-enabled products.
 * Experience building and operating LLM or agentic systems in production, including evaluation, guardrails and failure handling.
 * You use modern AI coding tools as a core part of your engineering workflow and can effectively review and quality-control AI-generated code.
 * Evidence of making fast, high-quality decisions under ambiguity, including deciding what not to build.
 * Experience in healthcare, clinical workflows, FHIR, regulated or safety-critical software, or enterprise software deployments is a strong advantage, but not required.
 * Excellent written and spoken English. German is a plus, but not required.

## Description

As VP Engineering, you will build and lead the engineering organisation behind our AI platform. Your mandate is clear: turn product requirements and validated AI concepts into reliable, scalable and maintainable software. You will own engineering delivery, architecture, technical quality and engineering culture while remaining hands-on where it matters.

What you'll do

 * Build and lead the engineering organisation.
 * Own engineering delivery from architecture through production.
 * Turn product requirements into pragmatic technical designs and execution plans.
 * Raise the bar for quality, reliability, security and engineering excellence.
 * Stay hands-on through architecture, critical implementation and technical leadership.