Hilo by Aktiia is a venture-backed scale-up company developing tech to help people control their blood pressure. The VP of Software Engineering is responsible for building and maintaining a world-class, scalable, and secure software platform.
Requirements
- Define and own the software and data strategy, ensuring it enables business growth and supports multi-market operations.
- Build a future-proof architecture integrating mobile, e-commerce, CRM, and analytics environments in a unified system.
- Champion AI-driven operations and ensure scalable, cost-efficient technology development.
- Oversee all software technology (except firmware), including app development, backend, data infrastructure, website (Shopify e-commerce stack), and CRM integrations.
- Build and maintain a resilient, multilingual, multi-market infrastructure ensuring consistent performance across regions.
- Establish best practices in CI/CD, testing, versioning, and documentation.
- Ensure compliance, data protection, and information security across all systems.
- Design and implement a centralized data infrastructure that unifies data flows from app, CRM, marketing, and e-commerce systems.
- Build scalable data pipelines and analytics foundations that enable real-time decision-making.
- Oversee data governance and quality assurance, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and usability.
- Lead and develop the engineering team in Serbia (15 FTEs) through building trust, clarity and motivation – also manage external partners and freelancers across disciplines.
- Create a performance-driven culture based on clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Ensure delivery against key milestones, system uptime, and quality KPIs.
- Embed automation into all workflows — from deployment to monitoring to customer data processes.
- Identify and implement AI tools to enhance scalability, predictive capabilities, and operational speed.
- Ensure growth through intelligence, not headcount — scaling smartly through systems and technology.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Equity program
- Other benefits (depending on location)
