Leuven (BE) Hybrid Employment

Guardsquare is hiring a VP Engineering

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow a research and development team of over 100 engineers
  • Align multiple engineering teams and drive consistent delivery across functions
  • Guide product discovery while maintaining space for creative innovation
  • Design the engineering function to support global scaling and future growth
  • Develop scalable organizational models without sacrificing creativity
  • Act as an on-site leader who energizes engineers and sustains high team motivation
  • Promote a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and fast execution
  • Lead with clear direction and hands-on involvement when critical issues arise
  • Transform R&D into well-structured, ownership-driven engineering units focused on complex product development
  • Drive recruitment, professional development, and the integration of acquired teams
  • Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality products with reliable release cycles
  • Advance a unified platform strategy covering security, testing, threat intelligence, and attestation
  • Maintain strong technical expertise and guide the practical use of modern development tools, including AI-powered solutions
  • Collaborate closely with the CTO to shape processes and turn strategic goals into operational plans

Benefits

  • Full-time position with a competitive compensation package
  • Access to tools and flexibility that support personal and professional development
  • International workplace with diverse, motivated colleagues from various cultural backgrounds
  • Environment that encourages sharing and implementing new ideas
  • Hybrid work model designed to support work-life balance

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Team of 100 engineers organized within an R&D structure, with primary hubs in Leuven and Munich, and additional teams across Europe

Diversity & Inclusion

Global and multicultural workforce representing a wide range of nationalities

Culture & Collaboration

Supports open communication, active collaboration, and continuous learning and growth

About company
Guardsquare

We’re a team of passionate developers dedicated to making the future of mobile secure. We’ve had the privilege of developing and supporting a suite of mobile app security solutions for businesses across industries, ranging from financial services to e-commerce, gaming and media.

Beginning with our open-source mobile app shrinker, ProGuard, Guardsquare has remained dedicated to providing a much-needed service for the mobile app industry — security. Today, mobile app security has grown more sophisticated, but so have the security threats; that’s why Guardsquare is advancing cutting-edge work in mobile app security.

Guardsquare’s products incorporate the full spectrum of mobile app security technology, including multiple layers of protection, automatically injected RASP checks, and polymorphic protection that changes with each build to defend against reverse engineering and tampering.

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