VP Engineering jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-29, Skillenai has indexed 14 job postings with the title “VP Engineering” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is fraud detection.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29
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Frequently asked questions about VP Engineering jobs
+How many VP Engineering jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 14 job postings with the title “VP Engineering” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29.
+What skills do VP Engineering jobs require?
Across VP Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, the skills mentioned most often are fraud detection, agentic AI, data architecture, real-time transaction monitoring, Staged rollout.
+Which cities are hiring the most VP Engineering?
As of 2026-10-29, VP Engineering postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Hyderabad, Berlin, Bellevue, Copenhagen, Stockholm.
+Is VP Engineering a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 14 VP Engineering postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. The skill mentioned most often in VP Engineering postings is fraud detection, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of VP Engineering?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed VP Engineering postings — last 90 days
Career paths through VP Engineering
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
4 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before VP Engineering
Roles after VP Engineering
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Engineering Manager | 9 |
| Before: VP Engineering (different employer) | 4 |
| Before: Director of Engineering | 4 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 2 |
| Before: Program Manager | 2 |
| Before: Director of Product Management | 1 |
| Before: System Administrator | 1 |
| After: Chief Technology Officer | 5 |
| After: Software Engineer | 5 |
| After: VP Engineering (different employer) | 4 |
| After: Engineering Manager | 2 |
| After: Operations Manager | 2 |
| After: Software Engineering Manager | 2 |
| After: Product Manager | 2 |
| After: Director of Engineering | 2 |
Skills most often required for VP Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| fraud detection | 11 | 78.6% |
| agentic AI | 10 | 71.4% |
| data architecture | 10 | 71.4% |
| real-time transaction monitoring | 10 | 71.4% |
| Staged rollout | 10 | 71.4% |
| production performance monitoring | 10 | 71.4% |
| Machine Learning | 10 | 71.4% |
| Sanctions Monitoring | 10 | 71.4% |
| Decision intelligence | 10 | 71.4% |
| Backtesting | 10 | 71.4% |
| shadow deployment | 10 | 71.4% |
| Decision Engine | 9 | 64.3% |
| ML engineering | 8 | 57.1% |
| data science | 8 | 57.1% |
| analytics engineering | 8 | 57.1% |
Top companies posting VP Engineering jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Tide | 7 |
| Careers at Nu | 3 |
| iSpot | 1 |
| Workatbackbase | 1 |
| Learnstorm | 1 |
| Shine (formerly Ageras) | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring VP Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad | 3 | 21.4% |
| Berlin | 2 | 14.3% |
| Bellevue | 1 | 7.1% |
| Copenhagen | 1 | 7.1% |
| Stockholm | 1 | 7.1% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, matching postings whose canonical role is “VP Engineering”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- VP Engineering
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-10-29
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