Head of Engineering

Accountabilities:

• Lead the engineering organization through a transformation toward cross-functional, outcome-driven collaboration and distributed ownership


• Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap in partnership with technical leaders and executive stakeholders


• Balance feature delivery, scalability, performance, and long-term technical sustainability, including the reduction of technical debt


• Promote and implement AI-native development practices, tooling, and automation to improve engineering efficiency and productivity


• Collaborate closely with Product and executive leadership to align technical priorities with business objectives and customer value


• Oversee platform scalability, system reliability, security, data privacy compliance, and seamless infrastructure evolution


• Mentor and empower engineering managers, tech leads, and developers to foster autonomy, accountability, and high performance


• Identify operational bottlenecks and improve engineering delivery processes, predictability, and execution velocity


• Support organizational growth by strengthening engineering culture, communication, and collaboration across distributed teams

Requirements

• Proven experience leading engineering teams within high-scale SaaS or technology-driven environments


• Strong technical credibility across modern web architectures, cloud infrastructure, and scalable systems


• Experience with technologies such as PHP/Laravel, Vue.js, and cloud-based environments is highly valued


• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and guide teams through transformation and process evolution


• Strong product-oriented mindset with the ability to prioritize engineering initiatives based on customer and business impact


• Experience implementing AI-driven tools, workflows, or engineering practices to improve development efficiency and innovation


• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills in remote or international team environments


• Strong understanding of software scalability, performance optimization, security, and data privacy standards such as GDPR


• Familiarity with SEO-related technologies, web crawling, indexing, or content analysis is considered a strong advantage


• Fluent English communication skills are required; German language skills are a plus

• Fully remote work environment with flexible working arrangements across Europe


• Optional access to office space in Nuremberg


• High level of autonomy and trust with minimal bureaucracy


• Opportunity to directly influence product strategy, engineering culture, and technical direction


• Access to a global network of SaaS founders, engineering leaders, and industry experts


• Career growth opportunities within a rapidly expanding SaaS ecosystem


• Collaborative, innovation-driven, and people-focused work culture


• Leadership role with strong visibility and meaningful impact on business growth and customer experience

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