Head of Engineering/CTO (for our partner group)
WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON
- Define and execute a high-level structure of systems and software solutions that support the business and product goals.
- Ensure architectural decisions and solutions to support scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
- Evaluate and adopt appropriate technologies, frameworks, platforms, and tools.
- Ensure best engineering practices and design patterns.
- Ensure architectural and infrastructure decisions support scalability, security, and performance.
- Lead, mentor, and develop (through performance reviews) tech leads.
- Oversee the engineer and the engineer lead hiring/firing.
- Manage cybersecurity protocols in collaboration with DevOps, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
- Evaluate and negotiate with external vendors, suppliers, and service providers on IT tooling, subscriptions, etc.
- Act as a bridge between engineering teams and executive/business stakeholders.
- Manage helpdesk/support operations and internal IT services.
- Ensure uptime, reliability, and efficient incident response.
- Encourage technical experimentation and innovation across teams.
- Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
- Drive initiatives around automation, AI, and engineering process optimisation
- Design APIs and integration strategies between systems/services.
- Ensure smooth data flow across platforms.
- Establish coding, architectural, and infrastructure standards.
- Build and validate proof-of-concepts for new technologies or architectures.
- Mentor developers on architectural principles and practices.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE
- Proven experience as an engineering leader or lead architect over the past several years, preferably in a SaaS company.
- Wide technical expertise: algorithms, data structures, Linux, networking, security, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures, including inter-service protocols and distributed transactions.
- Familiar with PCI DSS compliance requirements and secure system design practices.
- Strong hands-on development background, especially with Go and other modern languages.
- Expert in architectural design for scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
- Skilled in technology selection, tooling, and platform integration.
- Strong grasp of software engineering best practices and architectural design patterns.
- Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and incident response best practices.
- Effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor senior engineers and tech leads.
WHAT WE OFFER
- An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market
- Career prospects - we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us
- Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business;
- Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews
- Hybrid type of work ( if you choose);
- 20 days of vacation time; Bank holidays; Sick leaves; Additional birthday day off;