Head of Engineering, Platform
UpvestInvestment Infrastructure company
Berlin, GermanyDirector
Sapphire Ventures
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BlackRock
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Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead the Platform Tribe to build a securities platform for financial institutions.
- •We are looking for a full-time Head of Engineering to help us build a securities Platform for financial institutions, the first API of that kind in Europe.
- •You will lead the Platform Tribe, which comprises three teams responsible for critical domains such as Infrastructure, Reliability and Development Tooling and shared libraries.
- •Key Responsibilities Own and shape the tribe's roadmap with real autonomy over what we build and why.
- •Partner closely with product tribes to understand their needs and translate them into platform priorities.
- •Work with modern tools and technologies, with real influence over our technical direction and stack.
- •Directly influence the reliability, velocity, and quality of every product we ship.
- •Requirements Ability to bridge strategic "why" with engineering solutions, demonstrating a strong product engineering mindset.
- •Strong interest in Upvest's product domains and a proactive desire to understand business use cases.
- •Experience in leading and growing larger engineering teams in a technical leadership capacity.
- •Prior experience within the Fintech domain.
- •Strong technical expertise in developing highly scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and resilient platforms.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementMicroservicesCI/CDTerraformREST APIOpenAPIgRPCTechnical Leadership
Domain expertise
fintechdeveloper-tools
Benefits & perks
Equity, Remote work, Professional coaching, Sabbatical, Development budget, Team celebrations, Sports benefits, AI tools budget
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoRustReactNode.jsMicroservicesAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformDockerKubernetesCI/CDREST APIgRPCOpenAPI