Head of Engineering – Ireland
This is a high‑impact leadership role within a fast‑scaling product organization that builds end‑to‑end platforms simplifying how digital products are created and shipped. You will lead a fully remote, globally distributed engineering team while remaining deeply hands‑on in architecture, coding, and technical problem‑solving. The role blends technical depth with strategic leadership, requiring you to shape engineering culture, delivery standards, and system robustness in a high‑velocity startup environment.
Accountabilities
Lead and shape the engineering function by defining technical direction, architecture decisions, team structure, and delivery standards, ensuring strong alignment with product and business priorities.
Contribute hands‑on to software development (approximately 30–40% coding time), primarily across TypeScript, Go, and related full‑stack technologies, while guiding technical execution across teams.
Own system architecture decisions, security, scalability, and compliance, acting as the final technical authority where needed and ensuring robust, production‑grade solutions.
Drive engineering excellence through hiring, mentoring, performance management, and developing engineers into strong individual contributors or future leaders.
Establish and continuously improve engineering processes, SDLC standards, AI adoption strategies, and automation practices to accelerate delivery and quality.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with executive leadership, product, customer success, and security teams to align priorities, resolve trade‑offs, and ensure customer impact.
Manage technical risk, vendor/tooling decisions, infrastructure costs, and operational efficiency while maintaining high standards of reliability and performance.
Requirements
8–12+ years in software engineering with significant hands‑on coding experience.
Proven experience leading engineering teams in startup or high‑growth environments.
Strong expertise in TypeScript, Go, and full‑stack development.
Experience designing scalable architectures and end‑to‑end SaaS systems.
Background in API design, distributed systems, or platform engineering.
Strong leadership, mentoring, and organizational development skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities in English.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution.
Benefits
Fully remote role with global flexibility and distributed team collaboration.
Competitive compensation aligned with experience and impact.
Discretionary paid time off to support work‑life balance.
Opportunity to work with modern technologies and shape core architecture decisions.
High ownership role with direct influence on product, engineering culture, and company direction.
Team retreats and opportunities for in‑person collaboration globally.
Flexible working environment focused on output, autonomy, and impact.
Access to co‑working options and preferred hardware setup support.
Equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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