Head of Engineering

Lead engineering delivery across architecture, quality, velocity, and reliability while scaling the team from 8 to approximately 30 engineers. Hire and onboard engineers, design the organization and processes, establish AI-enabled workflows, remain hands-on with code and architecture, and work with founders on technical, infrastructure, product, and regulatory decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering delivery across architecture, quality, velocity, and reliability
• Triple the engineering team within a year
• Source, close, and onboard top-tier engineers
• Design team structure, ownership models, incident management, and security and compliance processes
• Set AI tooling, workflows, and engineering standards
• Write code, review pull requests, make architecture decisions, and unblock the team
• Work with founders on technical strategy, build-versus-buy decisions, and infrastructure and regulatory choices

Requirements

• Track record leading a team of 20 or more top-tier engineers
• Experience at an A+ startup or scale-up during rapid growth
• Practical AI-first approach to engineering processes, delivery, and organizational vision
• Hands-on coding, pull request review, and architecture experience
• Product-oriented mindset
• Exceptional hiring ability
• Fintech or regulated-domain experience is desirable
• Experience with financial infrastructure at scale is desirable
• Familiarity with Paris or London engineering talent markets is desirable

Benefits

• Stock options
• Remote work up to 2 days per week and one full remote week per month
• Health insurance 100% covered by Spiko
• Monthly budget for perks
• 50% of public transport pass covered or Forfait Mobilités Durables
• Referral bonus
• Regular afterworks and biannual offsites
• Latest-generation laptops and industry-leading software