Head of Engineering

We're looking for a Head of Engineering to join our fast-growing startup!

As Head of Engineering, you will build and grow a high-impact team-recruiting, mentoring, and managing our ten engineers as we expand. You'll lead from the front as a technical leader who codes, reviewing PRs, and diving deep into architecture, while also building and nurturing a high-impact engineering team of around 10 engineers. You'll collaborate closely with the Director of Product & Technology, acting as their right hand in transforming business needs into scalable, high-quality technology.

Responsabilities:

• Grow and lead a high-performing team of 10 engineers.
• Provide 1:1 coaching and support career development across the team.
• Set and uphold high standards for ownership, commitment, and impact.
• Leverage AI tools and practices to boost team productivity and scalability.
• Write production-level code and actively participate in development tasks.
• Review pull requests, contribute to key modules, and debug complex issues.
• Promote a strong engineering culture focused on quality, velocity, and impact.
• Design, implement, and optimize scalable and reliable system architecture.
• Evaluate trade-offs and select appropriate frameworks and technologies.
• Ensure architectural decisions align with business goals.
• Implement monitoring, incident response processes, and blameless post-mortems.
• Ensure data security and privacy best practices are followed.
• Align engineering roadmap with business goals in partnership with Product leadership.
• Own and manage engineering budget, vendor relationships, and headcount planning.
• Balance team growth with operational discipline and startup efficiency.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• Proven track record of managing and scaling engineering teams effectively.
• Previous experience in a startup, scale-up, or relevant side projects is a strong plus.
• Hands-on background in code contributions, architectural design, and solving technical challenges.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure operations and CI/CD automation.
• Solid understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements.
• Strong technical background (Node.js and AWS).
• Strong product mindset with a focus on delivery and outcomes.
• Action-oriented with the ability to ship quickly without compromising quality.
• Experience defining and tracking engineering KPIs.
• Familiarity with monitoring, incident management, and operational excellence.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with product, design, and analytics stakeholders.
• Passion for fostering a culture of learning, ownership, and continuous improvement.

What do we offer?

• Autonomy to shape processes, culture, and the future roadmap.
• Many opportunities to keep building the Product and Tech in the coming years.
• Build end-to-end solutions on Flutter, Node.js, and a modern serverless AWS data platform.
• Balance focused office days in Barcelona or Madrid with remote work.
• Salary base: €70.000 - €90.000, with equity participation.
• Flexible compensation.