Head of Engineering

Redem; Linz; Hybrid; EUR 100 000 - 125 000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A fast-growing AI-powered SaaS company in Linz, Austria is seeking a senior engineering leader to oversee the tech function, ensuring high-quality software delivery. Candidates should have extensive experience in software engineering, strong leadership skills, and the ability to manage cloud infrastructure. The role offers a competitive salary, with remote work options available.

Qualifikationen

• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven leadership experience managing technology teams and strategic planning.
• Designed and managed cloud-native infrastructure on AWS.

Aufgaben

• Own architecture, delivery, and software quality.
• Design and evolve software architecture focusing on scalability and reliability.
• Build, lead, and coach the engineering team.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Software engineering

Cloud technologies

DevOps

Security

Communication skills in English

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field

Master’s degree

Tools

Vue.js

Node.js

MongoDB

Jobbeschreibung

Founded in 2020, ReDem is a fast-growing, AI-powered SaaS company tackling one of the biggest challenges in market research: survey fraud. Our AI-powered platform analyzes survey responses in real time to detect low-quality, AI-generated, and fraudulent data, ensuring that researchers make decisions based on clean, reliable insights.We’re looking for a senior engineering leader to own our tech function, bridge product and technology strategy with the CEO, and ensure high-quality delivery.

• Linz, Austria |Remote

Your Mission

• Own architecture, delivery, and software quality
• Shape the product roadmap together with the CEO and translate goals into tangible releases
• Lead and grow the engineering team – and contribute hands-on to key features

Your Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the software architecture with a focus on scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Ensure high-quality delivery from planning to operations, including retrospectives and postmortems
• Build, lead, and coach the engineering team; take ownership of recruiting and performance management
• Raise the bar for code quality through reviews, standards, testing, and CI/CD
• Co-own and execute the product strategy together with the CEO
• Champion AI-assisted, efficient coding practices and embed them in the team culture
• Build up security and compliance structures (target: ISMS based on ISO 27001)
• Work closely with selected customers for discovery and continuous feedback

What you will need

• Abachelor’s degreeincomputer science,software engineering, or arelated field.
• Amaster’s degreeis preferred but not required.
• At least 10years of experiencein softwareengineering.
• Proven leadership experience managingtechnology teamsand cross-functional projects, with a strong focus onstrategic planninganddecision-making.
• Designed and managed cloud-native infrastructure on AWS, integrating Azure-based OpenAI services and leveraging large language models (LLMs) for product innovation.
• Defined and implemented scalable data models in MongoDB to support rapid feature development and increasing customer demand.
• Strong technical knowledge insoftware development,cloud technologies,DevOps, andSecurity.
• Advocated and implemented modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development workflows, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Manage the allocation oftechnological resourcesand ensure that thecompany’s technologybudget is aligned with business priorities and resource availability.
• Excelled in stakeholder communication, ensuring transparency between engineering, product, and the CEO.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Previous Startup experience is a plus.

Does this sound like you

• You have a high degree of ownership in shaping technology, team, and product
• You like to work in a hybrid work set up (Linz office + remote)
• You are a team player and have strong communication skills
• You enjoy having direct impact on roadmap and customer value
• You are motivated by the option for company equity
• Vue.js
• Node.js
• MongoDB
• Location: Linz, Austria
• Company language: English
• Direct collaboration with the CEO and regular interaction with customers
• Start date: As soon as possible

Salary: Minimum gross salary according to the Austrian IT collective agreement: EUR 70,000 per year (full-time). Willingness to overpay depending on qualifications and experience.

Location: We look forward to welcoming you to our office in the beautiful city of Linz, Austria. However, remote work is also possible.

Application: Send your application documents including motivation, references and work experience to: [e-mail] .

Become a part of our Team! We look forward to hearing from you.

EUR 70,000 p.a., willingness to overpay depending on qualifications & experience.