Head of Engineering - Banking Alliance (m/f/x)

Scalable Capital; München; Vor Ort; EUR 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

International relocation

Work from abroad

Company pension

Education budget

German language classes

Urban Sports Club

Jobticket 50%

Zusammenfassung

Scalable Capital is seeking a senior engineering leader to translate business goals into scalable engineering priorities, partnering with Product, Design, and Data to shape roadmaps and drive execution. You will own delivery, reliability, and security of a complex technical ecosystem, while mentoring Engineering Managers and senior engineers to grow in their roles.

You will guide architecture, reduce dependencies, and enable scalable growth, balancing business impact with sound engineering

Qualifikationen

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Sciences, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven track record of leading and scaling engineering organizations, mentoring Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers.
• Passion for people management, coaching, and career development.
• Exceptional communication and analytical skills bridging technical and product domains.
• Hands-on experience in modern backend (Java, Kotlin) and/or frontend (React/JS).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, RESTful APIs, scalable cloud architectures, and reliable, secure systems.
• Experience with incident management, security, resilience, and change management in regulated environments.

Aufgaben

• Translate goals into engineering priorities, operating models, and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Data leaders to shape the roadmap and drive execution.
• Own delivery, quality, reliability, security, and long-term sustainability of the technical ecosystem.
• Guide architectural and organizational decisions to improve scalability and maintainability.
• Direct, mentor, and inspire a team of Engineering Managers and senior engineers.
• Surface risks, remove obstacles, and represent needs in senior leadership discussions.
• Foster ownership, transparency, continuous learning, and operational excellence.

Kenntnisse

People management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Architectural thinking

Distributed systems

Incident management

Security & compliance

Ausbildung

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Java

Kotlin

React/JS

Jobbeschreibung

Company Description

Scalable Capital is a leading digital investment and banking platform with a full banking licence, empowering people across Europe to shape their own finances. Scalable Broker makes it easy and affordable for clients to invest professionally in stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and derivatives, as well as set up savings plans. Scalable Wealth, the digital wealth management service, offers clients professional investment in ETF portfolios, and is also adopted as a white-label solution by banks and other B2B partners. The company’s offerings are rounded off by attractive interest rates, loans, and private equity. With the European Investor Exchange, Scalable Capital offers an exchange specifically for retail investors. Over one million clients have already entrusted more than €30 billion to the platform.

Founded in 2014, Scalable Capital now employs over 700 people across Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, and London. Together with the founding and management team, including Erik Podzuweit and Florian Prucker, they are working on a new generation of financial services.

Visit our finance blog or check out our Social Media channels to find out what our Expert Teams have to say.

Our Company Values guide us every day in how we work and collaborate. To learn more about them, you can find our values here (English).

Job Description

• Translate company and business goals into clear engineering priorities, operating models, and measurable outcomes for your teams
• Actively partner with Product, Design, and Data leadership to shape the roadmap, challenge trade-offs constructively, and drive execution across teams and departments
• Own the delivery, quality, reliability, security, and long-term sustainability of your technical ecosystem, ensuring teams balance business impact with sound engineering judgment
• Guide architectural and organisational decisions that improve scalability, maintainability, and team autonomy, while reducing unnecessary dependencies and enabling the organisation to scale effectively
• Direct, mentor, and inspire a team of Engineering Managers and senior engineers. Your success is measured by their growth, the strength of your leadership structure, and the autonomy of their teams
• Proactively surface risks, remove obstacles, resolve conflicts, and represent the needs, constraints, and opportunities of your area in senior leadership discussions
• Foster a culture of ownership, transparency, continuous learning, psychological safety, and operational excellence. Build an environment where high-performing teams thrive

Qualifications

• A university degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Sciences, or equivalent practical experience
• A proven track record of leading and scaling engineering organizations, directly mentoring Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers, and driving staffing, performance, and organizational planning
• A deep passion about people management, coaching, and career development. You take immense pride in building healthy, inclusive environments where engineers and managers can do the best work of their careers
• Exceptional communication and analytical skills in both the technical and product domains. You know how to translate technical realities into business impact, challenge trade-offs constructively, and align diverse stakeholders
• Deep architectural understanding rooted in hands-on past experience as a software engineer - specifically within modern backend (Java, Kotlin) and/or frontend (React/JS) ecosystems
• Profound understanding of distributed systems, RESTful API design, scalable cloud architectures, and the operational demands of reliable, secure, and maintainable systems
• Experience with incident management, security, resilience, and change management in a regulated environment is a strong plus. Background in financial services is an advantage

Additional Information

• Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
• Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual Education Budget
• Learn and experience German culture first hand by joining our free German language classes
• International relocation support is provided if required
• Opportunity to work from abroad
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package and from the company pension scheme
• Monthly contribution of 50% for the 'Deutschland Jobticket'
• Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker
• Enjoy flexible and discounted sports activities with Urban Sports Club