Head of Product & Tech

LIBEEN Smart Housing; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 90.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading housing technology company in Madrid is seeking a Head of Product & Tech to define and execute their technology and product strategy. You will lead and mentor teams, craft a user-friendly product experience, and work alongside founders on scaling operations across Spain and Europe. This role is integral to transforming homeownership and offers a full-time contract with competitive salary and perks including private health insurance and phantom shares.

Servicios

Competitive salary (fixed + variable)

Phantom shares

Private health insurance

Flexible salary access

Direct work with founders

Formación

• 5+ years as Head of Tech, CTO, Tech Lead or similar leadership role.
• Experience in startups or scale-ups (proptech / fintech a plus).
• Strong experience in software architecture and system design.
• Ability to define product vision & turn it into a winning roadmap.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute Libeen’s entire technology and product strategy.
• Build and scale engineering + product teams.
• Ensure SmartHousing becomes a product people trust, love, and rely on.
• Align tech & product strategy with company OKRs.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Software architecture

User research

Data-informed decision-making

Communication

Herramientas

React

Node.js

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Descripción del empleo

Head of Product & Tech - LIBEEN

The way the world accesses services has changed — Uber, Glovo, Netflix… everything on-demand.

At Libeen , we’re doing the same for homeownership .

We’re redefining how an entire generation accesses housing with SmartHousing , our seamless model that turns rent into a real path to buying a home.

To take this revolution to the next level, we’re looking for a Head of Tech & Product who can build, scale, and lead the entire technology + product ecosystem that will power the future of homeownership in Europe.

If you’re ambitious, product-obsessed, and want to build something millions will use to escape the “rent trap”, let’s talk .

🎯 ROLE OBJECTIVE

As Head of Product & Tech , you will define and execute Libeen’s entire technology and product strategy.

You will build and scale our engineering + product teams, craft an exceptional end-to-end user experience, and ensure SmartHousing becomes a product people trust, love, and rely on.

You will work directly with the founders and play a key role in scaling Libeen across Spain and Europe.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Tech & Engineering Leadership

• Build, lead and mentor Libeen’s engineering team from zero → scale
• Own the full technical vision, architecture and long-term roadmap
• Design modern, scalable, AI-ready architecture (event-driven, microservices, modular)
• Implement engineering best practices for speed, security, performance & reliability
• Oversee DevOps, CI / CD, observability, cloud infrastructure & platform automation
• Attract, hire and retain top-tier engineering talent
• Ensure the platform scales as we reach thousands of users and transactions

Product Leadership

• Own the product vision : research → strategy → roadmap → execution
• Create a user-friendly, intuitive, lovable product experience
• Make SmartHousing feel premium, easy and transparent end-to-end
• Transform user insights and usage data into product decisions
• Build a frictionless journey from renting → saving → buying
• Lead Product, Design and Data to ship high-impact features, fast
• Use AI to automate processes, improve decisioning, and enhance UX
• Balance speed with product excellence (“build fast, learn smart”)
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Align tech & product strategy with SmartHousing 2030 and company OKRs
• Work hand-in-hand with Operations, Finance, Marketing & Sales
• Translate complex technical concepts into simple business language
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Drive prioritization, delivery and execution across the company

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

Professional Experience

• 5+ years as Head of Tech, CTO, Tech Lead or similar leadership role
• Experience in startups or scale-ups (proptech / fintech a plus)
• Proven ability to build and scale engineering + product teams
• Strong experience in software architecture and system design
• Frontend : React, Typescript
• Backend : Node.js, microservices, APIs
• Databases : SQL, NoSQL, event stores
• Cloud : AWS / GCP, Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience with CI / CD, DevOps, monitoring and reliability
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments

Tech & Product Skills

• Ability to define product vision & turn it into a winning roadmap
• Skilled in UX, user research, usability & product iteration
• Data-informed decision-making (analytics, experimentation, funnels)
• Experience building customer-facing digital products
• Strong product intuition + excellent engineering judgment

Soft Skills

• Leadership, empathy and communication
• High ownership and a "founder mindset"
• Bias to action, not endless planning
• Strategic vision + hands-on execution
• Ability to inspire and drive teams forward

Languages

• Fluent Spanish
• Fluent English

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience using AI / ML in products
• Data engineering / big data exposure
• TDD, DDD, Clean Architecture
• Experience scaling platforms from thousands → millions
• Thought leadership in tech or product

WHAT MAKES LIBEEN UNIQUE?

Access to homeownership is broken.

Young people need 15 years to save for a down payment.

The system doesn’t work — but SmartHousing does.

In the US this model has already taken off.

In Spain, Libeen is the only company solving this structural issue at scale.

At Libeen you will :

• Build a product that changes lives
• Work with top-tier institutional investors
• Join a mission that will transform Europe’s housing market
• Leave a real impact on millions of people, fast

WHAT WE OFFER

• Full-time contract with competitive salary (fixed + variable)
• Phantom shares
• Private health insurance
• Payflow (get your salary whenever you want)
• Direct work with founders
• Build Libeen’s platform from zero → large-scale European rollout