We are looking for an experienced and strategic Head of Engineering to lead the technology and engineering organization, a fintech company focused on delivering digital financial solutions.
The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the engineering strategy, overseeing the development of scalable and secure technology platforms, and ensuring the reliability and performance of the company's products and services.
This role requires a strong combination of technical leadership, fintech domain expertise, and the ability to translate business objectives into effective technology solutions. Experience in Fintech, particularly Supply Chain Financing (SCF), is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
1. Engineering Leadership & Strategy
- Define and execute the overall engineering strategy and technology roadmap in alignment with business objectives.
- Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams across software development, architecture, DevOps, and quality assurance.
- Establish engineering best practices, development standards, and technical governance.
- Drive a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
2. Technology Architecture & Platform Development
- Oversee the design, development, and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance technology platforms.
- Ensure system architecture supports business growth, transaction scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Drive the development and integration of APIs, microservices, and enterprise systems.
- Ensure platform reliability, system availability, and disaster recovery readiness.
3. Product & Business Collaboration
- Work closely with Product, Business, Risk, and Operations teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Support the development and enhancement of fintech products and digital financial services.
- Drive technology initiatives that improve customer experience, operational efficiency, and business scalability.
- Provide technical insights and recommendations to senior management.
4. Security, Compliance & Operational Excellence
- Ensure technology platforms adhere to security standards, data protection requirements, and applicable financial industry regulations.
- Oversee engineering operations, system monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure optimization.
- Establish robust software testing, deployment, and release management processes.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 10–15 years of experience in technology and software engineering, with at least 5 years in senior engineering leadership roles.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams and managing end-to-end technology development.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, cloud infrastructure, APIs, microservices, and database management.
- Experience building and scaling technology platforms within the fintech, banking, digital lending, or financial services industry.
- Strong stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and leadership capabilities.
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience in Fintech Supply Chain Financing (SCF) is strongly preferred.
- Experience developing or managing platforms related to supply chain finance, invoice financing, purchase order financing, distributor financing, or working capital solutions.
- Understanding of lending workflows, credit assessment, disbursement, repayment, and financial transaction processing.
- Experience integrating with banks, financial institutions, payment gateways, and third-party financial service providers.
- Experience scaling fintech platforms with high transaction volumes and complex financial workflows.
Key Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a technology leader who has successfully built and scaled engineering teams and fintech platforms, ideally with direct exposure to Supply Chain Financing (SCF) business models.
Candidates from the following backgrounds are particularly relevant:
- Supply Chain Financing / Embedded Finance
- Banking Technology
- Invoice Financing / Working Capital Financing