Head of Software

TalentWay Consultancy; Fatih; On-site; TRY 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentWay Consultancy in Turkey seeks a Head of Software to lead its technology function in a senior, hands-on capacity reporting to the CEO. The role combines strategic technology ownership with direct execution, guiding architecture, processes, and an engineering team of 4–5 professionals.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in software engineering with startup/scale-up experience and strong cloud, security, and AI transformation knowledge.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Report directly to the CEO and act as technology leader within leadership team
• Translate product and business strategy into scalable technology roadmaps
• Own software architecture, engineering processes, technical strategy, and execution quality end-to-end
• Lead and scale the software development function with 4–5 people
• Lead backend, frontend, mobile, and DevOps delivery processes
• Mentor engineers and cross-functional contributors
• Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of roadmaps
• Design scalable, secure, reliable systems aligned with growth
• Drive SDLC, code quality, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and operational excellence
• Tackle complex technical challenges and critical production systems
• Support AI transformation across business units
• Maintain hands-on approach when needed for code review and architecture guidance

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hands-on coding

Stakeholder management

Cloud architecture (AWS)

CI/CD

AI transformation

English fluency

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

Job description

We’re partnering with a fast-scaling, technology-driven media financing platform that empowers content creators through tailored capital and global distribution solutions. Headquartered in Europe with a growing international presence, the company is on a mission to become a leading global media rights owner in the creator economy.

As the organization continues to scale, we are seeking a Head of Software to lead its technology function in Turkey. This is a senior, hands‑on leadership role reporting directly to the CEO, with close collaboration with the Head of Product and key business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will bring strong startup / scale-up experience, proven engineering leadership capability, and the ability to combine strategic technology ownership with hands‑on execution.

Responsibilities:

• Report directly to the CEO and act as the key technology leader within leadership team
• Work closely with the Head of Product to translate product and business strategy into scalable technology roadmaps
• Own software architecture, engineering processes, technical strategy, and execution quality end-to-end
• Lead and scale the software development function, managing a team of approximately 4–5 people
• Lead backend, frontend, mobile, and DevOps delivery processes across the company
• Mentor and support engineers, team leads, and cross-functional contributors
• Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of software roadmaps in line with business priorities
• Design scalable, secure, reliable, and high-performing systems aligned with company growth
• Drive best practices around SDLC, code quality, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and operational excellence
• Take ownership of complex technical challenges and critical production systems
• Support the company-wide AI transformation across different business units, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and decision-making through AI-enabled solutions
• Maintain a hands‑on approach when needed, including code review, technical problem-solving, and architecture guidance

Background:

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, including senior technical leadership roles
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams in production environments, ideally within startups or fast-scaling technology companies
• Experience managing small to mid-sized engineering teams and building high-performance engineering cultures
• Strong hands‑on technical capability, with the ability to code, review, challenge, and mentor senior engineers
• Experience owning backend, frontend, mobile, and DevOps backlogs
• Solid understanding of modern cloud systems and AWS serverless architectures, (Lambda and API Gateway)
• Strong understanding of scalable system design, software architecture, performance, reliability, and security
• Experience driving engineering best practices including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, incident management, and technical documentation
• Strong interest in AI-driven transformation and the ability to support business units in adopting AI tools and workflows
• Entrepreneurial, resilient, ownership-driven, and delivery-focused mindset
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-ownership environments
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams
• Fluency in English is required

Why Join?

• Direct impact on a global, technology-driven media financing platform
• Opportunity to shape software architecture, engineering culture, and the AI transformation agenda
• High ownership, real decision-making authority, and entrepreneurial working environment
• Opportunity to contribute to a fast-scaling company operating at the intersection of technology, media, and the creator economy