Chief Engineer, SaaS Platform & AI Transformation

Abacus Business Computer; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Abacus Business Computer (ABCPOS) seeks a hands-on Head of Engineering to lead the next stage of our engineering transformation. You will own the reliability, scalability, security, and architectural direction of our restaurant SaaS platform, including POS, payments, online ordering, and reporting.

You will mentor engineers, review designs, and collaborate with Product Management and Exec Leadership to modernize the stack and enable AI-enabled operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams in a SaaS environment.
• Experience building and scaling cloud-based software platforms.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, databases, and system architecture.
• Experience with AWS, containerized applications, CI/CD, monitoring, observability, and DevOps best practices.
• Experience leading engineering organizations through platform modernization and technical transformation.
• Strong communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with AI-assisted software development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability, scalability, security, and technical direction of the restaurant SaaS platform.
• Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and improve engineering discipline.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Executive Leadership to modernize the technology stack.
• Build high-performing teams and deliver reliable software powering mission-critical operations.
• Drive architectural decisions and incident response, including release management.

Skills

Leadership

SaaS

Distributed systems

APIs

Cloud (AWS)

CI/CD

DevOps

Team building

Architecture

Security

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE

Job description

Abacus Business Computer (ABCPOS) seeks a hands-on Head of Engineering to lead the next stage of our engineering transformation. You will own the reliability, scalability, security, and architectural direction of our restaurant SaaS platform, including POS, payments, online ordering, and reporting.

You will mentor engineers, review designs, and collaborate with Product Management and Exec Leadership to modernize the stack and enable AI-enabled operations.