Head of Engineering

IntellectEU; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

IntellectEU is seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to lead our engineering organisation, own technical strategy, and deliver secure solutions. This player-coach role requires guiding engineers while contributing hands-on code and system design across the company.

You will collaborate with the Head of Security to implement recommendations across a multi-account AWS setup, manage budgets, and drive architectural excellence in fintech/digital assets and AI initiatives. Hybrid in Miami.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in senior technical leadership.
• Hands-on contributor who designs systems and reviews code alongside teams.
• Proven experience leading Engineering Managers and multiple engineering teams.
• Strong AWS expertise including multi-account organisations, IaC, and cloud security.
• Experience aligning technology with security requirements and audits.
• Experience building production systems in digital assets or AI, ideally both.
• Strong software architecture, microservices, and disaster recovery skills.
• Experience in fintech or regulated platforms is a plus.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, cloud spend, vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering organisation, set technical strategy, and establish standards across the company.
• Act as a hands-on contributor: design systems, write/review code, and unblock delivery.
• Partner with Security to implement recommendations across AWS infrastructure and ensure timely delivery.
• Own AWS cloud infrastructure: architecture, reliability, cost, and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with Product, Architects, and stakeholders to define technical solutions.
• Manage engineering budgets and vendor relationships, balancing trade-offs.
• Improve processes, reduce technical debt, and boost team productivity.
• Hire, onboard, and develop Engineering Managers and Architects.
• Foster an engineering culture of accountability, collaboration, quality, and learning.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Hands-on coding

Team building

Budget management

Tools

AWS multi-account

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud security

Security compliance (SOC 2 / ISO 27001)

Blockchain / AI experience

Distributed systems

Job description

IntellectEU is an international technology company focused on digital finance and emerging technologies. We are committed to our people and believe in building a better future with the newest of the newest technologies. Giving young people and industry veterans a growing ground to play, launch ideas & work very closely with our clients. With our hands-on experience in both technical and capital markets, there's no challenge that is left untackled.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Engineering to lead our engineering organisation, own technical strategy, and make sure we deliver secure solutions across the company. This is a player-coach role: you lead engineering company-wide and you also work as a hands-on contributor, designing systems and writing code alongside the team.

You will also work side by side with our Head of Security and security team. They define security requirements and recommendations. You hold the authority and accountability to implement them across our infrastructure, primarily our multi-account AWS organisation, and to make sure they are delivered on time. The ideal candidate leads engineers and engineering managers, writes and reviews code and designs systems themselves, and is comfortable making trade-offs across teams, budgets, and risk.
Location: Miami, USA (hybrid)

Responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering organisation, own technical strategy, and set engineering standards and best practices across the company.
• Act as a hands-on technical contributor and architect: design systems, write and review code, and unblock delivery on digital assets and AI initiatives.
• Partner with the Head of Security and security team, and own the implementation of their recommendations across our infrastructure, primarily our multi-account AWS organisation. This includes prioritising the work, directing engineering and DevOps teams, and holding the authority to make the changes.
• Own cloud infrastructure and operations on AWS: architecture, reliability, cost, disaster recovery, and operational readiness, including incident investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Work with Product Managers, Architects, and stakeholders to define technical solutions and delivery priorities that match business objectives and customer needs.
• Manage engineering budgets, cloud expenditure, and vendor relationships, and make clear trade-offs across teams.
• Improve engineering processes, team productivity, and software quality, and manage technical debt.
• Hire, onboard, and develop engineering talent, including Engineering Managers and Architects.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on accountability, collaboration, quality, and continuous learning.

Requirements:

Must have

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in senior technical leadership roles.
• Hands-on technical depth: you still design systems and write or review code, and you are happy to work as an individual contributor alongside the team.
• Proven experience leading Engineering Managers, Architects, and multiple engineering teams.
• Strong experience with AWS, including multi-account organisations, infrastructure as code, networking, identity and access management, and cloud security.
• Experience working with a security team and turning security requirements and audit findings into delivered engineering changes, with strong knowledge of cybersecurity, compliance, risk management, and data protection.
• Experience building production systems in digital assets (blockchain, DLT, tokenisation, custody, wallets) or in AI (machine learning, LLM-based applications), ideally both. Depth in one area with real curiosity in the other is sufficient.
• Strong expertise in software architecture, system design, microservices, distributed systems, scalable SaaS platforms, and disaster recovery.
• Experience in fintech or financial services, or other regulated platforms.
• Experience defining technology strategy, architecture roadmaps, and engineering standards aligned with business objectives.
• Proven ability to manage technology budgets, cloud expenditure, vendor relationships, and technology investments.
• Experience scaling engineering organisations and managing technical debt.
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with financial infrastructure companies, such as payment, messaging, or banking technology providers, and an understanding of how they operate.
• Experience with payments, SWIFT financial messaging standards and infrastructure, or banking integrations.
• Experience with financial services compliance and regulatory frameworks (for example SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar).
• Experience with both digital assets and AI, or experience applying AI in financial services.

We guarantee:

• International experience in a stable company: the company has offices in Miami, Antwerp, Leuven, Lisbon, Krakow, Kyiv, New York and operates on the market for over 15 years.
• Passionate team in an innovative casual, positive, and open work environment ready to meet your new ideas.
• Great opportunities for personal and professional development as well as the chance to change the way the business works in the financial world.