Head of Engineering & Platforms

thehivecareers.co; San Juan (PR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

The Head of Engineering at thehivecareers.co will lead the organization's software engineering and technology development, focusing on building, modernizing, scaling, and securing platforms across insurance and investments.

You will oversee enterprise apps, customer-facing platforms, APIs, data-intensive applications, and drive DevOps, SDLC governance, and architectural excellence while collaborating with executives.

Qualifications

• 12–18+ years in software engineering or platform engineering.
• 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Experience leading large, distributed teams and modernization programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the engineering strategy, roadmap, architecture, and delivery model.
• Lead software and platform engineering and technical delivery teams.
• Establish standards, development methodologies, and governance.
• Oversee architecture decisions, debt management and platform modernization.
• Drive cloud-native development, microservices, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation.
• Partner with CISO to embed security and secure coding practices.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy

Enterprise software

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Job description

The Head of Engineering at thehivecareers.co will lead the organization's software engineering and technology development, focusing on building, modernizing, scaling, and securing platforms across insurance and investments.

You will oversee enterprise apps, customer-facing platforms, APIs, data-intensive applications, and drive DevOps, SDLC governance, and architectural excellence while collaborating with executives.