Head of Product & Engineering

Solaris, a leading technology company, as the Head of Product & Engineering. In this dual-domain leadership role, you will drive our Product Foundations and Business Enablement initiatives, overseeing both the product vision and engineering delivery for foundational capabilities. You will lead and mentor teams of Product Managers and Software Engineers, ensuring high performance and engineering excellence. Additionally, you will oversee the development and scaling of critical technical capabilities, manage developer productivity tools, and drive internal automation to support and scale various business units.

Have proven experience as a senior engineering leader with hands-on architectural experience in distributed systems, microservices, and Core APIs

Depending on your level of experience, your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We don’t care much about fancy titles, but rather about real personal and professional development, as laid out in our learning framework. Let’s figure together out how you can contribute to our team

Responsibilities

• Driving Product Foundations and Business Enablement initiatives, owning the product vision and engineering delivery for foundational capabilities.
• Overseeing the development and scaling of critical technical capabilities, ensuring high availability, security, and low latency.
• Leading and mentoring teams composed of both Product Managers and Software Engineers, fostering a culture of high performance and engineering excellence.
• Track record of designing workflow systems and automation frameworks that streamline business operations
• Comfortable working with AI tools, thinking critically about AI outputs, and contributing to a culture of responsible AI use. We expect you to demonstrate comfort with AI-assisted workflows and a willingness to continuously develop their AI capabilities as the technology evolves

Requirements

• Demonstrated success in product leadership, specifically managing internal platforms, developer tools, or highly technical API-as-a-Product offerings
• Experience implementing and managing internal developer portals (like Spotify's Backstage) and a deep empathy for the developer journey
• 3+ years of experience leading product and engineering organisation
• Have successfully scaled both technology platforms and the organizational structures that support them in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment
• Strong understanding of IAM, authentication flows (OAuth, OIDC), API gateways/proxies, webhook infrastructure, and SRE best practices
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical business stakeholders, and vice versa

Pay

EUR 120,000 - 140,000

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate, studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately, many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria

So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single item in the job description, please contact us anyway. We'd love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us