Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering to lead our engineering organisation, own technical strategy, and make sure we deliver secure solutions across the company.

About intellecteu

• 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’s left untackled.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Depth in one area with real curiosity in the other is sufficient.
• Experience defining technology strategy, architecture roadmaps, and engineering standards aligned with business objectives.
• Experience scaling engineering organisations and managing technical debt.
• Excellent strategic thinking, communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills.
• 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.

Preferred

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Proven ability to manage technology budgets, cloud expenditure, vendor relationships, and technology investments.
• 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.