Head of Engineering

Deel
Full Time Spain or Germany or United Kingdom or France or Portugal or Hungary or Netherlands or Italy Posted 1 week ago
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Job Overview

Lead the engineering organization responsible for end-to-end financial infrastructure, including payments orchestration, wallets, general ledger, treasury systems, billing, reconciliation, and compliance. This role intersects engineering, product, finance, and compliance, driving global scale and IPO-grade standards.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute technical strategy for financial infrastructure, building scalable, modular architecture across payments, ledger, treasury, and compliance.
  • Drive evolution toward real-time, event-driven financial systems.
  • Partner with Product, Finance, Treasury, and Compliance to deliver business outcomes.
  • Embed product thinking into engineering culture.
  • Drive clarity on priorities for what gets built, why, and in what order.
  • Design systems for high transaction volumes, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and scalability.

Qualifications

  • Experience leading engineering teams in fintech or financial infrastructure.
  • Strong background in payments, ledger systems, treasury, and compliance technologies.
  • Ability to partner across engineering, product, finance, and compliance functions.
  • Expertise in building scalable, real-time financial systems.