Head of Engineering

About the role

As the Head of Engineering at IntellectEU, you will lead the engineering organization, shaping technical strategies and setting standards across the company. Your role combines leadership responsibilities with hands-on contributions, including system design and code review, particularly in digital assets and AI initiatives.

You will collaborate with various stakeholders to define technical solutions that align with business goals, while also managing engineering budgets and improving team productivity. The company values innovation and encourages a strong engineering culture focused on accountability and continuous learning.

Skills that matter here

• AWS: This role requires strong expertise in AWS, including managing multi-account organizations and ensuring cloud security.
• software engineering: Candidates must have over 10 years of software engineering experience, with a focus on hands-on technical contributions.
• cybersecurity: Experience in cybersecurity is essential for implementing security recommendations and managing compliance.
• compliance: Understanding compliance requirements is crucial for delivering engineering changes in a regulated environment.
• software architecture: The role involves designing scalable systems and establishing engineering standards.
• distributed systems: Experience with distributed systems is important for building robust and reliable applications.

Who this role suits

• A seasoned software engineer with a passion for leadership and a hands-on approach.
• Someone with a strong background in AWS and cybersecurity, who can translate complex security requirements into actionable engineering tasks.
• An innovative thinker who thrives in a collaborative and open work environment.
• A strategic communicator who can effectively manage stakeholders and technology budgets.

From the employer

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

• 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.