Hybrid Head of Engineering

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About the role

  • Head of Engineering for a PE-backed GovTech SaaS company in the US. Leading engineering execution, technical architecture, and cloud infrastructure across a mission-critical SaaS platform.

Responsibilities

  • Own engineering execution, technical architecture, and cloud infrastructure across a mission-critical SaaS platform
  • Lead and mentor a team of ~6 full-stack engineers plus a BA/Product Manager
  • Serve as the senior technical decision-maker across architecture and platform direction
  • Own cloud infrastructure and application reliability (Azure)
  • Drive ongoing modernization, including migration from legacy Perl to .NET
  • Balance technical debt reduction with new feature delivery
  • Partner closely with executive leadership on prioritization, roadmap tradeoffs, and exit readiness
  • Evaluate emerging technologies (including AI) in a regulated, sensitive-data environment

Requirements

  • Proven engineering leadership experience (Director, VP, or equivalent)
  • Strong systems-level and architectural thinking
  • Experience owning cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred)
  • SaaS product development background
  • Comfort leading teams through legacy-to-modern transitions
  • Ability to scope work, prioritize effectively, and make pragmatic tradeoffs
  • Experience in regulated or compliance-driven software (GovTech, GRC, cybersecurity, healthcare, fintech) is a strong plus
  • Product-minded approach to engineering leadership
  • API and systems integration experience
  • Curiosity about applied AI in secure environments

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity package
  • Clear career acceleration opportunity

Job title

Head of Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$200,000 - $250,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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