Head of Engineering, Field Verification (Fintech)

Location: Remote, Poland

Company

hirify.global is an African financial platform providing payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools for businesses and individuals.

What you will do

• Own the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Field Verification platform.
• Move the platform from keep-the-lights-on operation to prioritised product development.
• Lead and grow the cross-functional engineering team and build the organisation as scope expands.
• Build trip and route optimisation, task allocation, and capacity management for field officers.
• Own APIs, webhooks, and back-office tooling used by internal business units.
• Deliver a native mobile experience, auditable verification data, and a platform ready for multi-country expansion.

Requirements

• 10+ years of overall software engineering experience, including substantial hands-on production engineering and strong backend depth.
• At least 5 years of engineering leadership experience, including managing Engineering Managers.
• Hands-on experience across backend, web, and mobile engineering.
• Experience building platforms used by multiple user groups and internal business units.
• Strong backend experience with Java and Spring Boot.
• Ability to collaborate with Product and business stakeholders and translate operational requirements into engineering solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with location or geospatial data and map integrations.
• Experience with route, trip, or delivery optimisation.
• Experience building compliance-focused systems with structured, auditable data.
• Experience with identity, KYC, or verification platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Greenfield ownership of a platform that supports every hirify.global customer onboarding flow.
• Opportunity to shape hirify.global’s engineering presence in Poland.
• Broad technical scope spanning backend, web, mobile, location data, compliance, and operational optimisation.
• Leadership expectations include customer obsession, craft, systemisation, urgency, ownership, candour, and integrity.

Hiring process

• Preliminary recruiter phone call.
• High-level system design, panel, stakeholder management, and technical interviews.
• Final technical and culture fit interview with the Co-founder and Group CTO.