Head of Engineering

TL;DR

Head of Engineering (SaaS/Azure): Turn a strong group of engineers into a scalable engineering organization with an accent on people leadership, organizational structure, and delivery predictability. Focus on building leadership layers, setting standards for architecture/quality/reliability/security, and owning capacity planning/prioritization across multiple initiatives.

Location: Fully remote (team across 11 countries, HQ in Zurich, Switzerland)

Company

Founder-led SaaS company pioneering sustainable inflight service management to reduce food waste, fuel consumption, and CO₂ emissions in aviation.

What you will do

• Lead and scale the engineering organization focusing on people leadership, structure, and delivery predictability.
• Own engineering delivery including capacity planning, prioritization, roadmap feasibility, and dependency management.
• Manage and develop engineering leadership (Tech Leads, QA Leads) and evolve management/ownership models.
• Collaborate with Head of Technology, Product, and leadership to translate business priorities into engineering plans.
• Set standards for architecture, quality, reliability, security; ensure teams execute independently.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development; build capabilities in architecture/security/compliance/platform.

Requirements

• Min. English C1
• 8+ years in software engineering with hands-on building/operating production web-based systems.
• 4+ years in engineering leadership (e.g., Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering) with people/delivery/planning ownership.
• Strong delivery leadership in SaaS/product environments.
• Solid understanding of software architecture and Microsoft stack (Azure, .NET).
• Experience leading senior engineers/tech leads; working with founders/executives during scaling.
• Financial/headcount planning; strong communication; security fundamentals.

Nice to have

• Compliance/regulated environments (ISO 27001, SOC 2).
• CI/CD, infrastructure as code, data platforms.
• Frontend (Angular, TypeScript).
• B2B SaaS, remote-first teams, operationally intensive domains.
• AI tools for SDLC.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote with team members across 11 countries; 2 annual one-week team events.
• Dynamic culture celebrating creativity, collaboration, inclusion.
• Ongoing learning opportunities; continuous skill enhancement.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive environment.

Hiring process

• Recruiter Screen (45 mins).
• Interview with Hiring Manager (1 hour).
• Technical interview (1 hour).
• Management Leadership Interview (1 hour).
• Discussion with founder(s) and peer(s) (1 hour).