Head of Engineering

Role Overview We at viamagus are looking for an experienced and visionary Head of Engineerin g to lead, scale, and inspire our growing technology team. In this pivotal role, you will define the company's technical strategy and engineering roadmap, working closely with founders and senior stakeholders to build a worldclass engineering culture that delivers highimpact products and services. This is a handson leadership position where you will ensure engineering excellence, drive fast iteration, and build scalable system s in a cloudfirst environment. If you are passionate about architecting robust solutions, mentoring teams, and balancing product innovation with service delivery, we want to hear from you . Key Responsibiliti es Technical Strategy & Execution Define and drive the overall technology vision and roadmap. Establish engineering processes that enable rapid, highquality release cycles and continuous improvement. Champion modern best practices and foster a culture of innovation and experimentation. Architecture & Scalability Lead architectural design reviews to ensure systems are scalable, secure, and maintainable. Provide handson technical guidance on key design decisions, code reviews, and infrastructure choices. Oversee cloud deployment strategies, performance tuning, and cost optimization. Team Leadership & Development Hire, mentor, and retain top engineering talent, building a highperformance culture of ownership and collaboration. Develop engineers and future leaders through coaching, feedback, and clear growth paths. Cultivate an inclusive environment that values continuous learning and knowledge sharing. CrossFunctional Collaboration Partner with Product, Design, QA, and Delivery teams to translate business requirements into a robust technical solutions. Align engineering initiatives with broader company goals and client commitments. Act as a technical representative in stakeholder meetings, customer pitches, and due diligence calls. Delivery & Operational Excellence Own endtoend execution of engineering projects, ensuring ontime and onbudget delivery. Define and uphold standards for code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, and documentation. Lead incident management and rootcause analysis for critical issues, driving continuous reliability improvements. Product Lifecycle Ownership Guide the team through the full product lifecycle—from concept and design to deployment and production support. Ensure clear technical documentation, timely progress updates, and smooth handovers across all stages. Measure and improve postlaunch success through observability, user feedback, and iterative enhancement s. MustHave Qualifications 5–10 ye ars of software engineering experience, including several years in senior leadership (Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, or similar). Proven track record of building multiple applications from scratch to product ion, including postlaunch scaling and hardening. Deep expertise in at least 2-3 of our core technologie s (Node.js, React/React Native, Python, My SQL) and solid competence in the rest. Handson experience designing and deployi ng cloudbased, scalable architectu res (AWS or Azure) with strong knowledge of networking, security, CI/CD, container runtimes, and cost optimization. Strong command of microservices, domaindriven design, event sourcing, caching layers, and data model ing Proficiency with observability and APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and the ability to turn metrics into actionable improvements. Exceptional troubleshooting skills—comfortable diving into performance profiles, memory leaks, and distributedsystem edge cases. Excellent written and verbal communication; able to align executives, engineers, and clients around a shared technical vision. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferre d). GoodtoHave / Bonus Sk ills Prior experience build ing agentic or AIdriven prod ucts (LLM orchestration, vector databases, RAG pipelines). Handson knowledge of mobile C I/CD (Fastlane, EAS) and appstore delivery workflows. Familiarity w ith infrastructureas code (Terraform, Pulumi) and policyas code (OPA, Sentinel). Exposure to datastreaming tech (Kafka, Pulsar) and realtime protocols (WebSockets, MQTT). Experience guiding organizations thro ugh security/compli ance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001). Contributions to opensource projects, tech conferences, or developer communit ies. Technical Stack & Tools Bac kend: Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript) and Python for APIs and services (Express, NestJS, Django, Fl ask). Fron tend: React.js for web and React N ative for mobile; state management via Redux or Context API. Data base: RDS Databases Mysql, MsSql, PostgreSQL; familiarity with NoSQL stores (e.g., MongoDB) and ORM/ODM frameworks is a plus. Cloud & De vOps: AWS/Azure/GCP infrastructure, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions). Monitoring with Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar.