baupal GmbH is hiring a Head of Engineering to lead our technical vision and execution. In this role, you will build and lead a high-performance engineering team, own our product and solution architecture, and drive AI integration across our platform to accelerate innovation in the climate tech space.
What You'll Do
- Build and lead a high-performance engineering team that executes fast and collaborates cross-functionally.
- Own and evolve product and solution architecture with focus on delivery speed, product quality, and a modern, scalable tech stack.
- Drive the integration of AI across the platform to unlock new value and accelerate product innovation.
- Shape product decisions end-to-end and drive meaningful impact with room to experiment, iterate, and innovate.
- Define best-in-class engineering practices and translate the company’s tech vision into AI-enabled, execution-ready strategies.
- Champion a data-driven culture by unlocking data access, making insights actionable, and empowering decision-making.
- Stay hands-on: contribute to design, coding, and review cycles for existing and upcoming features.
- Continuously raise the bar on engineering performance by optimising workflows, sharpening processes, and coaching teams.
- Own tooling, metrics, and platforms to ensure world-class content quality, system reliability, and operational excellence.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams and delivering major projects.
- 5+ years experience in software development and distributed systems.
- Experience building, scaling, and operating data-intensive, scalable systems.
- Strong Golang skills.
- Solid TypeScript; Next.js.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform and code as infrastructure.
- Proficiency with relational and NoSQL databases and RDS environment (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
- Hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, EKS, VPC, EC2, SQS) and infrastructure setup/troubleshooting.
- Experience with service-to-service communication and event-driven architectures with EventBridge.
- High level of ownership and ability to drive the technical roadmap.
- Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and diagnostic skills.
- Commercial acumen, ability to go deep when needed while retaining breadth.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with Product and Business partners.
- Fluency in English.
Nice to Have
- Knowledge in gRPC.
- German language skills.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Golang, TypeScript
- Frameworks: Next.js
- Infrastructure: Terraform
- Databases: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB
- Cloud: AWS (IAM, EKS, VPC, EC2, SQS), EventBridge
Benefits & Compensation
- Attractive and competitive compensation package.
- Continuous learning & development: personal learning budget, mentoring, and internal growth opportunities.
- Flexible benefits tailored to your needs: Urban Sports Club membership, public transport ticket, daycare allowance, or similar.
- Office with a view over the Spree, plus all the perks you’d expect.
- Company pension scheme for long-term security.
- A vibrant team culture with regular events – from yoga to offsites.
baupal GmbH is an equal opportunity employer.