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Head of Engineering (m/w/d)

fully flexible

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Experience:

Senior (5-10 years)

Work from:

Germany

Offer summary

Qualifications:

8+ years of modern technology experience, 3+ years in managing engineering teams, Experience with GO on backend, JS/Next.js on frontend, preferable e-commerce or B2C products.

Key responsabilities:

Lead marketplace development, work closely with CEO and Product Lead
Translate product roadmap into scalable architecture, cultivate a customer-driven culture

velio mobility Startup https://www.velio.de/

11 - 50 Employees

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Job description

Our Mission

We are a young company with the vision to change the world for the better and to actively contribute to the mobility revolution and thus to a greener and sustainable world. Our mission is to revolutionise the bicycle market in a sustainable way and to rethink it with an innovative approach. We're building the leading marketplace to lift the inefficiencies of the market and create an outstanding digital ecosystem around premium (e-)bikes.

Sound interesting? Are you ready for your next challenge? If you're hands-on, with an entrepreneurial spirit, and driven by impact and ownership, keep reading!

Your profile

The role of Head of Engineering plays a key role in the development and growth of our company. You will be expected to actively contribute to the overall strategy of the company, in particular by setting the technical direction and scaling strategies for further growth on both the business and technology side. You would also be the day-to-day sparring partner of the CEO/founder and be responsible for the development of an Engineering strategy matching the business goals. Your role would have a strong focus on optimising product and software development processes. You will be responsible to lead and further grow the engineering team with and help them to effectively execute on the product timeline. The head of engineering is set to become the CTO of the company.

This role is fundamental to the success of the business and as such the new candidate will be able to make a significant and tangible impact on the business.

Responsibility

Envision, lead and drive the leading marketplace in the industry while building a great product that customer love
Partner with CEO and Lead of Product Management to define, prioritize and realize our product roadmap
Translate the product roadmap into a highly scalable and cost-efficient architecture leveraging modern technologies
Diving into coding and getting your hands dirty!
Manifest a product and customer driven culture in the company
Lead and enable a strong engineering team of backend and frontend developers to execute on the product roadmap through setting objectives, coaching, empowering, hiring and retaining talent

Requirements

8+ years of hands-on experience in modern technology with 3+ years in management of distributed engineering teams ideally in a high-growth company
Our tech stack is: GO on the backend, JS/Next.js on the frontend - all running on GCP. Proficiency in these languages is a huge plus.
You have worked on eCommerce, marketplaces or B2C Platform products before
Proficiency in understanding the requirements of building a product from scratch with a never-ending drive to build the better product
Ideally proven record of building marketplace and/or e-commerce products
Strong leadership expertise with the ability to attract, motivate, and hire a top level product team
Excellent communication skills in English

Why us?

(Almost) Convinced?

Exciting challenge with strong autonomy
The role is a part of the leadership team and the person will be reporting to our CEO.
Strong growth potential with a great team and the opportunity to form the company from scratch
Flexible working model (remote first)

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About us

With velio we are working hard to build a circular ecosystem around premium and e-bikes. Driven by the development of modern e-bikes, we believe it is time to make this sustainable mode of transport more accessible. Therefore, our basic principles are accessibility, sustainability and innovation - because there are no limits when you think beyond traditional boundaries!

We have set out to rethink the bicycle market. With velio, you have a partner at your side who accompanies you in every phase of your bike, from the purchase to the unforgettable moments to the sale. We focus on trust, safety and above all on you - because we want you to have more fun with your bike.Â