Head of Engineering

The Role:

You are equally comfortable reviewing a pull request and defining a quarterly roadmap. You will be hands-on in the codebase while building and coaching a small, high-output team. You are comfortable taking a one line requirement and developing it into a full implementation. You are comfortable working with a distributed engineering and product team that will necessitate early morning and late night calls.

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a team of ~4 engineers in Austin — hiring, coaching, and setting the technical bar

• Manage the overseas security, devops, and production support teams

• Be ready to dig into the codebase, unblock engineers, and ship code yourself

• Own architecture decisions across Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, and open source CRM

• Drive high-volume ACH processing reliability, virtual account ledgering, reconciliation integrity, and NACHA/SOC 2 compliance

• Build CI/CD pipelines and self-serve deployment workflows — make releasing a non-event

• Establish TDD, peer review, and modern engineering standards from day one

• Lead by example with AI coding tools — Claude, Copilot, Cursor — and embed them into team culture

• Represent engineering in customer and sales conversations

• Earn the trust of senior engineers by reading, challenging, and reviewing production code credibly

• Operate with seriousness about reliability — in a payment processing environment, uptime and accuracy are not negotiable

Requirements:

Must Have:

• 10+ years engineering experience, 3–5+ years hands-on leadership

• Deep ACH processing and fintech platform experience

• Strong Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, REST API, and AWS proficiency

• Proven 0-to-1 startup experience — you have shipped a product from scratch

• CI/CD, TDD, and modern engineering practices in production

• Practical knowledge of US fintech compliance obligations — NACHA, PCI DSS, GLBA, BSA/AML, and SOC 2 Type II

• AI-native — you actively use AI tools daily, not occasionally

Strong Plus:

• Twenty CRM or open-source CRM experience

• Offshore team management experience

• Wire, debit card, and real-time payment rail experience beyond ACH