Head Of Engineering (f/m/x)

About topi 

topi is creating the tech infrastructure that will allow any retailer or manufacturer to offer Hardware-as-a-Service to business customers. We are a Berlin-based Fintech startup, founded in 2021 by Charlotte Pallua and Estelle Merle and we have raised close to USD 50m to date. Our Series A financing round in Summer 2022 was co-led by Index Ventures (invested e.g. in Robinhood, Slack, Figma, Notion) and Creandum (invested e.g. in Spotify, Klarna, Trade Republic) with further participation of Silicon Valley-based TriplePoint Capital. Find more information about us in this TechCrunch article. 

You can find out more about the team and all things topi on our LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram pages.

🔥The Role 

As Head of Engineering (f/m/x), you lead our talented engineering team to drive technical innovation, foster a collaborative culture, and deliver exceptional solutions that exceed customer expectations. As a key member of our leadership team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of topi and driving our continuous success. The role will be based in our headquarters in Berlin, Germany. 

📍Location: Berlin

🗓️ Starting Date: 1st June or later

That’s what you do: 

Strategic Direction:

• Define and set the technical direction for the next phase of our growth stage, aligning it with the business mission and objectives.
• Develop a deep understanding of the company's overall strategy, and leverage this knowledge to translate it into a first-class technical product and align it without technical goals.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Work effectively with other departments such as product and commercial, to ensure alignment of engineering efforts with overall company goals and objectives.
• Foster a cohesive and integrated approach to product development and delivery.

Talent Management:

• Lead a team of 2 Engineering Managers and 13 IC engineers, nurturing their professional growth and development.
• Ensure a high-performance culture in the engineering team. 
• Drive recruitment initiatives to attract and hire top engineering talent.

Thought Leadership: 

• Collaborate closely with the leadership team, offering technical thought leadership and proactive education on critical technical topics to inform decision-making.
• Cultivate a culture of collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the engineering department.

🎯 What You Need to Succeed:

• Significant (hands-on) experience in software engineering, preferably with expertise in relevant technologies used by the team. Our back-end stack is written in Go and our front-end in Typescript on top of the React-Redux framework all running on Google Cloud Platform.
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical innovation and deliver scalable, impactful solutions.
• Proven track record in building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, including recruiting, mentoring, and coaching engineers. Ideally in a startup or fin-tech environment.
• Ability to work closely with product management and other cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions and deliver high-quality products on time.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts, project status, and engineering priorities to non-technical stakeholders.
• Effective leadership skills to inspire and motivate the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation, and driving results.

🪐 What we care about

• Teamwork: Collaborating and supporting each other within engineering and across other functions
• Inclusion: Creating an environment where everybody can bring their whole self and do their best work
• Ownership: Empowering you to do the work that is most impactful
• Sustainability: Balancing work with family and personal hobbies so we can be at our best
• Growth: Supporting each other’s learning and development

 

🌟 Our Offer

• 🎓 Collaborate and learn - from experienced colleagues who have worked in companies like Apple, GoCardless, Skyscanner, N26, BCG, and many others
• 💪 Lots of impact - joining early in the team and having an impact from day one
• 💰 Competitive compensation -  we believe in rewarding good work
• 📈 Equity - we want you to be part of the success
• 🚀 Growth opportunities - you will have opportunities to stretch yourself and develop new skills while growing a new venture
• 🥳 Fun place to work - great culture. inclusion & diversity is crucial for us
• 💻 Flexibility - We have a fantastic office in the heart of Berlin (with a large garden!) and some of our team works fully remotely in one of our hub countries: Germany, Spain, or the UK.

We firmly believe that diversity is an essential component of our success. Therefore, we welcome and appreciate the diversity of our applicants and strive to provide equal opportunities to all candidates, regardless of social or ethnic background, gender, religion or belief, age, sexual identity and orientation, or other individual characteristics.