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    Head of Engineering

    SaaS Group
    Remote, EuropeSeobility
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    4 months ago
    Head of EngineeringSEOSaaSAI-nativeRemoteLeadership

    Requirements

    • Proven track record of leading engineering teams in a high-scale production environment
    • High technical credibility across modern stacks (ideally PHP/Laravel, Vue.js, and cloud infrastructure)
    • Product-first mindset prioritizing customer value and business impact
    • Skilled at building alignment during transitions and leading teams through change
    • Measure success by team output, not just personal contributions
    • Forward-thinking approach to using LLMs and AI agents
    • Domain understanding of SEO-related web technologies is a strong plus
    • Fluent English; German is a strong advantage

    What You'll Do

    • Lead the technical heart of a mature, high-traffic SEO SaaS product
    • Bridge the gap between engineering challenges and business impact
    • Guide the team through a transformation toward greater autonomy
    • Lead the team towards outcome focussed execution and AI-native engineering
    • Build trusting partnerships with engineering team and tech leads
    • Support the team in fostering ownership for outcomes
    • Guide the transition from functional to end-to-end ownership
    • Identify friction and bottlenecks to implement a value-driven delivery flow
    • Execute on a strategic roadmap balancing engineering transformation and product innovation
    • Guide the evolution of collaboration model from functional roles toward cross-functional efficiency
    • Own and co-create the technical vision and roadmap with Tech Leads
    • Spearhead adoption of AI-native development practice, tooling, and automation
    • Act as a sparring partner to CEO and Product leadership
    • Own technical direction for data-heavy platform, security, data and privacy, performance, and migrations
    • Mentor and empower an international engineering team

    Nice to Have

    • Domain understanding of SEO-related web technologies (websites, crawling, indexing, content analysis)
    • German language skills

    Benefits

    • Fully remote role with optional Nuremberg office
    • Preferred time zone ±2 hours CET
    • High trust and autonomy with minimal bureaucracy
    • Access to a global community of SaaS founders, engineering leaders, and experts
    • Leadership role with impact on a brand with thousands of users

    About SaaS Group

    SaaS.group LLC is a Software as a Service Portfolio Company.

    Las Vegas, NV, US
    10 - 50
    IT Services