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FYST

Head of Engineering (for our partner group)

FYST
Estonia · Full-time · Director
What You'll Be Working On

  • Define and execute a high-level structure of systems and software solutions that support the business and product goals
  • Ensure architectural decisions and solutions to support scalability, performance, security, and maintainability
  • Evaluate and adopt appropriate technologies, frameworks, platforms, and tools
  • Ensure best engineering practices and design patterns
  • Ensure architectural and infrastructure decisions support scalability, security, and performance
  • Lead, mentor, and develop (through performance reviews) tech leads
  • Oversee the engineer and the engineer lead hiring/firing
  • Manage cybersecurity protocols in collaboration with DevOps, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
  • Evaluate and negotiate with external vendors, suppliers, and service providers on IT tooling, subscriptions, etc
  • Act as a bridge between engineering teams and executive/business stakeholders
  • Manage helpdesk/support operations and internal IT services
  • Ensure uptime, reliability, and efficient incident response
  • Encourage technical experimentation and innovation across teams
  • Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies
  • Drive initiatives around automation, AI, and engineering process optimisation
  • Design APIs and integration strategies between systems/services
  • Ensure smooth data flow across platforms
  • Establish coding, architectural, and infrastructure standards
  • Build and validate proof-of-concepts for new technologies or architectures
  • Mentor developers on architectural principles and practices

What You Need To Succeed In This Role

  • Proven experience as an engineering leader or lead architect over the past several years, preferably in a SaaS company
  • Wide technical expertise: algorithms, data structures, Linux, networking, security, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures, including inter-service protocols and distributed transactions
  • Familiar with PCI DSS compliance requirements and secure system design practices
  • Strong hands-on development background, especially with Go and other modern languages
  • Expert in architectural design for scalable, secure, and maintainable systems
  • Skilled in technology selection, tooling, and platform integration
  • Strong grasp of software engineering best practices and architectural design patterns
  • Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and incident response best practices
  • Effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to mentor senior engineers and tech leads

What We Offer

  • An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market
  • Career prospects - we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us
  • Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business;
  • Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews
  • Hybrid type of work ( if you choose);
  • 20 days of vacation time; Bank holidays; Sick leaves; Additional birthday day off;

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Estonia

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Posted
Jul 17, 2025
Type
Full-time
Level
Director
Location
Tallinn
Company
FYST

Industries

Internet Publishing

Categories

Engineering Information Technology

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