Head of Engineering | Remote (EU) | €140k - €200k + Equity

Maze has partnered with a high-growth, well-funded Series C technology scaleup to hire senior engineering leaders to own newly formed product domains and accelerate the organisation through an exciting phase of transformation and expansion. Titles are flexible (Senior EM / Head of Engineering / Director / VP).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a cross-functional engineering domain, often growing teams from 0–1 squads to multi-squad organisations.
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineering leaders and ICs; act as a strong “talent magnet.”
• Provide architectural and system design leadership (not hands-on coding).
• Define engineering excellence, delivery processes, and scalable technical standards.
• Partner with Product to translate customer and business needs into clear engineering direction.
• Drive organisational change across culture, ways of working, performance processes, and international collaboration.
• Lead distributed, multicultural teams in a remote-first environment.

Key Requirements

• Experience leading engineering teams in scale-up environments and building teams from scratch.
• Strong product and commercial mindset with a track record of shipping customer-impactful products.
• Proven leadership through change - cultural, structural, and process-driven.
• Deep architectural/system design competence and ability to guide technical decisions.
• Experience managing managers and cross-functional engineering groups.
• Comfortable leading internationally distributed teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience in complex or regulated product domains (e.g., payments, financial systems).
• Exposure to both B2C and B2B product environments.

Why Join

• Lead a major domain with significant ownership, impact, and autonomy.
• Shape engineering culture, architecture, and long-term strategy during a pivotal growth phase.
• Work remotely with a diverse, global engineering organisation.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity.

This role does not provide visa sponsorship and you are required to have valid working visa.

If your skillset matches, apply within.

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications we are not always able to respond to all applicants, if you have not had a response within 7 days of your application it is likely it has been unsuccessful.