Head of Engineering - Remote

Overview

You want to drive the development of an innovative and scalable community app? You want to actively shape the architecture, optimize engineering workflows, and ensure smooth collaboration across a growing cross-functional team? You want to be a part of an open-minded and highly productive company?

In Short

• Lead and align our cross-functional engineering team across Backend, Mobile (iOS/Android), Web, QA, Analytics, and (Cloud) Security.
• Own and evolve our technical architecture with a focus on reliability and scalability while helping the team to push more features.
• Drive platform security and data protection initiatives, ensuring compliance and resilience across the stack.
• Establish and improve engineering workflows, testing culture, CI/CD pipelines, and performance monitoring.
• Mentor and grow engineers and leads, building a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep technical expertise across backend systems, mobile platforms, infrastructure, and security.
• Proven track record as Head of Engineering, VP Engineering or similar, ideally in a mobile-first B2C environment with millions of users.
• You’re a techie at heart who’s grown into a strong people and org leader over time.
• Solid familiarity with our current tech stack: Web Frontend: React, Angular, Bootstrap, TypeScript, Node.js, GCP; iOS: Xcode, Objective-C, Swift, CocoaPods; Android: Android Studio, Kotlin, Java; Backends: IntelliJ, Java 17, Google Cloud App Engine Google Cloud Run, REST, JSON; Databases: Google Cloud SQL, Google Datastore, BigQuery.

Benefits

• Impact: Meet5 connects millions of members, helping them meet new people and form friendships.
• Hybrid Model with Flexible Hours: Find your ideal work style, at least three days in the office and up to two days remote!
• Equipment: Laptop, mouse, or height-adjustable desk – we provide modern equipment tailored to your needs.
• Start-Up Atmosphere: A beautiful and spacious office in Frankfurt’s Ostend with unlimited coffee, drinks, and snacks of all kinds.
• Team Spirit: Monthly team events like table tennis tournaments, office parties, and “Trinkhäuschen” tours create a great team atmosphere.
• Your Personal “Non-negotiable”: There’s an absolute must-have we must provide to get you on board? Let us know and we’ll do our best to deliver.