Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Full time

Bratislava

The Head of Engineering is a strategic leadership role responsible for leading, scaling, and continuously developing the engineering organization. The role oversees technological vision, technical execution, engineering culture, and team growth to deliver high-quality digital solutions aligned with the company’s business objectives.

The position is part of the company’s technology leadership and works closely with the CEO, CIO, and Tech Board.

Key responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Ownership of the technology strategy and architecture across projects and products
• Collaboration on defining and executing the Engineering Strategy
• Oversight of technical delivery – quality, stability, maintainability, development efficiency, and time-to-market
• Defining engineering standards, best practices, and modern development processes
• Responsibility for engineering excellence – code quality, security, scalability, observability, and technical debt management
• Setting, tracking, and evaluating engineering metrics and KPIs
• Identifying and implementing modern engineering approaches, automation, and AI-assisted development tools to improve development efficiency
   

Leadership and Team Development

• Leading Team Leads and supporting their professional growth
• Mentoring and developing senior technical roles
• Building an engineering culture focused on ownership, quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Performance management, support for cross-team collaboration, and alignment across teams
• Participation in defining the organizational structure of engineering teams
   

Hiring and Scaling the Organization

• Responsibility for capacity planning and scaling the engineering organization
• Participation in hiring senior technical and leadership roles
• Collaboration with HR on hiring strategy, onboarding, and development plans
   

Operations and Business Collaboration

• Active collaboration with project management, business development, and operations management
• Reporting to company leadership on delivery status, technological risks, and capacity needs
• Evaluating technical decisions from the perspective of business impact, delivery efficiency, and long-term sustainability
• Participation in strategic client discussions, pre-sales activities, and technology consulting
• Leadership during critical technological incidents and delivery escalations
• Representing the company externally through industry events, networking, knowledge sharing, and community activities

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience leading multiple development teams in SaaS, digital product, or modern software house environments
• Experience scaling teams, processes, and engineering organizations
• Strong technical background and ability to make architectural and technological decisions
• Experience with agile methodologies and modern software development lifecycle practices
• Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on leadership and execution
• Experience setting up engineering processes, delivery standards, and metrics
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust across teams, management, and clients
• Strong focus on quality, ownership, efficiency, and long-term sustainability of solutions

Salary

From EUR 4 700 (depending on experience level) + interesting benefits

Benefits

Nutritional advisory and tailor-made meal plan

English language lessons 

Xbox, table football, darts, library, snack bar

Referral bonus (business and recruitment)

In-house gym and personal trainer (online or in person)

Accounting and tax advisory

Corporate bicycles and paddleboards

Knowledge sharing

Birthday & Anniversary presents

Legal and financial advisory

Numerous team-building activities

Mental health support

Finnish sauna and chill-out zone

Year-end corporate rewards

Quality corporate clothing

Where you can work with us

Bratislava

Holubyho 4, 811 03 Bratislava,
Slovakia

From candidate to colleague

1

First Contact

2

General Discussion

3

Tech Discussion

4

Final Meet

5

Onboarding

Your introduction team

These are the first people who will be in the interaction with you: 

Matúš Strašifták

People Partner

Richard Roštecký

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Interested?

You meet our requirements, and you're interested to work in the Touch4IT team? If that's the case, don't hesitate to contact us.