Head of Engineering

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🌐 Portugal, United Kingdom, +4 more countries – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♀️ Software Engineering Manager

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VALIS is a technology company specializing in advanced software solutions for the scrap metal recycling industry. They provide cutting-edge tools such as VALI-Sort, VALI-Sample, and VALI-Melt designed to optimize scrap metal sortation, quality analysis, and recycling processes. With a focus on empowering scrap processors and melt facilities, VALIS integrates artificial intelligence to deliver actionable insights and improve operational efficiency. In addition to software, they offer consulting and research services to help businesses maximize profitability, quality, and sustainability in their recycling processes. Their solutions bridge the gap between teams and processes within the recycling value chain, facilitating data-driven decision making and reducing human error.

📋 Description

• Own architecture of the org brain and personal brain, including data ingestion, knowledge storage, retrieval, agents, and integrations with Claude and other LLMs • Write code hands-on where it matters most • Design access control, data retention and deletion, GDPR compliance, and multi-tenancy • Build MCP servers and connectors to Slack, Google Workspace, Asana, HRIS, DWH, ERP, and other company systems, enabling client self-service • Lead complex technical conversations • Own the technical side of deployments • Productize client-specific solutions to avoid repeated custom work • Serve as the final technical escalation point • Lead cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and security across AWS/GCP and Cloudflare • Own the data stack, including Redshift, MotherDuck/DuckDB, ETL, and large-scale migrations • Manage platform costs, token and inference spend, subscriptions, and vendor negotiations • Hire, develop, and dismiss engineering team members • Build an engineering culture focused on outcome ownership and limited day-to-day management • Use AI agents such as Claude Code as the main working tool and establish them as the team's main tool

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 4+ years as CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Engineering, or Principal/Staff Engineer at a product company or a strong startup • Track record of building systems from zero to production with real users and real load, built hands-on rather than only led teams • Deep hands-on experience running LLMs in production, including agents, RAG, tool use and MCP, evals, and cost control • Strong backend architecture and data engineering, including distributed systems, integrations, data stores, security and access control • Experience managing an engineering team, including hiring and firing • Ability to explain technical decisions to clients' non-technical executives and win their support • Fluent English • Good working knowledge of RU language • Experience in B2B SaaS, enterprise deployments, or forward-deployed engineering • Experience with company data such as HRIS, ERP, finance, and organisational structure • Strong personal AI productivity setup

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base • Performance-based bonus • Opportunity to join the team during fast growth

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