Head of Engineering, Field Verification

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Field Verification platform from start to finish.

• Transition the platform from a maintenance-focused operation to intentional, prioritized development.

• Lead and expand the existing cross-functional team while building the organization as the scope increases.

• Develop trip and route optimization, task allocation, and capacity management for field officers.

• Manage APIs, webhooks, and the back office that serve other business units.

• Provide a native mobile experience tailored for field officers.

• Ensure that verification data is well-structured, auditable, and appropriate for compliance review.

• Construct the platform to support multi-country expansion.

• Collaborate with Product, onboarding, loans, compliance, and fraud business units.

• Establish architecture standards, engineering processes, and quality metrics.

• Recruit and nurture engineers and Engineering Managers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience building solutions directly and advancing into leadership roles from engineering.

• Proficiency across backend, web, and mobile disciplines.

• Background in creating platforms that cater to various distinct user groups and internal business units.

• Over 10 years of comprehensive software engineering experience.

• Significant hands-on experience in production engineering with a strong backend focus.

• Familiarity with backend environments using Java and Spring Boot.

• At least 5 years of engineering leadership experience, including managing Engineering Managers.

• Ability to work collaboratively with product and business stakeholders, translating operational needs into engineering solutions.

• Experience with location and geospatial data, including map integrations, is a valuable asset.

• Knowledge of route, trip, or delivery optimization is a strong advantage.

• Experience in compliance-related building is a significant plus.

• Familiarity with identity, KYC, or verification platforms is beneficial; however, these are not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• A genuinely greenfield mandate on a system that is already impactful.

• A lean, skilled team making a significant impact, with the opportunity to build the organization around them.

• Diverse experience across backend, web, mobile, location data, compliance, and operational optimization.

• A mission-driven company focused on expanding access to financial services for millions of businesses and individuals.