Head of Engineering (f/m/d)

How we're set up

Tribes are the organisational body: people management, capacity, planning and reporting live there. Squads are assigned to problem spaces and run discovery and delivery, each led by a trio of Tech Lead, Product Manager and Product Designer. Tech Leads own the technical decisions in their squad, including estimates, and write code alongside their engineers. They don't manage people. You do.

We keep the structure deliberately flat. Management is anchored at tribe level, squad composition flexes to serve the most important work, and structure changes as we learn (roughly every six months in practice, not on a schedule). Discovery and delivery run in parallel: the next mission is scoped before engineers finish the current one, so engineers weigh in on architecture early and have the context to unblock themselves.

What you'll own

• Feasibility and delivery for the tribe. You're accountable for tribe-wide delivery outcomes and velocity: the right problems, solved at the right quality, as fast as possible.
• The people. 15 to 20 direct reports. Hiring, onboarding, expectations, feedback, development, compensation and promotion recommendations, and the tough calls that keep talent density high. Tech Leads feed you performance signals; the decisions and the conversations are yours.
• Technical judgement across squads. Broad understanding of the tribe's systems and how they fit into the wider Moss architecture. You challenge estimates and technical proposals from your engineers; you don't produce the estimates yourself.
• A seat in the tribe trio. Roadmap and planning input through a feasibility lens. You argue solutions and trade-offs with the Product Tribe Lead as a technical peer, and push back on scope and timelines when the engineering picture says so.
• Operating rhythm. How the tribe plans, estimates, tracks and reports on delivery, with proactive, timely transparency to the tribe and to leadership, the good and the bad.
• Capacity. Putting your best people on the most impactful work, moving engineers between squads (and, where it serves Moss, between tribes) while still letting people build real domain depth.
• Alignment across tribes. Tribe leads aren't isolated trios. You align proactively with your peer Heads of Engineering and with platform and architecture owners, and you resolve shared-architecture questions through alignment, not around it.

How we expect leaders to operate

• Velocity first, with high agency. Working smart and hard on the right problems.
• Lead by example, stay close to the work. You know the details of what your team is building and course-correct in real time. You get hands-on when speed or quality is on the line.
• End-to-end ownership of outcomes. Responsibility doesn't stop at your team's boundary. Make changes elsewhere when that's what it takes, communicating first, not unilaterally.
• No waterfall, no blame. Product, Design and Engineering work together from the start. If there's a gap in the trio, fill it or name it.
• Disagree and commit. Challenge when it matters. Once a call is made, own the message and explain the why, including for calls you argued against.

About Moss

Moss is the Finance AI platform for Europe's mid-sized businesses, giving companies real-time visibility and full control over their spend. By automating card issuing, invoice management and expenses, Moss simplifies financial workflows and frees finance and accounting teams from manual, administrative work.

Founded in Berlin and used by more than 10,000 businesses including Flink, Schufa, n8n and Auto1, Moss has raised €220+ million to date and operates in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and further EU markets. In August 2026, Moss closed a €35 million Series C led by Portage, crossing a €1 billion valuation and becoming one of Europe's newest fintech unicorns. Moss is backed by investors including Valar Ventures, Tiger Global, Global Founders Capital, Cherry Ventures, A-Star.

We're a team of 300+ people from 50+ nationalities across 5 offices in Europe and we hire, reward, and grow people based on Moss DNA: playing to win, obsessing over quality, winning as One Moss. If that's how you want to work, we want to hear from you. - here's what else to expect:

• Top-of-market compensation package, including equity.
• Our vibrant offices are at the heart of our culture, where in-person time fuels collaboration and connection over weekly breakfasts and Friday demos.
• Additional benefits include: 20 days “work from abroad”, 600EUR/GBP Learning & Development Budget, and other local benefits.

Unless stated otherwise, benefits apply to full-time positions (interns and working students receive a tailored package).

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