- Strategic Leadership & Organization: You will lead our entire engineering team
- Translate business strategy into actionable engineering roadmaps
- Lead Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers, and Technical Product Managers, overseeing their performance and development while supporting the recruiting process for new team members
- Collaborate closely with the CEO, Product, Go-To-Market, and other key stakeholders on strategic planning, prioritization, and company-wide decision-making
- Manage the engineering budget, workforce planning, and external vendor/outsourcing strategy – aligning costs, capacity, and business value
Head of Software Engineering (d/f/m)
orderbird GmbH • Berlin
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Full-time
B2 7, 10178 Berlin
from today
As Head of Software Engineering (f/m/d) at orderbird, you will take overall responsibility for the organization, resource planning, and leadership of our engineering department. You will play a key role in shaping technical directions and building a scalable, high-performing engineering culture that sustainably supports our business and product goals.
Your duties
Your profile
- 5+ years of proven experience leading a larger and technically diverse engineering organization – ideally in a fintech environment or SaaS company, with a track record of actively developing internal talent into senior and leadership roles
- Strong background in infrastructure design and implementation, combined with end-to-end system architecture experience across production environments, ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, performant, and able to serve customers efficiently at scale.
- Technical understanding of modern software architectures and software development processes
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and comprehensively to non-technical stakeholders
- Tech & AI affinity: Keen interest in modern engineering tools, automation, and AI-supported workflows
- Keeping up with technology trends in SaaS and Payments areas
- Business-fluent English skills, both spoken and written
- Mobile: iOS and Android, including Objective-C, Swift, and Kotlin Multiplatform
- Backend & Web: Python, Java, Django, React, PostgreSQL, and Redis
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
- Observability: Sentry, Datadog, or comparable monitoring and observability platforms
- Payments: Payment terminal integrations and payment processing ecosystems
- Fiscalization: Experience with fiscalization and compliance requirements or regulated POS environments is a plus
Our offer
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Deutschlandticket, Egym Wellpass, JobRad, and a company pension scheme with a 100% employer contribution match from orderbird
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Hybrid work model – flexible working split between the office and working from home
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Access to nilo Health – 1:1 coaching sessions for your mental health and that of your loved ones
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Fast and clear decision-making processes alongside close collaboration across all departments
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An Apple hardware package
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Startup mentality combined with security, backed by a publicly listed parent company
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We celebrate our successes together! Whether at the summer party, a BBQ evening on our rooftop terrace, or just because
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A nest in Berlin: a rooftop terrace overlooking Berlin-Kreuzberg and our office dogs, who are already looking forward to meeting you
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Company Update every Wednesday: During our Breakfast Update, various teams take turns sharing updates on their projects. Every week, you’ll stay in the loop on facts, figures, and meet new "birds" including fun facts
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An international team and no dress code – everyone is warmly welcome!
orderbird - Europe's market leader for iPad POS systems for the hospitality business
With the POS system from orderbird, hospitality businesses such as cafés, bars, and restaurants can easily and efficiently take orders, settle and evaluate them. This saves time and money – and avoids stress, especially when working with waiters, the kitchen staff, suppliers or tax consultants.
What you can look forward to
Company Events
We celebrate our successes together! Whether at a summer party, a BBQ evening on our roof terrace or just for fun.
Fast decision-making processes
We get to the point quickly, implement ideas and learn from mistakes. It is very important to us that we work closely with all stakeholders involved. Because as a team we are more successful
Hybrid work
We learned quickly how to work together very effectively, even remotely. In the future, we want to give the team the opportunity to decide where the work takes place
Perfectly equipped
You will receive a hardware package from Apple
We are not done yet
We are a learning organization with a unique culture and collaboration
We are one team
Our international team pulls together and can quote our mission in their sleep
Weekly company update
Every Wednesday there is a virtual breakfast round and different teams give an update on their projects
Your impact
At orderbird you have the opportunity to create a leading solution landscape that will lead small and medium-sized neighborhood shops to their success
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