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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Engineering / CTO - **Company:** Fyst España - **Location:** Barcelona, Spain (Remote available) - **Salary:** €72,000.0 - €88,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Integration Architecture, Software as a Service, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), PCI Data Security Standards, Reliability Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Mttr, Event Driven Architecture, Microservices - **Published:** July 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html ## About the Role + Proven experience as a CTO, Head of Engineering, or Principal Architect in a high-load SaaS, fintech, or infrastructure company. + Deep expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and microservices - including how they behave at scale in production. + Strong hands-on development background, especially in Go and Python + Track record of improving reliability, delivery speed, and infrastructure efficiency (uptime, MTTR, MTTD, release cadence, cloud cost). + Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, SRE, and incident management at scale. + Comprehensive technical background across architecture, cloud platforms, security, and distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and strategic technology leadership. + Familiar with PCI DSS compliance and secure system design. + Skilled at hiring and mentoring strong engineers and tech leads. + Comfortable with vendor evaluation, negotiation, and tooling decisions. + You understand how engineering decisions affect revenue, risk, and customer trust. + English language skills at the B2 level and fluent russian language. ## Description We're building a company at the intersection of payments infrastructure and data products - combining transaction execution with structured financial data that is enriched, explainable, and ready for both operational and AI-driven workflows. What You'll Be Working On + You'll own the company's full technical direction: architecture, reliability, delivery, infrastructure, and the people who make it happen. + Define and drive architectural strategy, introducing clear engineering governance - RFCs, tech radar, vendor evaluation, and practical risk management - without unnecessary bureaucracy. + Lead the evolution of a high-load, event-driven platform with a focus on scalability, resilience, and fault isolation. + Own reliability and incident management: observability, SRE practices, incident response, and postmortem culture - with a goal of better uptime, faster detection, and fewer repeated issues. + Oversee engineering hiring, performance, and development of tech leads; build a culture of end-to-end ownership and accountability. + Manage cybersecurity protocols, disaster recovery, and business continuity in collaboration with DevOps. + Drive infrastructure efficiency, cost control, and continuous performance improvement through centralized observability and clear ownership. + Act as a bridge between engineering teams and executive stakeholders, ensuring technical decisions align with business goals. + Champion automation, AI integration, and engineering process optimization. + Design APIs and integration strategies; establish coding, architectural, and infrastructure standards. What You Need to Succeed, + An opportunity to make something great even greater, you can be the reason why we grow, develop, and become the best fintech company on the market! + Career prospects - we are young, we have huge ambitions, and it is important that our employees grow with us + Work with coworkers who are passionate about their business + Compensation that will fully correspond to the competence and knowledge, with yearly performance reviews + Remote work + 20 days of vacation time; bank holidays; sick leaves; additional birthday day off Powered by JazzHR Inscribirse en esta oferta Recibir ofertas similares por correo electrónico Al crear una alerta, aceptas nuestros Términos y condiciones y Política de privacidad, y el uso de cookies. ## Related Videos - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Microservices: how to get started with Spring Boot and Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/242-microservices-how-to-get-started-with-spring-boot-and-kubernetes) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [What Developers Get Wrong About Application Quality](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/233-what-developers-get-wrong-about-application-quality) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [Cloud Chaos and Microservices Mayhem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/104-cloud-chaos-and-microservices-mayhem) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Spanish Business Culture and Etiquette](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/353-spanish-business-culture-and-etiquette)