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Raisin•FinTech

Director Engineering

Investment & Pension

Location

Berlin, Germany

Work type

Hybrid

Employment

Full Time

Experience

10+ years

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

Posted

5h ago

Summary and responsibilities

Role overview

Summary

The Director Engineering leads strategically and operationally Raisin's Investment and Pension (IPP) teams, comprising over 25 engineers. This role is accountable for delivery quality, domain ownership, technical strategy, team development, and ensuring process and compliance within the FinTech platform.

About the Role

Raisin is seeking an experienced Director of Engineering to lead its Investment and Pension (IPP) teams, comprising 25+ engineers. The role combines strategic and operational leadership, focusing on delivery performance, engineering excellence, team development, technical strategy, compliance, and ownership of the IPP platform.

Working within a domain-driven organization and a collaborative leadership model, the Director of Engineering partners with Product leadership to align engineering priorities with business objectives.

Responsibilities

Delivery Quality and Speed

  • Ensure teams deliver agreed commitments on time, within scope and budget.

  • Drive team performance, remove impediments, and promote accountability, pragmatism, and reusable solutions.

  • Strengthen collaboration across engineering teams.

  • Lead complex technical, business, and internal engineering projects.

Domain Ownership

  • Drive long-term value creation and develop strong domain expertise.

  • Maintain a deep understanding of the engineering systems and architecture.

  • Collaborate with business owners and stakeholders.

  • Evaluate, onboard, and manage technology vendors.

Technical Strategy

  • Define technical strategies aligned with business needs.

  • Collaborate with senior engineering leaders to develop and implement company-wide technology strategies.

  • Lead architectural and technical decisions, evaluating the benefits and costs of existing solutions versus new technologies, tools, frameworks, and processes.

Team and Culture

  • Lead the development, performance, and resilience of engineering teams.

  • Manage engineering leads and, where appropriate, technical leads.

  • Attract, hire, retain, mentor, and coach engineering talent globally.

  • Encourage ownership, creativity, accountability, and responsible risk-taking.

  • Organize workshops, hackathons, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

  • Represent Raisin at external technology events and strengthen its engineering reputation.

  • Build a culture of trust, collaboration, continuous learning, and recognition.

Process and Compliance

  • Implement and improve engineering standards, regulatory compliance, and data privacy practices.

  • Optimise engineering toolchains and automation.

  • Establish documentation standards and efficient software development practices.

  • Track team performance through KPIs and reporting.

  • Monitor technical debt and lead continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • At least 10 years of engineering leadership experience across projects and teams.

  • Minimum four years of FinTech experience.

  • Investment product domain knowledge is a strong advantage.

  • Strong business understanding and strategic decision-making skills.

  • Solid knowledge of AWS, Java, SQL, and Kafka or other messaging technologies.

  • Strong operational leadership, with the ability to lead directly and delegate effectively.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Strong engineering fundamentals and a hands-on approach.

  • Experience with OKRs and KPI-based performance management.

  • Experience designing, implementing, and evolving complex, architecture-intensive systems.

Updated 5h ago

Candidate fit

Skills and qualifications

Additional skills

Leadership • 1+ yrs
FinTech • 1+ yrs
Investment Products • 1+ yrs
AWS • 1+ yrs
Java • 1+ yrs
SQL • 1+ yrs
Kafka • 1+ yrs
OKR • 1+ yrs

Experience

10+ years

How this role is positioned

Role classification

Job domains

Administration
Engineering

Industries

Finance & Banking

Employment

Full Time

Contract duration

Permanent

Hiring type

Direct

Global hiring

Location specific

Offer details

Compensation and benefits

Compensation

Compensation not disclosed

VisibilityShared on listing
CurrencyUSD
PeriodYearly

Benefits and perks

Flexible Working Hours

Location, schedule, and role shape

Work setup

Work conditions

Primary locationBerlin, Germany
Work typeHybrid
Global hiringNo

Bandwidth profile

peopleHigh • 9/10
physicalLow • 2/10
cognitiveHigh • 9/10
executionHigh • 8/10
creativityMedium • 7/10
uncertaintyMedium • 7/10
communicationHigh • 9/10

Context on the employer

Company snapshot

Company

Raisin

Team size

Growing team

Location

Berlin, Germany

Raisin is the world’s leading platform for savings and investment products. Founded in 2012, the FinTech connects consumers with banks in the EU, the UK and the US. This gives consumers better interest rates and banks a diversified form of refinancing. Our vision is to offer savings and investments without barriers and thus open up the global 160 trillion euro market.

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Director Engineering

Berlin, Germany • Full Time