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About the Role
Solaris is seeking a Head of Product & Engineering to lead Product Foundations and Business Enablement initiatives. This role involves owning the product vision and engineering delivery for foundational capabilities like core APIs, developer tools, and internal automation platforms, enabling business units to scale efficiently.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the ultimate owner of both the what/why (Product Roadmap) and the how (Engineering Execution) for foundational technical products.
- Lead, mentor, and scale teams composed of both Product Managers and Software Engineers, fostering a culture of high performance, accountability, and engineering excellence.
- Oversee the development and scaling of critical technical capabilities, including Authentication services, API proxies, Policy engines, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Webhook architectures.
- Ensure foundational tech products reliably power Solaris's external and internal-facing API suite, maintaining high availability, security, and low latency.
- Lead the teams responsible for developer productivity, managing tools like Backstage and defining SRE capabilities.
- Create a frictionless development environment that allows Solaris engineers to build, test, and deploy securely and autonomously.
- Drive the internal automation platform to support and scale various business units across Solaris.
- Oversee the integration of internal toolings, the implementation of complex workflow systems, and the creation of robust build-automation frameworks.
- Identify manual bottlenecks in business processes and deploy technical solutions to automate them, enabling the company to scale efficiently without an increase in overhead.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a senior engineering leader with hands-on architectural experience in distributed systems, microservices, and Core APIs.
- Demonstrated success in product leadership, specifically managing internal platforms, developer tools, or highly technical API-as-a-Product offerings.
- 3+ years of experience leading product and engineering organizations.
- Experience implementing and managing internal developer portals (like Spotify's Backstage) and a deep empathy for the developer journey.
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical business stakeholders, and vice versa.
- Successfully scaled both technology platforms and the organizational structures that support them in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of IAM, authentication flows (OAuth, OIDC), API gateways/proxies, webhook infrastructure, and SRE best practices.
- Track record of designing workflow systems and automation frameworks that streamline business operations.
- Comfortable working with AI tools, thinking critically about AI outputs, and contributing to a culture of responsible AI use.
- Applicants are encouraged to apply even if they don't meet every single criterion.
Skills
- Distributed systems
- Microservices
- Core APIs
- Internal platforms
- Developer tools
- API-as-a-Product
- Internal developer portals (e.g., Backstage)
- IAM
- Authentication flows (OAuth, OIDC)
- API gateways/proxies
- Webhook infrastructure
- SRE best practices
- Workflow systems
- Automation frameworks
- AI tools
Location
- Berlin
- Frankfurt
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior leadership
- 3+ years of experience leading product and engineering organizations
Salary/Compensations
- €120.000—€140.000 EUR
Benefits
- Home office budget
- Learning & development budget of €1000 per year
- Transparent growth framework
- Competitive salary
- Variable remuneration program
- Monthly meal allowance
- Deutschland ticket subsidy
- 28 vacation days (increasing with tenure)
- Opportunity to work abroad for up to 12 weeks per year
About the Company
- Solaris is Europe’s leading embedded finance platform, pioneering Banking-as-a-Service.
- Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Solaris enables fintechs, digital ecosystems, and multinationals to embed accounts, cards, lending, and payments directly into their own products.
- Solaris is a fully licensed German bank combining high standards of IT security and regulatory resilience with a modular, highly scalable infrastructure.
- The company is driving the next evolution of financial services by transitioning into an AI-native banking platform.
Equal Opportunity
- Solaris is committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where all Solarians feel valued, respected and supported.
- Dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities.
- Committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, disability, marital status, citizenship, or gender identity.
- Proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
- Offers accommodation for individuals with disabilities or special needs.