Head of Development - Data-Viz Startup - B2B SaaS

• Lead the Team: Guide and grow our engineering team across Dataviz, Frontend, Backend, Integrations, and DevOps. Set the technical direction, unblock people, review code, and raise the bar on quality.
• Own the Architecture: Take responsibility for our overall architecture, technology choices, and the scalability of the platform—and stay hands-on enough to know why every decision holds up.
• Frontend & Backend: Steer our TypeScript/React development for web and desktop, and our Go/Postgres backend. You lead by example, not just by ticket.
• Dataviz Engine: Drive the development of our browser-based data visualization engine (TypeScript) and its interaction interfaces—the heart of what makes Vizzlo, Vizzlo.
• Integrations: Own the tech behind our third-party integrations: Google Slides (Google Apps Script) and Microsoft PowerPoint (VSTO and Office.js, C# and TypeScript/React), plus partner integrations like SSO/IdP providers (Okta, OneLogin, Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID) and our store presence (Microsoft Store, Apple App Store, Google Workspace Marketplace).
• DevOps & Ops: Run our CI/CD pipeline and deployment process, keep production healthy on Vercel and AWS (ECS, RDS, …), manage our Docker-based preview environments, and keep the critical systems ticking (GitHub, CircleCI, ZenDesk, Google Workspace, plus payment and accounting integrations like Chargebee, Stripe, PayPal, and DATEV).
• Keep Us Safe & Sound: Help ensure our data protection and security standards are met, keep the relevant docs and policies current, and manage technical risk sensibly.
• Get Shit Done: Do whatever it takes to move the product forward—coordinate a release, hunt down a nasty bug, pair with an engineer, or jump on a customer's integration issue. And yes, occasionally make coffee for the team.

Requirements

Requirements

• Excellent written and spoken English skills (a must); good German skills are a plus.
• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, plus at least some experience leading or mentoring a team—formally or informally. You want the leadership scope to grow.
• Deep, practical knowledge of the technologies we use—at minimum TypeScript/React and Go . You can still read, write, and review the code, not just talk about it.
• Solid experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS , and with modern DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Experience building third-party integrations and designing clean APIs.
• Track record of shipping in a SaaS environment with continuous deployment.
• A genuine interest in data visualization—and ideally some opinions about how it should be built.
• Strong communication skills and commercial sense: you get that engineering decisions serve business priorities, not the other way around.
• A bias for action: you'd rather ship something solid and iterate than architect in a vacuum for months.
• Bonus: you've worked with Postgres at scale, built Office/Google add-ins, wrangled Vercel/ECS/RDS in production, or have strong feelings about bar charts vs. pie charts.

Benefits

• Full-time leadership position with a competitive remuneration package.
• Equity participation (VSOP)—you share in what we build.
• Start-up environment where your talents and motivation make a real, visible impact.
• International team of highly motivated doers.
• Fully remote position (within Germany), with ultra-nice offices in Leipzig (Plagwitz) for optional in-person collaboration.
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