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Approvely offers solutions to help keep your business approving transactions, even in a high-risk environment.
Head of Engineering
Location
North America
Posted
171 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Head of Engineering
Approvely
• Personally design, build, and deliver core platform capabilities • Own end-to-end execution: requirements → implementation → launch → iteration • Write production-quality code and stay close to implementation • Be accountable for delivery timelines and outcomes • Make pragmatic technical decisions balancing speed, reliability, and scale • Continuously improve existing systems while building new ones • Drive the product roadmap through execution, not just planning • Decide what we build internally vs. buy or partner on • Lead development across payments, risk, data, and platform infrastructure • Help shape our approach to next-generation payment rails, including stablecoin payments • Set technical standards through hands-on leadership • Mentor engineers and establish a high bar for quality and ownership • Gradually build and lead a lean engineering team as the company scales
Job Requirements
- Is motivated by building and shipping , not just planning
- Has personally delivered complex systems in production
- Is comfortable being hands-on and accountable for outcomes
- Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- Wants real ownership and long-term upside
- Thinks in systems and trade-offs, not just tools
- Is excited by regulated environments and hard problems
Benefits
- Meaningful equity in a bootstrapped, revenue-generating company (equity here is real and earned through impact)
- Direct partnership with the Founder & CEO
- High autonomy and trust — decisions move fast
- Ownership over delivery, product direction, and platform evolution
- The opportunity to help define and build the company’s technical foundation
- A strong, values-driven team that prioritizes people as much as product
- Exposure to a rapidly growing market and leadership in stablecoin payments
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