Head of Engineering

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San Francisco, CA
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Financial Services
The Role
The Director of Engineering will lead and scale engineering teams, shape technical strategy, foster engineering culture, and mentor engineers while collaborating cross-functionally.
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About Casap

Casap is a Series A startup that has raised over $30M from Emergence, Lightspeed, and Primary Ventures. Based in San Francisco, the company was founded by product leaders from Robinhood and Chime. We are on a mission to change the way banks operate by automating disputes and fighting friendly fraud. People love what we’ve built, from everyday users to the biggest names in finance.

Casap is looking for a Director of Engineering in San Francisco excited to supercharge how banks operate with a rapidly scaling product at the forefront of automation and Artificial Intelligence.

Responsibilities
  • Build and lead the team: Scale engineering teams (10+ engineers) by hiring exceptional ICs and future leaders

  • Own technical strategy: Shape architecture decisions and ensure our systems scale in complexity and with security in sight

  • Create engineering culture: Build a culture of ownership, accountability, curiosity, and customer empathy

  • Drive consistent delivery: Establish engineering processes, performance frameworks, and mentor senior engineers to foster technical excellence

  • Mentor and coach: Support early-career engineers and senior ICs through coaching, feedback, and development

  • Partner cross-functionally: Work closely with product, design, and operations to deliver comprehensive solutions and drive operational excellence across the platform

Qualifications
  • Proven track record of recruiting top-tier, senior-level engineers in San Francisco

  • 10+ years software development experience, preferably with 5+ years focused on using Go or Java in production so that you can dive into technical details and guide system design discussions

  • 5+ years engineering management

  • Led multiple end-to-end implementations of critical features or complete platform re-architectures at scale

  • Expert understanding of distributed systems, web technologies, databases, and modern development frameworks

  • Strong experience mentoring technical leaders and building high-performing engineering cultures

  • Excellent communication skills with ability to influence technical decisions across the organization

Why This Role
  • Rare opportunity to own and scale engineering from day one

  • Seat at the table — you’ll be a true strategic partner to the CEO and founders

  • Clear path to grow with the company as we scale through Series B and beyond

  • A high-trust, no-ego culture of doers, thinkers, and builders

  • Backed by top-tier investors

Top Skills

Databases
Distributed Systems
Go
Java
Modern Development Frameworks
Web Technologies
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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
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What We Do

Casap's Copilot & Collaboration platform can fully automate disputes end-to-end. We empower institutions and fintechs to intelligently tackle first-party fraud while transforming disputes into an opportunity to build loyalty.

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