Head of Engineering

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Plan-les-Ouates, Genf
In-Office
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
The Role
Lead and scale engineering teams, ensure technical excellence, manage product delivery, and coach engineers while establishing best practices.
Summary Generated by Built In

Alohi SA brings together a team of highly competent engineers who focus on merging state-of-the-art technologies with compelling user experience in order to simplify and enhance life for companies and people around the world. The company provides Sign.Plus (a legally binding electronic signature), Fax.Plus (online faxing), Dial.Plus (AI-voice agent), and Scan.Plus (AI-powered mobile scanner) services to over 4,000,000 customers worldwide.

Headquartered in Geneva and born from an initial seed investment from Fongit (Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique), Alohi has deliberately chosen a bootstrapped and financially independent path. This approach allows us to prioritise our customers, maintain agility, and continuously innovate without outside constraints

We’re looking for a hands-on, pragmatic Head of Engineering to lead our engineering team. You’ll own delivery across multiple products, set up and scale engineering practices, coach talented engineers, and work closely with Product, Marketing, and Leadership to bring great products to life.

You’ll be both a people leader and a technical driver - raising the bar on quality, architecture, and operational excellence, while building the structure that enables the team to move faster. You’ll also play a key role in hiring and scaling the engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale a world-class engineering team across backend, frontend, mobile, and AI disciplines.
  • Drive technical and security excellence, ensuring products are built for privacy, reliability, and compliance from the ground up.
  • Own product delivery across multiple products ensuring we ship on time, securely, and with exceptional reliability.
  • Establish and scale engineering best practices - testing, monitoring, documentation, CI/CD, operational reliability, and secure coding standards.
  • Implement and champion security-by-design principles across all stages of development and deployment.
  • Coach and grow engineers through 1:1s, leveling frameworks, and structured career development.
  • Partner closely with Product and Marketing to shape roadmaps, align priorities, and communicate clearly across teams.
  • Build lightweight processes and structures that bring clarity and accountability without slowing the team down.
  • Hire and develop the engineering team over time, building a strong, scalable organization as we grow.
  • Contribute to defining Alohi’s engineering and security culture as our team and product portfolio expand.

Requirements
  • At least 3 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (10+ engineers) across backend, frontend, or mobile.
  • Proven technical background as a Senior or Staff-level engineer before moving into leadership with the ability to guide architecture, security, and code-quality discussions.
  • Demonstrated success leading delivery for multiple teams or products.
  • Hands-on experience implementing operational and security best practices - testing, monitoring, CI/CD, documentation, and vulnerability management.
  • Track record of coaching engineers, driving growth and performance through structured career development.
  • Experience partnering with Product and Marketing teams to align roadmaps and execution.
  • Experience hiring engineers and growing teams in dynamic environments.
  • Strong systems thinking - able to balance technical trade-offs, security, team velocity, and long-term scalability.
  • Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, multi-product environment.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience as the first or early Head of Engineering in a startup or scale-up environment.
  • Exposure to both web and mobile development cycles.
  • Experience working on multi-product or platform architectures.
  • Familiarity with data engineering or secure infrastructure practices.
  • Experience operating in security- and compliance-conscious environments (e.g., ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2).
  • A track record of growing future tech leads or senior ICs.

Top Skills

AI
Ci/Cd
Documentation
Monitoring
Secure Coding Standards
Testing
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The Company
HQ: Plan-les-Ouates
29 Employees

What We Do

Alohi streamlines communications and systems of agreements for startups, businesses and enterprises.

Sign.Plus: Legally binding online signatures
Fax.Plus: Online fax service
Scan.Plus: AI mobile scanner

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