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Head of Engineering – Crypto Business Unit

About Ajaib

Ajaib is one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing fintech companies, transforming how millions of Indonesians invest. Founded in 2019, Ajaib is a leading investment platform offering stock trading, mutual funds, and digital asset investment products through a seamless, mobile-first experience.

Trusted by over 3 million customers and backed by renowned investors (including DST Global, Horizons Ventures, and Alpha JWC Ventures), Ajaib is Indonesia’s first investment fintech unicorn. Our mission is to democratize investing and build financial inclusion through technology, making investing accessible, affordable, and intuitive for everyone.

As we continue to scale our Crypto business, we are seeking an exceptional Head of Engineering to lead one of our most strategic engineering organizations and help shape the future of digital asset investing in Southeast Asia.

Position: Head of Engineering – Crypto

Location: Remote (MENA, Poland, UAE, Egypt, and other eligible locations)

Travel: Quarterly travel to Jakarta (1-3 weeks per quarter, company-sponsored)

Reporting To: VP of Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Head of Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for Ajaib’s Crypto business. In this pivotal role, you will oversee multiple engineering teams, drive technical excellence, scale high-availability distributed systems, and collaborate with Product, Business, and Executive stakeholders to deliver innovative products that serve millions of customers.

You’ll combine strategic leadership with hands-on operational management, building high-performing teams, establishing engineering best practices, and ensuring the reliability, security, and scalability of mission-critical fintech platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

Lead and scale multiple engineering teams responsible for backend systems and platform services supporting Ajaib’s Crypto business.

Define and execute the engineering strategy aligned with company and business objectives.

Drive architectural decisions and ensure engineering teams deliver secure, scalable, and resilient systems.

Champion engineering excellence across software design, development, deployment, and production operations.

Establish and promote best practices in reliability, observability, performance optimization, security, and incident management.

People Leadership

Build, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering managers and senior engineers.

Create a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous learning, and collaboration.

Set clear performance expectations, providing regular coaching, feedback, and career development support.

Lead workforce planning and organizational design to support rapid business growth.

Technical Strategy & Architecture

Provide hands-on architectural guidance for distributed systems, microservices, cloud infrastructure, and event-driven architectures.

Review critical technical designs and ensure alignment with long-term platform strategy.

Drive modernization initiatives that enhance scalability, performance, and developer productivity.

Partner with platform, DevOps, QA, and frontend teams to deliver seamless customer experiences.

Stakeholder Management

Collaborate with Product, Design, Data, Compliance, and Business leaders to define priorities and execute strategic initiatives.

Manage expectations, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across multiple teams and stakeholders.

Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on engineering and technology decisions.

Delivery & Execution

Own engineering execution and delivery outcomes across the Crypto business.

Ensure teams maintain predictable delivery while balancing speed, quality, and technical debt.

Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes, planning, and operational excellence.

Support hiring efforts and resource allocation to meet business objectives.