About the role

Head of Engineering leading technology strategy and platform architecture for Fig, a fintech startup. Helping to bring new financial products to market and build technical foundation for growth.

Responsibilities

Lead Fig's engineering strategy, technical roadmap, and platform architecture as the company evolves from a single-product lender into a multi-product financial platform.
Help bring Fig's next generation of financial products to market, partnering closely with internal teams and external development partners to drive execution from concept through launch.
Partner closely with leadership to align technology decisions with business strategy, operational priorities, and long-term company growth.
Build and lead a high-performing engineering organization with a strong culture of ownership, execution, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Guide key technical decisions across infrastructure, security, scalability, reliability, and engineering quality, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform health.
Lead internal engineering efforts and external development partners, ensuring strong execution, accountability, and delivery quality across teams.
Improve engineering workflows, tooling, automation, and AI-enabled processes to increase engineering effectiveness and organizational leverage.
Work cross-functionally across Product, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and CX to build scalable, secure, customer-centric systems that support both Fig's core lending business and future product lines.
Serve as a key technical voice in executive and board-level discussions related to technology strategy, operational risk, scalability, and company growth.

The judgment to operate effectively across both fast-moving startup environments and regulated financial ecosystems, balancing urgency, collaboration, technical quality, and risk appropriately.
Experience building, launching, and scaling products in fintech, lending, banking, payments, or similarly regulated industries.
Strong technical judgment and experience guiding architecture and engineering decisions across complex systems and evolving platforms.
A track record of balancing execution speed with scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
Experience leading teams through ambiguity, helping organizations navigate evolving priorities, new opportunities, and complex tradeoffs with confidence.
Strong leadership instincts and experience building healthy, high-performing engineering cultures.
Experience managing external vendors, development agencies, or distributed engineering teams and integrating them effectively into broader engineering efforts.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence decisions and build alignment across technical, operational, and business stakeholders.
A pragmatic, hands-on mindset and willingness to dive into problems directly when needed.
Curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with strong instincts for applying them thoughtfully to improve engineering productivity and operational effectiveness.
Strong systems thinking and a bias toward building simple, scalable, resilient solutions.

Competitive compensation: Expected base salary range between $185 000 and $205 000, plus the opportunity to earn an annual incentive bonus tied to performance
Retirement savings program: Employer matching to support your long-term financial goals.
Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, and vision group insurance, as well as health and wellness spending accounts.
Time off: Generous vacation and wellness time to support rest and recharge.
Parental support: Parental leave top-up to support your growing family.
Growth and Development: Continuing education stipend to support your professional development.