– Led 25 engineering teams (7 direct reports) at a leading private bank; rebuilt the B2B lending stack into a modular platform, cutting delivery time by 50 %.
– Introduced engineering standards, quality metrics, career levels, and a structured hiring + ramp‑up pipeline; team size +25 % YoY with < 5 % attrition.
– Launched an internal Java academy that retrained PEGA devs into productive backend engineers.
– Conducted technical due‑diligence for a $2 M acquisition.
– Rolled out AI‑assisted code‑review tooling, raising team throughput by 15 %.
Looking for Staff/Principal/Head‑of‑Engineering roles in mid‑stage startups where clear architecture and fast execution matter.
Compensation: aiming for US‑market leadership packages (base + equity); open to discussion.
Remote: Yes (preferred)
Willing to relocate: Case‑by‑case for well‑funded EU/US startups
Technologies: Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Postgres, AWS/GCP, distributed systems, org & system architecture
Résumé/CV: On request
Email: nkis@mar.so
Head/Staff‑level backend & org architect, 10+ yrs experience.
– Led 25 engineering teams (7 direct reports) at a leading private bank; rebuilt the B2B lending stack into a modular platform, cutting delivery time by 50 %.
– Introduced engineering standards, quality metrics, career levels, and a structured hiring + ramp‑up pipeline; team size +25 % YoY with < 5 % attrition.
– Launched an internal Java academy that retrained PEGA devs into productive backend engineers.
– Conducted technical due‑diligence for a $2 M acquisition.
– Rolled out AI‑assisted code‑review tooling, raising team throughput by 15 %.
Looking for Staff/Principal/Head‑of‑Engineering roles in mid‑stage startups where clear architecture and fast execution matter.
Compensation: aiming for US‑market leadership packages (base + equity); open to discussion.