Head of Development Data-Viz Startup B2B SaaS

At Vizzlo we create tools that make data visualization accessible to everyone.

Creating high-quality on-brand charts visuals and business graphics used to be hard. Vizzlo changes that. We offer the only tool on the market that integrates with Google Slides PowerPoint and more. Whether for presentations business documents or the Webwith Vizzlo anyone can visualize their ideas in seconds.

We are a small team of enthusiasts in a SaaS startup. Were proud of our hands-on culture we talk plainly to each other and improve anything were working on until its perfect.

We are looking for a hands-on Head of Development to lead our engineering team remotely within Germany or from our offices in Leipzig. This is a full-time role for a technical leader who still loves to get into the code who cares about shipping great software and who wants room to grow. If youre a senior engineer whos ready to own a team and a platform without leaving the craft behind keep reading.

Tasks

As our Head of Development you own the how behind everything we build. You lead our engineers make the architecture calls keep the pipeline humming and still ship code yourself when it a small team no task is not your joband you wouldnt have it any other way.

Your responsibilities are:

• Lead the Team: Guide and grow our engineering team across Dataviz Frontend Backend Integrations and DevOps. Set the technical direction unblock people review code and raise the bar on quality.
• Own the Architecture: Take responsibility for our overall architecture technology choices and the scalability of the platformand stay hands-on enough to know why every decision holds up.
• Frontend & Backend: Steer our TypeScript/React development for web and desktop and our Go/Postgres backend. You lead by example not just by ticket.
• Dataviz Engine: Drive the development of our browser-based data visualization engine (TypeScript) and its interaction interfacesthe heart of what makes Vizzlo Vizzlo.
• Integrations: Own the tech behind our third-party integrations: Google Slides (Google Apps Script) and Microsoft PowerPoint (VSTO and C# and TypeScript/React) plus partner integrations like SSO/IdP providers (Okta OneLogin Google Workspace Microsoft Entra ID) and our store presence (Microsoft Store Apple App Store Google Workspace Marketplace).
• DevOps & Ops: Run our CI/CD pipeline and deployment process keep production healthy on Vercel and AWS (ECS RDS ) manage our Docker-based preview environments and keep the critical systems ticking (GitHub CircleCI ZenDesk Google Workspace plus payment and accounting integrations like Chargebee Stripe PayPal and DATEV).
• Keep Us Safe & Sound: Help ensure our data protection and security standards are met keep the relevant docs and policies current and manage technical risk sensibly.
• Get Shit Done: Do whatever it takes to move the product forwardcoordinate a release hunt down a nasty bug pair with an engineer or jump on a customers integration issue. And yes occasionally make coffee for the team.

Requirements

Requirements

• Excellent written and spoken English skills (a must); good German skills are a plus.
• 3 years of hands-on software engineering experience plus at least some experience leading or mentoring a teamformally or informally. You want the leadership scope to grow.
• Deep practical knowledge of the technologies we useat minimum TypeScript/React and Go. You can still read write and review the code not just talk about it.
• Solid experience with cloud infrastructure preferably AWS and with modern DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Experience building third-party integrations and designing clean APIs.
• Track record of shipping in a SaaS environment with continuous deployment.
• A genuine interest in data visualizationand ideally some opinions about how it should be built.
• Strong communication skills and commercial sense: you get that engineering decisions serve business priorities not the other way around.
• A bias for action: youd rather ship something solid and iterate than architect in a vacuum for months.
• Bonus: youve worked with Postgres at scale built Office/Google add-ins wrangled Vercel/ECS/RDS in production or have strong feelings about bar charts vs. pie charts.

Benefits

• Full-time leadership position with a competitive remuneration package.
• Equity participation (VSOP)you share in what we build.
• Start-up environment where your talents and motivation make a real visible impact.
• International team of highly motivated doers.
• Fully remote position (within Germany) with ultra-nice offices in Leipzig (Plagwitz) for optional in-person collaboration.
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