About the Role

Job Title: Director of Engineering
Location: Berlin, Remote
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Engineering

About the Position:

• Seeking a senior-most engineering leader to join alongside the CTO during a critical growth phase.
• Opportunity to shape the foundation of a fast-moving, product-driven startup.

Responsibilities:

• Scale the team: Lead hiring, onboarding, and organizational design.
• Drive execution excellence: Ensure high velocity, quality, and reliability in delivery.
• Lead and mentor: Support engineering managers and individual contributors through coaching and career development.
• Own engineering culture: Champion a culture of technical excellence, autonomy, and collaboration.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with the CTO, product, design, and business leads on product roadmap and business goals.
• Make technical contributions: Engage in architecture and technical decisions.
• Ensure platform reliability: Partner with DevOps and product teams for scalable, secure, and resilient systems.
• Help set strategic direction: Contribute to company-wide strategic planning and decision-making.
• Continuously improve: Identify and address bottlenecks and inefficiencies.

Qualifications:

• Experience building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, ideally from early to growth stage.
• Strong organizational leadership skills with a track record of shaping culture and influencing strategy.
• Proven delivery of complex, high-quality software in a product-focused environment.
• Fluency in modern development practices (CI/CD, cloud platforms, infrastructure automation).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Leadership style characterized by humility, clarity, and high standards.
• Previous experience in a startup environment, thriving in fast-moving, ambiguous situations.
• Desire to build something meaningful from the ground up.

Why Bluefish:

• Unique opportunity to join a fast-moving startup in the AI space.
• Tackle challenging problems while disrupting the $300BN legacy mar-tech industry.
• Join an experienced, high-performing team with immediate ownership and impact.
• Experience a meritocracy with significant career growth potential.
• Attractive compensation package tailored to experience, including a substantial equity package.