Director of Product Engineering - Tax Filing

Taxfix Group; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 100.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading tax technology company in Berlin is seeking a Director of Product Engineering to lead teams in developing tax filing solutions. This role involves driving technical strategy and overseeing engineering execution. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in software engineering, with significant leadership experience and a proven track record in B2C and B2B2C platforms. This position offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements.

Leistungen

Free mental health coaching

Employee stock options

30 annual vacation days

Work from abroad for 6 weeks

Free tax declaration filing

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven track record of high-scale B2C/B2B2C platform experience.
• Deep hands-on system design experience across web and mobile stacks.

Aufgaben

• Lead and inspire engineering teams in mobile and web tax filing products.
• Define long-term technical architecture and product engineering strategy.
• Champion AI integration to unlock user value and operational leverage.

Kenntnisse

Leadership in engineering

System design and architecture

AI/ML integration

B2C/B2B2C platform experience

Communication with C-level executives

Tools

TypeScript

React

Go

Kotlin/Swift

Jobbeschreibung

Director of Product Engineering - Tax Filing

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Overview

Our story: Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We're working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence. Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the Taxfix Group (brands Taxfix, Steuerbot and TaxScouts) is a compassionate group of solution-finders with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT security experts. Since our founding in 2016, we have facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for our customers.

Your Challenge

We’re looking for an ambitious, technically rooted, and commercially driven Director of Product Engineering to lead and inspire our engineering teams responsible for our mobile and web tax filing products. This is a strategic senior leadership role with high visibility and impact, reporting directly to the CTO and working hand-in-hand with Product, Data, and Design. If you are someone who wants to build products and teams rather than just manage, you will fit well here.

Your Responsibilities And Decisions

• Technical & Architectural Leadership: Define and evolve the long-term technical architecture and product engineering strategy aligned with business goals.
• Architectural reviews and design sessions: Ensure systems are scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-efficient.
• Champion AI integration and platform innovation to unlock user value and operational leverage.
• Commercial & Product Partnership: Serve as the key engineering voice in product strategy discussions, reflecting customer and commercial priorities.
• Drive time-to-market efficiency while balancing technical trade-offs with business impact.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, and Data to drive measurable outcomes (e.g., conversion, retention, LTV).
• Team Leadership & Culture: Lead and inspire a high-performance, cross-functional engineering organization (mobile, web, frontend, backend, AI).
• Build and scale teams that are technically exceptional, AI-native, mission-aligned, and highly collaborative.
• Promote a culture of ownership, customer obsession, technical craftsmanship, and continuous improvement.
• Execution & Operational Excellence: Ensure engineering execution is world-class with efficient sprint delivery, strong observability, and robust QA practices.
• Establish clear metrics, OKRs, and continuous feedback loops for technical quality, velocity, and team health.
• Drive alignment across geographically distributed teams, acting as a cultural bridge between Berlin HQ and Madrid tech hub.

Your Profile

• 10+ years in software engineering with at least 5 years in senior engineering leadership roles at fast-scaling tech companies.
• Proven track record of building and operating high-scale B2C or B2B2C platforms, in multiple markets, ideally in fintech consumer apps.
• Deep hands-on system design and architecture experience across modern web and mobile stacks (e.g. TypeScript, React, Go, Kotlin/Swift).
• Experience in architecting and scaling AI/ML-powered features.
• Experience integrating AI in all development stages – requirements gathering, prototyping, design, coding, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Strong commercial orientation: understands CLV/CAC dynamics, conversion funnels, and the engineering impact on business outcomes.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, including with C-level executives and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable leading across cultures and locations; experience managing distributed teams in a hybrid environment.
• Experience in regulated industries or building certified systems (e.g., GDPR, EU AI Act) is a nice to have.
• Familiarity with generative AI tools.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Why Taxfix?

• A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals.
• Holistic well-being with free mental health coaching sessions and yoga.
• A monthly allowance to spend on a wide range of services with flexible rollover.
• Employee stock options for all employees—everyone benefits from the company’s success.
• 30 annual vacation days and flexible working hours.
• Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year with team alignment.
• Opportunities to socialise as a team, including internal tech meetups and regular company events (virtual and in-person when possible).
• Free tax declaration filing through the Taxfix app and support for personal tax questions.
• Dogs welcome in the office.

At Taxfix, we believe that incredible things happen when you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We are committed to equal employment and development opportunities for all. To help mitigate unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves. If you are unsure you meet all requirements, please apply anyway; you might bring something special to the team.

Seniority level
Director

Employment type
Full-time

Job function
Engineering and Information Technology

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