Pavago
SaaS
HeadofEngineering
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“Head of Engineering at Pavago. Skills: Backend Architecture, AI Systems, Technical Leadership, Distributed Systems. Own the entire engineering function. Write production code”
What You'll Achieve.
System uptime and platform reliability; AI pipeline stability and operational efficiency; Deployment reliability and engineering velocity; Backend performance and scalability improvements; Code quality and reduction in technical debt; Team delivery consistency and engineering execution quality; Infrastructure stability and incident reduction
Industry & Context.
Deeply analytical with problem-solving instincts
U. S. Business Hours, Remote (Pakistan, LATAM, Eastern Europe Preferred)
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep expertise in .NET 8.0, C#, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework Core, Experience designing distributed systems and microservice architectures, Production experience with MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, and event-driven systems, Hands-on DevOps experience with Linux infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, Experience managing large-scale API integrations and distributed workflows, Proven experience building and operating AI/LLM systems in production environments, Understanding of monitoring, observability, scalability, and reliability engineering, Experience leading small engineering teams and mentoring developers, English communication skills
Nice to Have
Startup or high-growth SaaS experience, Experience scaling AI-powered platforms or automation systems, Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, or infrastructure-as-code tooling, Experience optimizing AI cost efficiency and inference performance, Knowledge of event streaming, asynchronous processing, and high-throughput architectures, Familiarity with AI-assisted software development workflows
What You'll Do.
Own the entire engineering function
Write production code
Make architectural decisions
Oversee infrastructure reliability
Guide engineering team
maintain backend systems
Own system architecture
Implement Clean Architecture
Implement Domain-Driven Design
Deliver new product features
Optimize existing systems
Resolve performance bottlenecks
Improve system scalability
Improve system maintainability
Improve engineering standards
manage AI/LLM pipelines
Build scalable workflows
Optimize orchestration logic
Optimize failover systems
Optimize provider routing
Monitor cost efficiency
Integrate AI-assisted workflows
Oversee caching strategies
Oversee analytics pipelines
Oversee event-driven systems
Oversee bulk data operations
Ensure data consistency
Improve database architecture
Improve query performance
Own Linux infrastructure
Own operational reliability
Implement centralized monitoring
Implement observability
Identify scalability risks
Identify reliability risks
Identify performance risks
Maintain high platform uptime
Maintain deployment stability
Manage third-party API integrations
Design graceful degradation
Design fallback strategies
Design provider failover
Ensure platform stability
Improve fault tolerance
Lead and mentor engineering team
Establish engineering best practices
Enforce documentation standards
Enforce deployment processes
Collaborate with leadership
Collaborate on product direction
Collaborate on technical roadmap
Create culture of ownership
Create culture of execution quality
Create culture of engineering excellence
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate directly with leadership and founders on product direction and technical roadmap planning; Guide developers through code reviews and technical implementation decisions; Collaborate with leadership on roadmap planning and technical prioritization
Communication Scope
English communication skills; Communicator capable of aligning engineering decisions with business goals
Process & Methodology
Roadmap Planning, Technical Roadmap, Product Direction, Technical Prioritization
Full Job Description
### **Head of Engineering** **Position Type:** Full-Time, Remote **Working Hours:** U.S. Business Hours **Location:** Remote (Pakistan, LATAM, Eastern Europe Preferred) ### **About the Role** We are hiring a highly technical and hands-on Head of Engineering to own the entire engineering function of a fast-growing SaaS platform. This role combines deep backend engineering, distributed systems architecture, AI infrastructure, and technical leadership in a fast-moving startup environment. This is not a purely managerial role. You will actively write production code, make architectural decisions, oversee infrastructure reliability, and guide a lean engineering team while helping scale a platform operating across multiple services and AI-powered workflows. The ideal candidate thrives in startup environments, takes ownership of systems end-to-end, and understands how to balance rapid product development with long-term scalability and reliability. ### **What You’ll Own** ### **Backend Architecture & Engineering** • Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using .NET 8.0, C#, ASP.NET Core, and Entity Framework Core • Own system architecture across 14+ independently deployed microservices • Implement Clean Architecture and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles • Deliver new product features, optimize existing systems, and resolve performance bottlenecks • Improve system scalability, maintainability, and engineering standards across the codebase ### **AI Systems & LLM Infrastructure** • Design and manage production-grade AI and LLM pipelines across multiple providers • Build scalable workflows for personalization, segmentation, automation, and AI-assisted features • Optimize prompts, orchestration logic, failover systems, and provider routing strategies • Monitor token usage, rate limits, latency, and cost efficiency across AI systems • Integrate AI-assisted development workflows and tooling into engineering operations ### **Databases & Data Infrastructure** • Man
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