Pavago
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HeadofEngineering
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“Head of Engineering at Pavago. Skills: Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, AI/LLM Infrastructure, DevOps. Design backend systems. Build backend systems”
What You'll Achieve.
System uptime; Platform reliability; AI pipeline stability; Operational efficiency; Deployment reliability; Engineering velocity; Backend performance improvements; Scalability improvements; Code quality; Reduction in technical debt; Team delivery consistency; Engineering execution quality; Infrastructure stability; Incident reduction
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving instincts; Analytical
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep expertise in .NET 8.0, C# expertise, ASP.NET Core expertise, Entity Framework Core expertise, Designing distributed systems experience, Microservice architectures experience, MySQL production experience, Redis production experience, MongoDB production experience, Event-driven systems production experience, Linux infrastructure hands-on experience, CI/CD pipelines hands-on experience, Large-scale API integrations experience, Distributed workflows experience, Building AI/LLM systems experience, Operating AI/LLM systems experience, Monitoring engineering understanding, Observability engineering understanding, Scalability engineering understanding, Reliability engineering understanding, Leading small engineering teams experience, Mentoring developers experience, English communication skills
Nice to Have
Startup experience, High-growth SaaS experience, Scaling AI-powered platforms experience, Scaling automation systems experience, Kubernetes familiarity, Docker familiarity, Terraform familiarity, Infrastructure-as-code tooling familiarity, Optimizing AI cost efficiency experience, Optimizing inference performance experience, Event streaming knowledge, Asynchronous processing knowledge, High-throughput architectures knowledge, AI-assisted software development workflows familiarity
What You'll Do.
Design backend systems
Build backend systems
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
Build scalable workflows
Optimize orchestration logic
Optimize failover systems
Optimize provider routing
Monitor cost efficiency
Integrate AI workflows
Manage MySQL environments
Optimize MySQL environments
Manage Redis environments
Optimize Redis environments
Manage MongoDB environments
Optimize MongoDB environments
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
Implement logging systems
Identify scalability risks
Identify reliability risks
Identify performance risks
Maintain platform uptime
Maintain deployment stability
Manage third-party API integrations
Maintain third-party API integrations
Design graceful degradation systems
Design fallback strategies
Design provider failover handling
Ensure platform stability
Improve fault tolerance
Lead engineering team
Mentor engineering team
Provide architecture guidance
Provide technical feedback
Establish engineering best practices
Enforce engineering best practices
Establish documentation standards
Enforce documentation standards
Establish deployment processes
Enforce deployment processes
Collaborate with leadership
Collaborate with founders
Create culture of ownership
Create culture of execution quality
Create culture of engineering excellence
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Leadership collaboration; Founder collaboration
Communication Scope
English communication
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
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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