Director of Engineering

Description Fetcherr is an AI-driven company specializing in deep learning, algorithmic trading, and large-scale data solutions. Our core technology, the Large Market Model (LMM), enables accurate demand forecasting and real-time, data-driven decision-making. Originally focused on the airline industry, Fetcherr is expanding its AI solutions across additional industries.

As Director of R&D, you will serve as a senior technical and organizational leader, helping to scale Fetcherr's data-driven products and engineering capabilities. This is a hybrid role combining technical authority, strategic vision, and operational excellence. You will co-lead the R&D organization, work directly with customers, and be instrumental in shaping cross-functional, product-focused engineering teams.

We're looking for a leader who's both visionary and hands-on, able to drive execution, foster innovation, and build high-performance engineering cultures at scale. Responsibilities: Strategic & Technical Leadership * Act as a senior technical authority in data architecture, analytics, monitoring, and system design. * Report to the CTO and collaborate with Sr. peers to define and execute the company's technical roadmap. * Drive execution, innovation, process improvement, and change management across engineering and data science teams. * Scale the R&D team in line with Fetcherr's rapid growth. * Drive the effective usage of state of the art AI tools for improving productivity and scaling the team capabilities. Engineering & Operational Excellence * Design and refine engineering processes to improve reliability, velocity, and quality. * Champion data quality, validation, and analytics engineering practices. * Deliver the commitments according to customer requirements and timelines. * Drive productivity and quality, also through the best practice leverage of AI tools and agentic coding.

Customer & Product Alignment * Serve as a technical interface to product management, understanding the customer needs and translating them into product development execution and technical strategies. * Represent R&D in customer discussions, guiding prioritization and product development with a real-world impact lens. People & Culture * Lead a local team while collaborating with remote and distributed teams, fostering alignment, engagement, and accountability. * Promote a collaborative, analytical and data driven, hands-on culture across engineering, data science, and product. * Partner closely with product and data stakeholders to deliver scalable, production-grade AI solutions. Requirements Leadership & Management * 3+ years managing team leads in a Director or Head of R&D role. * Experience growing R&D teams at a startup or high-growth tech company. * Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams. * Proven ability to align with other teams in the R&D organization, especially remote teams.

Technical Depth * Strong background in data engineering, analytics and data science. * Proven experience in cloud-native architectures (preferably GCP). * Experience in scaling systems, improving CI/CD, * Big plus: working with ML or real-time data products. Communication & Influence * Ability to motivate, mentor, and grow high-performing teams, promoting accountability and extreme ownership throughout the teams. * Strong communicator who can align technical and business stakeholders. * Excellent English skills (spoken and written) - able to clearly communicate with global teams, customers, and leadership. * Comfortable engaging directly with customers, partners, and executives. Mindset & Approach * Hands-on and detail-oriented, with a "roll up your sleeves" attitude. * Strategic thinker who can balance short-term wins with long-term scalability. * Passion for building impactful, AI-driven products.