The Head of Engineering will oversee the engineering team, drive delivery, maintain code quality, and ensure effective communication with C-level executives while developing AI-driven financial platforms.
Who are we?
Fuel is on a mission to unlock billions of dollars in GDP by helping SMBs make better financial decisions every day. We manage over $500M in customer P&Ls through our FP&A platform, combining AI with hands-on CFO expertise to deliver enterprise-grade finance - without the enterprise price tag or complexity.
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Who are we searching for?
We're looking for a Head of Engineering who's already been the senior technical person at a small startup — writing code, making architecture calls, and keeping founders in the loop without being asked.
You'll own engineering fully — the team, the delivery, the architecture, the quality bar, and the overall engineering state of the company. This is not a coordination role. You'll write production code daily on the hardest problems: AI agents, MCP infrastructure, forecasting systems, and financial analytics. You'll be the person who says what's doable, shapes scope, and decides how the team works.
The team is 4 engineers, 1 QA, and 1 Product Owner. The direction is set — we're looking for someone to run the room.
If that matches your experience, let's talk.
What are your responsibilities?
- Build and maintain the forecasting agent and financial analytics platform
- Develop MCPs and the agent orchestration layer
- Own dashboards, access controls, and reporting infrastructure
- Build the AI coding culture across the team — by example, not by policy
- Drive end-to-end engineering delivery: planning, estimation, and accountability
- Own technical architecture across the full stack and AI layer
- Negotiate and control scope — before it reaches the team
- Maintain code quality, CI/CD, automated testing, and deployments
- Run 1:1s, give feedback, and support engineer growth
- Lead hiring as the team scales
- Send engineering reports proactively — blockers, throughput, what changed, and why
- Translate technical constraints into business language for founders and non-technical stakeholders
What are the preferred requirements for the role?
- 5+ years of engineering experience, 2+ years as Tech Lead or Head of Engineering at a startup under 50 people — still writing code daily
- TypeScript / Node.js · React, ideally NestJS knowledge
- Shipped AI in production: LLM integration / RAG, agents, MCP — real users, not demos
- Daily AI tooling: Claude Code, Cursor, Augment, or equivalent
- People leadership experience: 1:1s, feedback, hiring
- B2B SaaS experience, preferably in fintech or a data-heavy domain
- Clear and proactive communication with C-level executives
- C1 English
Good to have:
- Financial API integrations: QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe, or similar
- FP&A domain: P&L, forecasting, budget vs. actuals
- Side projects or open source built with AI tooling
- Experience with MCPs and agent orchestration
Reporting Structure: reporting to the CEO
Recruitment Process:
- Recruiter interview
- Tech fit & live coding session with Fuel engineers
- System Design and Behavioural interview with Fractional CTO
- Culture fit interview with the CEO
Why work with us?
- You'll own engineering fully — not inherit someone else's decisions
- Work on real AI: production agents, MCP infrastructure, financial intelligence that SMBs actually depend on
- Small team, high trust — no politics, no layers, no meaningless meetings
- Competitive salary + equity
- Freedom to define how engineering works — tooling, process, standards are yours to set
- Flexible schedule and async-friendly culture
- 18 days paid vacation per year + paid sick leave
- You'll see the impact of your work directly — in the product, in the team, and in the businesses we serve
Top Skills
Ai Tooling
Financial Apis
Mcps
Nestjs
Node.js
React
Typescript
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