Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering – iwell

Job Title: Head of Engineering
Reports to: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Type: Full‑time

About iwell

Our vision is that energy powers your business. It’s at the heart of progress and vital for daily operations. With growing market volatility, new regulations, and rising grid issues, businesses need resilience. Iwell reinforces energy security by orchestrating energy flows through a modular, cyber‑secure EMS platform and BESS hardware. We strive to deliver the cheapest, cleanest kWh for our customers and lead the market in Europe.

Role overview

As Head of Engineering, you steward our engineering organization and its voice within the company. You bridge software and hardware teams, ensuring execution effectiveness, integrating engineering perspectives, and growing the team from roughly 20 to 45 FTE in line with company ambition. You partner closely with the Head of People & Culture, agile coach, product managers, and CTO.

Key responsibilities

• Drive delivery excellence and developer experience, continuously improving workflow flow and balancing speed with quality.
• Define and track engineering health metrics to guide improvements and demonstrate impact.
• Foster a culture of diversity, inclusion, safety, and transparency.
• Oversee and align the hiring plan for all engineering teams, building scalable pipelines with recruitment.
• Own and refine the organization‑wide Growth & Compensation Framework from an engineering perspective.
• Act as a thought partner for tech leads, people leads, product managers, and the agile coach.
• Facilitate cross‑team decision making, aligning and evolving engineering principles, including code quality, security, observability, AI strategy, and consistent architectural direction.
• Advocate for engineering priorities in cross‑functional discussions and act as a technical voice at the executive level.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience leading software‑dominant engineering teams, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated success growing teams in a scale‑up environment.
• Significant professional experience as a software engineer.
• Open and positive communication style.
• 30 days yearly holiday to rest and recharge.
• Meaningful work contributing to a more sustainable future.
• Office perks and a supportive, dynamic team atmosphere.
• Annual company holiday.
• Access to personal development funds and career growth opportunities.

Do you walk the talk?

For more information about iwell, what we do, and why we do it, visit our website .

How we hire

• Apply – Our People team and hiring manager will review your application and respond within 2 weeks.
• Screening call – If you fit, we’ll invite you to a screening call to learn more about each other.
• Interviews – You’ll have two or more interviews. For a highly technical role, we’ll assess specific skills you need.