Head of Engineering (m/f/d) | Full-time

Help us build the future of public administration! Ayunis is a Munich-based GovTech company trusted by more than 1000 cities, municipalities and districts across the DACH region. With Ayunis Core, we are building an open-source AI platform that automates repetitive administrative work. We use cutting-edge AI and engineering tools to build cutting-edge agentic technology—both for our customers and for our own development workflows. TasksYour role As Head of Engineering, you lead the engineering team behind Ayunis Core and own its technical direction, delivery and growth. This is a hands-on role. You will write and review production code from your first month on, make the critical architectural decisions yourself and be the technical lead of a small team that is about to grow. Working closely with the CTO and our Product team, you turn product priorities into a technical plan and make sure the team delivers it reliably. Your responsibilities Lead the engineering team: regular 1:1s, feedback, growth and career development. Lead our Forward Deployed Engineers, who implement customer integrations and automations on Ayunis Core, and make sure what they learn flows back into the platform. Own the architecture of Ayunis Core across frontend, backend, agent runtime, identity, permissions and extension interfaces. Stay hands-on: build critical features, review code and own releases. Own delivery: planning with Product, release process, quality and predictability. Own the technical dire