Urrly · 1 day ago
Head of Engineering - Public Safety SaaS
Urrly is a PE-backed SaaS company building secure software for government agencies. They are seeking a Head of Engineering to lead a team in modernizing their platform and managing cloud infrastructure while ensuring technical decision-making aligns with business priorities.
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of ~6 full-stack engineers plus a BA/Product Manager
Serve as the senior technical decision-maker across architecture and platform direction
Own cloud infrastructure and application reliability (Azure)
Drive ongoing modernization, including migration from legacy Perl to .NET
Balance technical debt reduction with new feature delivery
Partner closely with executive leadership on prioritization, roadmap tradeoffs, and exit readiness
Support light API integrations across products and workflows
Bring a product-oriented mindset to engineering planning and execution
Evaluate emerging technologies (including AI) in a regulated, sensitive-data environment
Qualification
Required
Proven engineering leadership experience (Director, VP, or equivalent)
Strong systems-level and architectural thinking
Experience owning cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred)
SaaS product development background
Comfort leading teams through legacy-to-modern transitions
Ability to scope work, prioritize effectively, and make pragmatic tradeoffs
Preferred
Experience in regulated or compliance-driven software (GovTech, GRC, cybersecurity, healthcare, fintech)
Product-minded approach to engineering leadership
API and systems integration experience
Curiosity about applied AI in secure environments
Benefits
Bonus: ~20%
Equity: Meaningful equity package