Head of Engineering

<p style="min-height:1.5em">Construction is one of the largest industries in the world, yet it is <strong>inefficient</strong>, <strong>wasteful</strong>, and <strong>incredibly complex</strong>. Rising cost pressure and increasing complexity are pushing the industry to its limits. At <strong>comstruct</strong>, we are on a mission to fundamentally change how construction companies operate and we are looking for people who want to build that future with us.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">comstruct develops autonomous AI agents that reimagine the entire material procurement process, from requisition to posted invoice. Our platform takes over repetitive and error-prone tasks across the material flow, enabling construction companies to focus on what truly matters: building. Backed by a €12.5M funding round with investors such as <strong>Google Ventures</strong> and <strong>20VC</strong>, we are now entering our next growth phase and are looking for exceptionally driven and ambitious individuals to help scale our product.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Trusted by some of the world's largest construction companies (including Vinci), we are just getting started. To take our product to the next level, we are looking for a <strong>Head of Engineering</strong> who wants to build both the platform and the team behind it, at the intersection of AI, software, and one of the most complex industries in the world.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As our engineering team grows past 10 people across three teams, we need a technical leader who can own hiring, coaching, and org design end-to-end — freeing our CTO to focus on building and discovery, while making sure every engineer has the structure, feedback, and growth path to do their best work.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">🚀 <strong>What we are looking for:</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- You have 6+ years of software engineering experience, including meaningful time in high-growth startups or scale-ups</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- You have led engineering teams of 10+ people, ideally managing managers or leads, not just individual contributors</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- You are technical enough to be a real sparring partner in architecture and system design conversations, not a distant people manager</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- You have built or scaled a technical recruiting engine before and know how to raise the hiring bar</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- You are AI-first and use modern AI-assisted engineering workflows yourself</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- You are structured and calm under ambiguity, and can design an org from scratch rather than just running an existing one</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- Full professional proficiency in German and English</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>🚀 You have ownership to drive initiatives like:</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- Redesigning comstruct's engineering org structure and career ladder as we scale past 10 engineers</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- Building a recruiting engine that consistently brings in A-players across all three engineering teams</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- Establishing the coaching, feedback, and performance rhythms that let every team lead grow into a strong manager</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">- <strong>Your own idea</strong>: You have an idea how we can 10x the value of our platform or our team? Go for it!</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>📚 How are we