Head of Engineering
Pubblicato il 21-09-2026 - GeoSolutions in Lucca
GeoSolutions is looking for a Head of Engineering to help us coordinate, structure and grow our engineering organization while remaining deeply involved in technical decisions and delivery.
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role. The ideal candidate will work closely with GeoSolutions' leadership to define and enforce technical directions, improve collaboration across teams, support project delivery, strengthen our DevOps and QA capabilities, and contribute to technical recruiting.
This position is not meant for a purely corporate manager. We are looking for someone with a solid technical background, proven experience coordinating engineering teams, and direct working knowledge of Open Source GIS technologies and modern deployment environments.
The person will report directly to GeoSolutions' leadership and will work closely with team leaders, technical leads, project managers, DevOps engineers, developers and QA resources across the company.
The role will involve sharing part of the CTO responsibilities with GeoSolutions' leadership.
Technical strategy will be defined collaboratively, while the person will be expected to turn that strategy into execution across teams, products, projects and delivery activities.
Main Responsibilities are as follows
- Coordinate engineering teams across multiple projects, products and technical areas
- Work with team leaders and technical leads to define priorities, remove blockers and improve execution
- Help define, communicate and enforce technical directions across the company
- Improve collaboration between back-end, front-end, DevOps, QA, testing and project teams
- Support project delivery, ensuring that clients receive what they need on time and with the expected quality level
- Take responsibility for technical delivery, staffing, quality, technical risks and engineering execution
- Work closely with DevOps, with a deeper involvement in the organization and evolution of the DevOps team
- Help establish and grow a structu