🖥️Head of Engineering
Murphy
EUR 100k-150k / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 23, 2025
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Head of Engineering
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👋 About us
Murphy AI is a next-generation debt collection platform powered by artificial intelligence, designed to optimize recovery rates while maintaining respectful and personalized communication. Our advanced automation streamlines the process of collecting overdue invoices for businesses, providing a seamless and effective solution.
Our platform integrates effortlessly with ERP systems or supports CSV uploads to ensure smooth access to data on unpaid invoices. Using AI-driven agents, we engage with debtors across multiple channels, including SMS, email, phone calls, and more. For cases where payment arrangements are unsuccessful, we facilitate escalation to legal proceedings through trusted partnerships with law firms.
As a fast-growing startup that has already made an impact within just a few months in the market, we are building a talented team to scale our operations and drive our vision forward. Join us in redefining debt recovery with innovation and empathy.
Type: Full-time, Hybrid in Barcelona
Head of Engineering
As Head of Engineering at Murphy, your mission is to lead, scale, and inspire a world-class engineering organization that is building the future of automated debt collection through AI. You’ll combine deep technical expertise, AI know-how, strategic thinking, and strong leadership to align our engineering vision with business impact. You’ll be hands-on when needed, set the technical direction, and cultivate a culture of curiosity, performance, and ownership.
🧭 Responsibilities
Define and execute the long-term engineering strategy in collaboration with the executive team.
Build, mentor, and manage a team of high-performing engineers across multiple domains (backend, infrastructure, AI, frontend).
Drive innovation by identifying opportunities to integrate AI/ML throughout our product.
Maintain high standards of software quality, scalability, and reliability across systems.
Oversee and guide architectural decisions, code quality, and technical trade-offs.
Establish effective engineering processes, rituals, and performance tracking systems.
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Data, and Operations to prioritize and deliver key initiatives.
Own the hiring plan and actively participate in recruiting, onboarding, and retaining top engineering talent.
Foster a culture of technical curiosity, learning, and continuous improvement.
Stay close to the work: review critical PRs, provide architectural guidance, and unblock teams when necessary.
📚 Requirements
7+ years of experience in engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Proven ability to lead teams in high-growth, fast-paced startup environments.
Strong technical background — ideally in backend development (Node.js, TypeScript) and infrastructure.
Hands-on experience or deep understanding of AI/ML, LLMs, or applied machine learning in production environments.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; you inspire, align, and build trust.
Strategic mindset — you think beyond the next sprint and anticipate scale, complexity, and business needs.
Passion for developing talent and cultivating high-performing, curious, and autonomous teams.
🤖 Our stack
Frontend: Next.js, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript
Backend: Node.js, TypeScript
AI/ML: OpenAI, vector DBs, LangChain (and growing)
Infrastructure: PostgreSQL, GCP, Docker
⭐ Nice to Have
Experience building or scaling AI-native products
Background in enterprise SaaS or fintech
🤝 What we offer
💰 Salary: 100k€ - 150k€ / gross year
📈 Stock options: Because we all build Murphy together – you'll own a piece of what we’re creating.
🧩 Impact: Be part of our startup journey from day one, playing a key role in our growth and building something meaningful from the ground up.
📚 Learning: Continuous development through trainings, knowledge-sharing, and exposure to other top-tier startups in our ecosystem.
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