Head of Engineering

The role

You will build, lead, and scale a Global Technology Center in Shanghai to deliver globally scalable retail technology platforms. You will own the end-to-end engineering strategy, execution, and talent agenda for this hub.

What you will do

• Lead and scale multiple engineering teams responsible for building global retail and commercial platforms.
• Shape technical direction, platform roadmap, and execution focus.
• Participate in architectural design and guide critical technical decisions.
• Ensure platforms align with global architecture and regulatory requirements.
• Own the delivery, quality, and technical excellence of globally deployed platforms.
• Lead the development of modular and scalable architectures.
• Drive predictable execution and manage uncertainty.
• Maintain high operational resilience through SLOs, incident response, and security practices.
• Coach and mentor Engineering Managers and senior engineers.
• Own hiring strategy and decisions for the China hub.

Required qualifications

• Proven experience leading multiple engineering teams within complex, fast-moving, product-driven organizations at global scale.
• Strong technical foundation with hands-on experience designing and evolving large-scale e-commerce platforms.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering Point of Sale (POS) platforms and solutions.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, platform architecture, and integration patterns.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Track record of delivering high-impact platforms with predictability and quality.
• Experience shaping system architecture and driving technical standards.
• Passion for coaching, mentoring, and growing engineering leaders.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and aligning distributed, cross-regional teams.
• Builder's mindset and entrepreneurial spirit.
• Fluent in English and Mandarin.

Benefits

• Dynamic, challenging and sportive environment
• International team

About the company

Onrunning is an international team and a fast growing sports company with offices across the globe.