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Interim Head of Engineering.

I step in when a product company needs engineering leadership now. I take over, keep delivery running, and lead for as long as you need me.

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Josip JurišićRigid d.o.o. · Remote/Hybrid · EU (CET)

LinkedIn ↗CV (PDF)

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16 yrsengineering & leadership

3 → 20+team I built

€1Mbudget owned

500Kapp users

3countries

01when_to_hire_me

I step in when:

/01

Your CTO is busy coding.

The CTO's days go to architecture and code. People and process still need an owner.

Fractional VP of Engineering → /02

Your team outgrew its structure.

The structure that got you to ten engineers is slowing you down now.

Scaling Engineering Teams → /03

Your Head of Engineering left.

The roadmap is full and nobody is driving it. I take over the role and lead.

Interim Head of Engineering → /04

You're investing in a tech company.

I spend 1–2 weeks inside the team and put the risks in writing before the money moves.

Engineering Due Diligence →

02engagement_model

How it works.

For EU product companies and tech teams of 5–50 engineers.

step_1

Discovery call

20 minutes. You tell me what's going on. If I can't help, I'll say so.

free

step_2

Engineering Assessment

1–2 weeks inside your team, then a written roadmap of what to fix and in what order.

1–2 weeks

step_3

Ongoing engagement

Advisory runs 1–2 days a week, embedded interim 2–3. You get written deliverables every month.

1–3 days per week

03proof_of_work

Track record.

Product · Munich

3 → 20+

From 3 engineers to 20+, serving 500K users.

Built the org from scratch and ran 100+ interviews along the way.

€1M budget · culture intact

Finance · Zurich

15 architects in regulated banking.

Coached principal architects at a Swiss investment bank.

full adoption · regulated environment

Agency · Germany

26 people, 40+ projects.

Managing Director with full P&L and 40+ client projects delivered.

full P&L · 40+ projects

I TO NIJE SVE!

References available on request.

04how_i_work

How I work.

I run the standups and own the hiring pipeline, and when delivery slips it's on me. I've debugged production at two in the morning. I work inside the team.

hiring: The whole pipeline, run end to end.
delivery: Objectives, sprint cadence, release process, metrics.
people: 1-on-1s, reviews, career development for your engineers.

Executive MBA from Kelley School of Business. Master's in Computer Science. ICF coaching credential.

05the_short_version

How I got here.

git log --oneline career.md

nowManaging Director & Board Member — Product company, Munich (500K MAU)HEAD

2023Head of Engineering — 20 engineers, €1M budget, 500K users

2021Sr. Scrum Master — Investment bank, Zurich (parallel)

2019Head of Application Engineering — Product company, Munich

2015Managing Director — IT agency · 26 people, 40+ projects

2013Android Team Lead — telecom, 20+ projects shipped

2011Software Developer — init commit

I work remotely from Croatia with teams across Europe. I invoice through Rigid d.o.o., EU-based, no compliance headaches.

// lang: English (C2) · Croatian · German (A2)

// status: Available · Remote · EU timezone

// billing: Rigid d.o.o. · Croatia, EU

Let's talk.

A straight 20-minute conversation about your engineering team. No slides, no pitch.

Get in touch josip.jurisic@rigid.hr