Head of Development

<div><h3>About Prop Firm Match Global FZCO</h3><p>Prop Firm Match Global FZCO is the leading platform for discovering, comparing, and selecting proprietary trading firms. We help traders make confident, informed decisions through side‑by‑side comparisons, verified reviews, and data‑backed insights. With 100,000+ monthly visitors and a globally distributed team of 62, we are scaling fast – and the technology organization needs to match that pace.</p><h3>About the role</h3><p>The Head of Development owns PFM’s engineering organization end‑to‑end. This is a high‑ownership role for someone who leads from the front – writing code, making architectural decisions, and building with AI at their side. You will set the technical bar, drive consistent delivery, and be the bridge between engineering and company leadership. In a fast‑moving environment, priorities shift without warning. You are expected to adapt immediately, re‑prioritise without friction, and always be thinking 10 steps ahead – anticipating architectural needs, scaling challenges, and product directions before they are formally asked for. We expect you to be deeply hands‑on with Claude Code and AI‑assisted development: not as a buzz‑word, but as a core part of how you work every day.</p><p>We are not looking for someone who simply manages a team. We are looking for a builder – someone who ships fast, holds the bar high, and uses AI as a genuine force multiplier. You will own engineering end‑to‑end, integrate Claude Code and AI‑assisted workflows into every layer of development, and drive Prop Firm Match into its next phase of growth. Priorities shift. Requirements evolve. The roadmap moves. You must be able to adapt instantly, anticipate what is coming before it is asked, and always be thinking 10 steps ahead of the current feature set. Excuses are not part of the culture. Speed, dependability, flexibility, and relentless innovation are.</p><h3>Required Qualifications | Must‑have</h3><p><b>Engineering foundation</b></p><ul><li>10+ years building and scaling production applications. You are a strong engineer first – AI amplifies your output, it does not define your identity.</li><li>Proven record of architecting and shipping complex, real‑world systems from scratch.</li><li>Full‑stack depth across the PFM stack – not just familiarity, but hands‑on production experience.</li><li>Ability to make architectural decisions with long‑term reliability in mind, not short‑term shortcuts.</li><li>Experience managing and scaling engineering teams with consistent delivery outcomes.</li><li>Adaptability and composure when priorities shift – re‑prioritising without friction and without losing momentum.</li><li>Strategic foresight: consistently thinking 10 steps ahead of the current feature set, anticipating what the product and infrastructure will need before it is asked.</li></ul><p><b>Full‑Stack expertise – Our exact stack</b></p><ul><li>Frontend: Next.js / React / Shadcn / TailwindCSS</li><li>Backend: tRPC + Cloudflare Workers, Workflows, Durable Objects</li><li>Data: Drizzle ORM + Aurora PostgreSQL + Cloudflare Hyperdrive</li><li>Auth: Clerk – auth and role‑based access control</li><li>Infra: AWS, CI/CD pipelines, production infrastructure</li></ul><p><b>Claude Code&AI‑native development – This is core, not optional</b></p><ul><li>Demonstrable experience using Claude Code to generate, refactor, and ship real features in production.</li><li>Ability to define prompt engineering strategies and agentic workflows that meaningfully accelerate delivery.</li><li>Experience integrating AI into code generation, test coverage, documentation, and debugging pipelines.</li><li>Strong judgement on where AI adds genuine leverage versus where engineering depth is irreplaceable.</li><li>Track record of measurable productivity gains through AI tooling – not just familiarity, but results.</li></ul><h3>Required Qualifications | Nice‑to‑have</h3><ul><li>Experience building fintech, trading platforms, or data‑intensive products.</li><li>Exposure to prop trading, brokerage systems, or financial infrastructure.</li><li>Experience scaling teams from early‑stage to mid‑size.</li><li>Structured approaches to managing and preventing technical debt at scale.</li><li>Contributions to open‑source projects or published technical writing.</li></ul><h3>Performance Objectives</h3><p><b>1️⃣ Build an uncompromising engineering foundation</b></p><ul><li>Audit and raise the bar on codebase quality, architecture, and development workflows.</li><li>Define and enforce standards in system design, scalability, and maintainability.</li><li>Build systems that last – not ones that require constant rework as we scale.</li><li>Success looks like: Clean, scalable architecture, measurably reduced technical debt, and infrastructure that handles growth without breaking.</li></ul><p><b>2️⃣ Own Delivery – ship fast, ship reliably</b></p><ul><li>Optimize sprint planning, estimation, and execution.</li><li>Introduce clea