Summary
George Jose is a product-minded Head of Engineering with a decade of experience leading high-performing teams across startups and large enterprises, currently shaping engineering at Paytrie. He combines hands-on software development with people leadership, process design and project execution, having moved from individual contributor roles to senior management at Drop and Deloitte Digital. His background spans full-stack web and API work (React, Node, Java/Spring) and enterprise transformation programs, with a track record of delivering complex, open-ended projects like omnichannel retail and PoS systems. He’s entrepreneurial — founding a solopreneur venture and consulting for cloud-focused startups — and enjoys building things outside work as an avid sailor and dog parent. Based in Old Toronto, he brings a pragmatic, metrics-oriented approach informed by early systems engineering and manufacturing automation roots from Toyota and Rockwell. Colleagues describe him as a versatile generalist who translates ambiguous product goals into reliable, scalable engineering outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering) Mechatronics Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Malayalam, Hindi, French