Engineering Leadership
$250,000–$400,000 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Partner with CTO and CEO to define engineering strategy, architecture direction, and execution plan. Lead, hire, and develop the engineering team by creating structure, processes, and culture needed to scale. Own delivery of the engineering roadmap, ensuring projects ship on time with high quality and clear accountability. Set and uphold engineering best practices across code quality, testing, reliability, security, and incident response. Build strong cross-functional operating rhythms to ensure excellent execution and user experience. Establish metrics and systems for engineering effectiveness including planning, estimation, on-call, retrospectives, and technical debt management. Drive continuous improvement of platform performance, scalability, and maintainability as usage grows.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- meaningful time leading teams in an engineering leadership capacity
- Proven ability to build and scale engineering teams in a fast-moving environment
- Strong technical foundation and architectural judgment
- hands-on experience shipping and operating production systems
- Experience partnering cross-functionally and translating product goals into clear technical plans and execution
- High standards for engineering excellence: reliability, security, and developer velocity
- Exceptional communication skills
- track record of leading through ambiguity
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Desired Qualifications
- Early-stage startup experience
- Experience with some of the technologies in our stack: Go, GRPC, Kubernetes, React, Typescript, AWS, and Terraform
- Experience building AI-enabled product features
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