Head of Engineering

Hands-on technical depth.

architecture, and earn the respect of strong engineers through your craft.

Experience leading engineering teams through meaningful process or tooling changes

Real fluency with AI-assisted development.

You are already using these tools

Experience with cloud-native, serverless architectures.

to lead our engineering team through a period of meaningful evolution in how we build software.

You will own engineering operations, delivery, people leadership, and the developer experience.

You will work closely with the CTO, who focuses on technology strategy and customer-facing work, and the CPO, who owns the product roadmap.

Your job is to make the team excellent at turning product intent into production software, quickly and reliably.

The right person for this role has strong opinions about modern engineering practices, is already using AI-assisted development tools productively, and is excited about building the systems and culture that let a small team punch well above its weight.

Own people leadership for the full engineering team: 1:1s, career development, performance management, hiring, and team health. Build a culture of ownership, customer empathy, and technical craftsmanship. Manage a team that includes experienced senior engineers with strong technical opinions.

Own how we build

Design and evolve our engineering processes, tooling, and quality standards. Build internal

scaffolding, templates, and guardrails that make it easy to do the right thing and hard to do the wrong thing. Invest in automated quality controls that catch problems before they reach anyone downstream. You care about cycle time, developer experience, and the gap between intent and production.

Champion modern tooling

We believe AI-assisted development is a genuine multiplier for small teams, not a novelty. You should already be using these tools effectively and have a point of view on how to integrate them into real engineering workflows. You will lead by example and help the team adopt new practices at a pace that builds confidence rather than resistance.

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