Head of Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Translate the objectives of the company, product, and technology into a strategic engineering plan spanning 1 to 3 years, along with an operating model, organizational structure, and execution roadmap.

• Lead the decision-making process on whether to rebuild or refactor for platform enhancements and integration across various platforms.

• Create the engineering organizational framework and guide the engineering team.

• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent.

• Establish engineering-wide standards for planning, estimation, and delivery.

• Develop engineering metrics, operating rhythms, and governance structures to ensure executive visibility.

• Oversee technical architecture, infrastructure, security, technical debt, system speed, and long-term stability.

• Enhance engineering velocity while minimizing technical debt and operational risks.

• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to convert customer requirements into engineering priorities and roadmap decisions.

• Manage the engineering budget, which includes headcount, vendor relationships, tooling expenses, and cloud costs.

• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and incident response/on-call procedures.

• Take ownership of SOC 2 compliance and the broader security posture, working in tandem with IT and external auditors.

• Create feedback loops, retrospectives, postmortems, and engineering-wide metrics to foster continuous improvement.

• Cultivate and safeguard the engineering culture as the team expands.

• Advocate for agentic AI, LLM-powered code generation, and multi-agent orchestration.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in software engineering.

• At least 7 years of experience leading engineering managers.

• Proven experience with marketplaces or enterprise platforms, as well as large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.

• Experience in building an engineering organization from the ground up or during significant scaling phases.

• A strong history of establishing technical vision and translating it into reliable executive and board-level roadmaps.

• Technical expertise, strategic thinking, and operational leadership capabilities.

• Experience in conveying engineering strategy, risks, and resource allocation to non-technical executives and board members.

• Background in building and scaling engineering organizations in high-growth or mission-critical settings.

• Hands-on experience with AWS-managed services, such as EKS, ECR, R53, SES, ElastiCache, and RDS.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Proven track record in managing security and compliance programs, including SOC 2 controls and audit processes.

• Significant experience with CI/CD tools and practices, including Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD, or Spinnaker.

• Experience in API management and service-oriented, API-driven architectures.

• Ability to manage budgets, vendor relationships, and engineering cost efficiency.

• A passion for developing managers and engineers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO with no cap.

• Stock option plan.

• Five days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO).

• Competitive compensation.

• 401k plan.

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Commuter Benefits through a Flexible Spending Account.