We're a credible, funded, remote-first startup led by a serial technical founder, and backed by a 20-person team. The product is live in private alpha.
Head of Engineering
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$400,000,000K / year
Seniority
Lead
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
We're hiring a Head of Engineering!
- Flexible Title: Can tailor to reflect your skills & experience.
- Flexible Time: Can do full-time, part-time, side-gig (off-hours), or fractional (contract).
- Flexible Commitment: Can do short-term, long-term, or intermittent.
Why so flexible? We're a FUNDED startup racing to launch end of Q1 2026. That gives us just 3 months to stack features while raising additional working capital. Feel free to jump in, help us ship, then bounce >> or stick around. A successful launch translates into lots of permanent jobs for those that want them. We're also interested in long term "side gig" relationships, if that's what you're into - in our experience, a few expert hours often beat full-time learning-curve hours.
Qualifications
- Deep technical expertise in Ruby on Rails, React, and related stacks (PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with AI enablement
- Prior experience as a Technical Manager, Engineering Director, VP of Engineering, or CTO at a venture-backed company
- Demonstrated ability to drive developer performance through metrics, not just vibes
- Comfortable operating in a startup environment with ambiguity and rapid iteration
- Strong communicator who excels at expectation management
- Track record of building high-performing engineering teams from the ground up
Requirements
- Lead and manage a team of developers building on Ruby on Rails and React
- Drive AI enablement across the organization
- Establish and track performance metrics for individual contributors and the team as a whole
- Implement systems for accountability, velocity tracking, and continuous improvement
- Be accountable for technical architecture decisions and code quality at scale
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and sprint retrospectives with actionable outcomes
- Collaborate with product and design to translate business requirements into technical deliverables
- Coach developers and create training materials that raise the bar across the team
- Build and refine hiring, onboarding, and developer growth processes
- Identify and remove blockers — whether technical, process, or people-related
Benefits
- Up to $400,000 max total compensation in Tier 1 cities; cash and equity components to be negotiated.
Company Description
We're a credible, funded, remote-first startup led by a serial [technical] founder, and backed by a 20-person team. The product is live in private alpha.
Job Requirements
- Deep technical expertise in Ruby on Rails, React, and related stacks (PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with AI enablement
- Prior experience as a Technical Manager, Engineering Director, VP of Engineering, or CTO at a venture-backed company
- Demonstrated ability to drive developer performance through metrics, not just vibes
- Comfortable operating in a startup environment with ambiguity and rapid iteration
- Strong communicator who excels at expectation management
- Track record of building high-performing engineering teams from the ground up
- Lead and manage a team of developers building on Ruby on Rails and React
- Drive AI enablement across the organization
- Establish and track performance metrics for individual contributors and the team as a whole
- Implement systems for accountability, velocity tracking, and continuous improvement
- Be accountable for technical architecture decisions and code quality at scale
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and sprint retrospectives with actionable outcomes
- Collaborate with product and design to translate business requirements into technical deliverables
- Coach developers and create training materials that raise the bar across the team
- Build and refine hiring, onboarding, and developer growth processes
- Identify and remove blockers — whether technical, process, or people-related
Benefits
- Up to $400,000 max total compensation in Tier 1 cities; cash and equity components to be negotiated.
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