Head of Engineering

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Translate company, product, and technology objectives and goals into a 1 - 3-year engineering plan, operating model, organizational structure, and execution roadmap
• Lead rebuild versus refactor decisions related to platform enhancement and integration across all platforms
• Create the right engineering organizational structure and lead the engineering team
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent and set the bar for how the engineering team operates day to day
• Set engineering-wide standards for planning, estimation, and delivery, and hold teams accountable to them
• Establish engineering metrics, operating rhythms, and governance that provide executive visibility into execution
• Own and manage the technical architecture, infrastructure, security, and technical debt speed and long-term stability
• Improve engineering velocity while reducing technical debt and operational risk
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate customer requirements into engineering priorities
• Manage the engineering budget: headcount planning, vendor and tooling spend, and cloud cost
• Establish company-wide engineering practices for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and on-call/incident response
• Create long-term sustainable mechanisms for continuous improvement across performance, scale, delivery, and org health
• Build and protect engineering culture as headcount grows

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with 7+ years leading engineering managers
• Experience in working in marketplaces or enterprise platforms and building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems
• Experience in e-commerce, B2B SaaS, or marketplace businesses a plus
• Direct experience building an engineering org from the ground up or through a major scaling inflection point
• Strong track record setting technical vision and translating it into a roadmap that executive leadership and the board trust
• Strong balance of technical depth, strategic thinking, and operational leadership
• Extensive experience communicating engineering strategy, risk, and resourcing to non-technical executives and board members
• Proven experience building and scaling engineering organizations in high-growth or mission-critical environments
• Hands-on background with modern cloud-native architecture
• Experience owning security and compliance programs, including SOC 2 controls and audit management
• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling and practices
• Proven ability to manage budget, vendor relationships, and cost efficiency for an engineering org

Benefits & Perks

• Flexible PTO
• A robust stock option plan
• 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Competitive compensation and 401k
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account

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