Central

Head of Engineering

Central

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Central automates back-office work for startups using AI agents and human experts (payroll, benefits, compliance, accounting, taxes)
  • Scale the team: grow engineering org to 20+ people; recruit, develop, retain exceptional engineers and leaders
  • Establish engineering culture: define and model values, rituals, and practices across a fully remote team
  • Drive execution at scale: ensure fast, reliable delivery and create processes for speed, clarity, accountability
  • Develop leaders: mentor engineers into tech leads and managers; build a leadership bench
  • Partner cross-functionally: align engineering with founders, product, design, operations for customer impact
  • Design the org for growth: define roles, career paths, and structures to maintain velocity and quality

Requirements

  • Experienced org builder: scaled engineering teams from small to 20+ engineers
  • Remote team scaler: experience building distributed, high-trust teams
  • Talent magnet: proven hiring of top engineers and managers
  • Culture carrier: sets and reinforces high standards and cultural alignment
  • Execution-oriented operator: translates vision into priorities and ships large projects quickly
  • Company-first mindset: thrives in startup environments and rolls up sleeves
  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship)