Own the engineering team - run all 1:1s, manage performance, unblock engineers, and drive accountability across frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.
Stabilize and scale core infrastructure - identify and resolve critical gaps in our existing systems, establish engineering standards, and build toward a resilient, production-grade architecture.
Drive delivery - translate product and business priorities into clear engineering roadmaps, sprint structures, and shipping cadences.
Coordinate with the Head of AI - ensure smooth integration between the AI pipeline and the broader platform infrastructure, from data ingestion to API delivery.
Build engineering culture - introduce the right processes (code review, incident response, documentation, testing) without creating bureaucracy.
Hire and grow the team - own recruiting, onboarding, and team composition decisions in close alignment with the CTO.
Represent engineering in leadership discussions - bridge the gap between technical reality and business expectations.

Requirements

7-12 years in software engineering, with 3+ years in an engineering leadership role owning a team directly (not just tech lead).
Proven track record managing and growing small-to-mid-size engineering teams in a fast-moving startup environment.
Strong full-stack understanding: backend systems, frontend delivery, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and API design.
Experience inheriting and stabilizing broken or scaling infrastructure - not just greenfield builds.
Excellent people manager: you do 1:1s properly, give direct feedback, and create clarity in ambiguous environments.
Strong communicator upward (founders/CTO) and downward (engineers) - you translate between vision and execution fluently.
Highly structured and process-oriented, but pragmatic - you ship, then you improve.
Entrepreneurial by nature: you build, you own, you drive.
Bonus: familiarity with data-heavy platforms, analytics infrastructure, or financial/fintech products.
Bonus: exposure to blockchain or Web3 infrastructure.

Benefits

Offsites with the team in exciting locations
Flexible working hours in a company that relies on remote work
Exciting product in a very dynamic market environment as well as founding-level ownership of a key growth function.
Values-based start-up culture
Many opportunities to develop further and network with committed people
Flat hierarchy

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringfull-stack developmentbackend systemsfrontend deliverycloud infrastructureAPI designinfrastructure stabilizationengineering standardscode reviewincident response

Soft Skills

people managementdirect feedbackcommunicationclarity in ambiguitystructuredprocess-orientedpragmaticentrepreneurialteam buildingleadership