
Head of Engineering
Silver.dev
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Argentina
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Salary
💰 $72,000 - $96,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the technology strategy & roadmap aligned with business and product OKRs.
- Define the reference architecture for agentic systems (LLMs, tool orchestration, data plane, safety/guardrails, evals).
- Establish security & compliance baselines (IAM, secrets, data privacy; SOC2-readiness) and cost governance (FinOps).
- Ship backend services in Python/TypeScript; drive high-impact PRs and code reviews.
- Orchestrate agents and toolchains, integrate external APIs/DBs, and build robust pipelines.
- End-to-end DevOps: AWS/GCP, containerization, IaC (Terraform/CDK), CI/CD, observability, and on-call design.
- Reduce tech debt, improve latency/throughput, and manage infra cost per workflow/client.
- Define SLOs and error budgets; reduce MTTR and change-fail rate.
- Drive post-mortems and preventive engineering.
- Hire, mentor, and level up engineers; install rituals of quality and focused execution.
Requirements
- 6–8+ years building and scaling software in high-growth environments; 3+ years in leadership role
- Strong backend in Python and/or TypeScript, containers (Docker), cloud (AWS or GCP), IaC and CI/CD
- Experience with LLMs/agentic systems, tool orchestration; data flows and AI safety/guardrails
- Observability & security fluency (OpenTelemetry or similar; IAM, secrets, hardening)
- Data-driven decision-maker with excellent communication; professional English.
Benefits
- 3 weeks of vacations
- Flexible schedule
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
PythonTypeScriptcontainersAWSGCPIaCCI/CDobservabilitydata flowsLLMs
Soft Skills
communicationdata-driven decision-makermentoringleadershippreventive engineering