Founding Head of Engineering

Talent

Founding Head of Engineering at Talent.com leading AI-native product development and scaling the engineering team. Owning technical direction and establishing engineering culture.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$280,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take full ownership of the product's codebase, architecture, and roadmap
Lead engineering for AI-native product and own technical direction
Build and integrate AI capabilities deeply into the product
Ship fast and make foundational technical decisions
Mentor and define engineering culture from day one
Collaborate closely with product and leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience leading engineering teams at scale
Founding or first-few engineer at a venture-backed AI startup
Experience shipping agentic LLM systems to enterprise customers
Strong understanding of engineering culture and standards
Full-stack capable, proficient in backend, frontend, and infrastructure
Excellent communication skills between technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

Full-Stack DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentInfrastructure ManagementAI IntegrationTechnical ArchitectureCodebase OwnershipProduct Roadmap ManagementLLM Systems DeploymentVenture-Backed Startup Experience

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsMentoringCollaboration