Help define and execute the engineering strategy and technical roadmap aligned to company objectives.
Lead system architecture decisions to ensure scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability.
Provide hands-on technical leadership—diving into code, architecture, infrastructure, and complex problem-solving when needed.
Ensure engineering best practices, including code quality, testing standards, deployment processes, and security guidelines.
Lead engineering execution from ideation through launch, overseeing full product lifecycles in a 0→1 environment.
Collaborate with Product and Design to define requirements, scope features, and build predictable roadmaps.
Drive delivery excellence—ensuring high velocity, clear accountability, and data-driven prioritization.
Oversee engineering processes, sprint planning, and resource allocation.
Strengthen DevOps, observability, continuous integration/delivery pipelines, and on-call reliability.
Ensure security, compliance, data protection, and architectural governance
Build, scale, and mentor a high-impact engineering organization (internal, contract, nearshore, or hybrid).
Establish a culture of ownership, innovation, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.
Recruit top engineering talent and develop career paths, performance standards, and scalable organizational structures.
Partner with Product, Design, Operations, and Executive teams to align engineering initiatives with business priorities.
Communicate technical decisions, tradeoffs, and impacts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Champion cross-functional collaboration, transparency, and high-quality execution across teams

Requirements

10+ years of hands-on engineering experience, with deep technical expertise in modern technologies, cloud-native approaches, and extensible architecture.
5+ years leading engineering teams, including experience as a Director, Head of Engineering, or VP.
Proven record of building and launching 0→1 products in a startup or fast-growth environment.
Strong ability to switch between strategic planning and tactical execution.
Demonstrated expertise in system design, distributed systems, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS).
Experience setting engineering culture, standards, and operational excellence.
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

system architecturecloud-native infrastructureDevOpscontinuous integrationcontinuous deliverycode qualitytesting standardsdeployment processessecurity guidelinessystem design

Soft Skills

technical leadershipproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationstakeholder managementstrategic planningtactical executionmentoringinnovationownership