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Founding Head of Engineering

Engineering ManagerEngineering ManagerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 201-500Since 1995H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 4 moreAll locations: California | Colorado | District Of Columbia | New York | Massachusetts

Posted

170 days ago

Salary

$280K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor DegreeEnglish

Job Description

Founding Head of Engineering

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• Take full ownership of the product's codebase, architecture, and roadmap • Lead engineering for our AI-native product • Build and integrate AI capabilities into the product • Ship fast and take features from rough idea to users • Make foundational technical decisions • Build the eval and observability layer • Sit in customer calls weekly • Recruit, interview, and hire the engineering team • Set and protect the engineering culture • Mentor and lead future hires

Job Requirements

  • Led engineering teams at real scale
  • Founding or first-few engineer at a venture-backed AI startup
  • Shipped agentic LLM systems to paying enterprise customers
  • Made the "rewrite vs. keep" call on someone else's in-flight codebase
  • Hired and mentored engineers
  • Clear on what makes a strong early-stage technical bar
  • Set an engineering culture on purpose
  • Cleared a regulated procurement gate in production
  • Full-stack capable

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible working hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities

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