Head of Engineering

We are seeking a visionary Head of Engineering to establish and grow our product and engineering organization from inception. This is a hands-on leadership role encompassing architecture, development, team leadership, technical decision-making, and culture setting.

You will be responsible for the entire engineering lifecycle, from product architecture and shipping velocity to hiring and system scalability.

Key responsibilities include:

Product Architecture Ownership:

• Design scalable, AI-first system architectures.
• Develop distributed systems to support real-time marketing operations.
• Make critical decisions on technology stack, infrastructure, LLM integration, vector databases, and agent orchestration.
• Ensure robust performance, reliability, and security from the outset.

Rapid Development and Deployment:

• Engage in hands-on coding in the initial stages.
• Deliver MVP features with speed and agility.
• Strategically balance development speed with long-term scalability.
• Instill strong engineering execution discipline.

Team Building and Leadership:

• Recruit top-tier engineering talent across backend, frontend, AI/ML, and infrastructure.
• Cultivate a high-ownership engineering culture.
• Establish comprehensive coding standards, review processes, and quality benchmarks.
• Mentor and foster the professional growth of the team.

AI and Automation Focus:

• Develop advanced AI-driven workflows utilizing LLMs, agents, and prompt engineering.
• Optimize the balance between inference costs and performance.
• Build internal tools for efficient experimentation and evaluation.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of the evolving AI landscape.

Collaboration with Founders:

• Translate product vision into a strategic technical roadmap.
• Actively contribute to product strategy and ideation.
• Drive key strategic technical decisions.
• Serve as a long-term technology partner to the founding team.

Requirements:

• 8-15+ years of progressive engineering experience.
• Proven track record of building and scaling products from concept to maturity.
• Strong expertise in backend architecture, preferably with Node.js or Python.
• Experience with major cloud infrastructure platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Deep understanding of system design principles and distributed systems.
• Prior experience leading and managing engineering teams.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Comfort and effectiveness working in ambiguous environments.

Highly Desired:

• Experience developing AI/LLM-based systems.
• Background in marketing technology, ad-tech, or mar-tech.
• Prior startup experience, particularly at Series A or earlier stages.
• Experience with real-time data processing systems.
• Experience building internal AI agents or automation frameworks.

What will make you thrive:

• A founder's mindset with a focus on building scalable solutions.
• A deep commitment to product quality and user experience.
• The ability to move quickly while maintaining fundamental engineering principles.
• Comfort navigating and driving progress in dynamic and evolving environments.
• Proactive initiative and a self-starter attitude.
• The capacity to shift between strategic thinking and detailed, hands-on coding.