Head of Engineering

What Youll Do

• Own the engineering vision and architecture across 19+ digital products
• Drive technical decision-making, architectural alignment, and tooling strategies
• Ensure the scalability, performance, and long-term sustainability of all engineering efforts

• Prioritize product success over technical perfection
• Actively participate in product discovery and design sessions to ensure engineering decisions are market-relevant
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic technical plans and MVPs
• Promote a holistic view of product development balancing feasibility, viability, and desirability
• Foster a culture of agility, iteration, and experimentation, with rapid prototyping and lean delivery
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to align roadmaps, define trade-offs, and co-own outcomes

• Build and lead a high-performing, distributed engineering team
• Develop career paths, mentorship programs, and growth opportunities for engineers
• Set the tone for accountability, ownership, and excellence in execution

• Provide technical support throughout the entire SDLC planning, execution, QA, deployment, and maintenance
• Intervene in complex engineering challenges and offer hands-on architectural guidance
• Monitor project delivery metrics and ensure consistent product quality

• Implement lean engineering practices and reduce inefficiencies across all teams
• Define KPIs and use data to guide decisions and improvements
• Facilitate retrospectives, knowledge-sharing, and experimentation

• Partner with product, design, delivery, and client stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Communicate technical risks, timelines, and expectations with clarity and transparency
• Ensure teams are equipped to deliver with autonomy and purpose

• Previous experience in senior engineering leadership (Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, VP, CTO, etc.)
• Track record of building and scaling engineering teams in a fast-paced, product-driven environment
• Deep understanding of software architecture, cloud platforms, and full-stack development
• Strong knowledge of agile product development lifecycles
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automation tools

Product Understanding Competencies

• Strong product mindset: always focused on delivering user and business value
• Skilled at balancing innovation with practicality know when to build fast and when to build right
• Clear understanding of product viability, not just technical feasibility
• Able to participate in discovery, validation, and user feedback cycles alongside product teams
• Promote engineering decisions that serve long-term product health, not just short-term velocity
• Advocate for cross-functional alignment between technical execution and user outcomes

Bonus Points

• Experience in software consulting, product agencies, or working with early-stage startups
• Familiarity with AI technologies or tools