Head of Engineering

Central

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About The Position

Central is looking for a founding member to help scale its engineering organization from a small, founder-led group to a 20+ person team. This role involves recruiting, developing, and retaining exceptional engineers and leaders, establishing a world-class engineering culture, driving execution at scale, and partnering cross-functionally with other teams to align engineering with business goals. The ideal candidate will have experience in building and scaling engineering teams, particularly in a remote environment, and will be responsible for defining roles, career paths, and structures that facilitate growth while maintaining quality and velocity.

Requirements

• Experience scaling engineering teams from small to 20+.
• Proven ability to build distributed teams that feel connected, productive, and high-trust.
• Successful track record of hiring top engineers and managers.
• Ability to tell a compelling story of mission, impact, and culture to attract candidates.
• Strong standards for cultural alignment and ensuring engineering is a place for high-quality work.
• Skilled at translating vision into clear priorities and aligning teams.
• Experience shipping big projects quickly in a startup environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a startup environment.
• Familiarity with remote work best practices.

Responsibilities

• Grow Central’s engineering org from a small, founder-led group to a 20+ person team.
• Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional engineers and leaders who raise the bar.
• Define and model the values, rituals, and practices that make Central’s engineering org world-class.
• Build a strong, cohesive culture across a fully remote team.
• Ensure the team consistently delivers ambitious projects quickly and reliably.
• Create processes that enable speed, clarity, and accountability as headcount grows.
• Mentor engineers into tech leads and managers.
• Build a leadership bench that can own domains and drive execution as the org expands.
• Work closely with the founders, product, design, and operations to ensure engineering is aligned with business goals and delivering customer impact.
• Define roles, career paths, and structures that let us scale smoothly to 20+ engineers while maintaining velocity and quality.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k (US employees only).
• Unlimited PTO and sick leave.
• Remote work.
• 2-4 off-sites per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees