Head of Engineering
About The Position
Our client is a profitable, bootstrapped AI and data platform transforming how enterprises conduct market research and make high-stakes decisions. Their product combines modern data infrastructure with AI-powered workflows to deliver faster, more reliable insights to leading consumer brands and enterprise customers. Unlike many venture-backed startups, the company is focused on sustainable, controlled growth , maintaining a lean, high-performing team while building a deeply differentiated product. With strong revenue traction and increasing demand, this is a rare opportunity to join a profitable, product-driven company and take full ownership of its technical direction.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with strong full-stack expertise
- Proven experience owning production systems end-to-end in startup environments
- Strong proficiency in modern web technologies (e.g., TypeScript, Node.js, React )
- Experience working with AWS infrastructure and cloud-native systems
- Demonstrated track record of high ownership and independent decision-making
- Experience in early-stage startups or founder-level roles (e.g., founding engineer, CTO, early hire)
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with non-technical stakeholders
Nice To Haves
- Experience working on data-intensive or B2B SaaS platforms
- Familiarity with analytics systems, data pipelines, or survey/research platforms
- Experience with AI-powered features or automation workflows
- Prior experience scaling teams or transitioning into leadership roles
- Strong product sense and ability to connect technical decisions to business impact
Responsibilities
- Own the entire technical stack and product architecture , operating as the primary engineering leader
- Build, scale, and maintain production systems across AWS infrastructure, backend services, and frontend applications
- Develop full-stack features across analytics dashboards, APIs, and internal tools
- Lead system design decisions, balancing scalability, performance, and product velocity
- Manage infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and incident response
- Work closely with product and business teams to align technical decisions with business outcomes
- Mentor and eventually build out a high-performing engineering team over time
- Operate as a hands-on “player-coach” , writing code daily while shaping long-term technical strategy
Benefits
- Competitive base salary: $200,000 – $300,000
- Meaningful equity in a profitable, bootstrapped company (no dilution from VC funding)
- Fully remote work environment (U.S.-based)
- High ownership role with full control over technical direction
- Opportunity to grow into a VP of Engineering role as the team scales
- Direct collaboration with experienced leadership (ex-Palantir CTO)
- Build and scale a product already generating strong revenue and customer impact
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
