Head of Software

SnapEDA, Inc. (DBA SnapMagic)•San Francisco, CA

1d•$200,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SnapMagic is building the digital growth engine for the global electronics industry. Our core platform (formerly SnapEDA) already reaches 2M+ engineers annually and is the default discovery layer for electronic components. We’re now scaling SnapMagic Copilot, built on a proprietary dataset of 10M+ components, serving as the discovery and demand layer for the global electronics industry. This is a category-defining opportunity. We are looking for someone who is deeply obsessed with the craft of building products — someone who cares about building scalable systems, shipping with momentum, and improves through rapid feedback from real users. Since our seed round, we’ve doubled revenue with a small team operating at a very high bar. The demand is real. The market is ready. What’s missing is a product and engineering leader who can turn momentum into a repeatable shipping machine. We’re looking for someone who has personally built and shipped complex systems at a fast-growing, VC-backed company and knows what it takes to scale from early adoption to sustained, reliable usage. This is a builder role, not a delegator role: You will personally build and ship production-quality software until the motion is proven. You will set the bar for speed and quality through example, system design, and execution. You will operate in tight feedback loops with users — shipping, learning, and iterating continuously. You will own outcomes, roadmaps, and metrics end to end. The role has two phases: Phase 1: Build personally, define the product and execution motion. Phase 2: Hire and lead a team that compounds velocity.

Requirements

Comfortable being in the details
Actively test ideas in production and adjust based on real user behavior
Care deeply about whether people actually use what you build
Do the unglamorous work like clockwork: debugging, triage, instrumentation, iteration, metrics
Take feedback eagerly — from users, data, and teammates — and turn it directly into execution
Hold yourself to standards higher than anyone else will
Move fast where it matters, close loops, and identify and address drag quickly
Make sound tradeoffs, prioritize well under ambiguity, and build systems that scale
Personally built and shipped complex systems at a fast-growing, VC-backed company

Responsibilities

Ship code regularly and stay hands-on in core systems
Own SnapMagic Copilot, including LLM workflows, training loops, evaluation, and iteration speed
Own recommendation and relevance systems and continuously improve them through usage data
Scale a high-traffic platform and ads system under real production load
Run tight weekly execution loops focused on shipped outcomes, not activity
Partner closely with the CEO on product direction and priorities
Make pragmatic and deliberate technical tradeoffs in cases where speed and learning matter more than elegance
Communicate clearly what shipped, what was learned, and what’s next