19h ago
Head of Engineering
Palo Alto, CA
โจ $300k-$400k / yearest.
full-timeleadai-ml
๐ Tech Stack
๐ผ About This Role
You'll own engineering end-to-end at an AI startup building agents for enterprise governance. You'll scale the team from 5 to 20+ engineers while shipping world-class product. This role is for a builder-first leader who goes deep on architecting agentic workflows and sets a shipping culture with weekly cycles.
๐ฏ What You'll Do
- Own all engineering output: quality, velocity, reliability, security
- Build engineering team from 5 to 15โ20 in 12 months
- Set shipping culture with weekly demos and continuous deployment
- Partner with CEO on product direction and customer conversations
๐ Requirements
- Builder first, manager second โ strongest engineer on any team
- Prior experience as technical founder or early engineering leader
- Proven ability to scale a team from small to 20+
- AI-native mindset โ building with LLMs and agents today
โจ Nice to Have
- Background in security, infrastructure, or enterprise SaaS
- Experience in domains where correctness matters like fintech/health
๐ Benefits & Perks
- ๐ฐ Competitive cash + significant equity
- ๐ข Reports directly to CEO
๐จ Hiring Process
Estimated timeline: 2โ4 weeks ยท AI estimate
- 1Applyยท 5 min
- 2Phone Screenยท 30 min
- 3Technical Interviewยท 60 min
- 4On-siteยท Half day
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