19h ago

Head of Engineering

Palo Alto, CA

โœจ $300k-$400k / yearest.

full-timeleadai-ml

๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

๐Ÿ’ผ 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.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Own all engineering output: quality, velocity, reliability, security
  • Build engineering team from 5 to 15โ€“20 in 12 months
  • Set shipping culture with weekly demos and continuous deployment
  • Partner with CEO on product direction and customer conversations

๐Ÿ“‹ 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

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Background in security, infrastructure, or enterprise SaaS
  • Experience in domains where correctness matters like fintech/health

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Competitive cash + significant equity
  • ๐Ÿข Reports directly to CEO

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2โ€“4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Applyยท 5 min
  2. 2Phone Screenยท 30 min
  3. 3Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  4. 4On-siteยท Half day

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