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HEAD OF ENGINEERING

Anon
CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2025

About Anon

Anon is building the identity layer for the automated internet.

Our developer toolkit enables AI agents to securely integrate with any service or application on behalf of users, powering the next generation of AI applications. Since launching in 2023, we've scaled to thousands of active developers and 50 customers, including many leading AI agent companies, reaching tens of thousands of end-users.

We've raised over $13M from top investors including Union Square Ventures and Abstract Ventures to pursue our vision of a world where billions of AI agents are authenticated and managed via Anon. To learn more about our mission, culture, and the type of candidates we hire, visit careers.anon.com.

About the Role

As Head of Engineering at Anon, you'll shape our engineering culture and execution while working closely with the co-founders. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical work, as you help scale our team and product during a period of rapid growth.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Excellence & Operations

  • Drive engineering velocity, reliability, and quality through rigorous KPIs and continuous improvement
  • Own technical architecture decisions and implementation
  • Build scalable processes for testing, deployment, and monitoring of mission-critical systems
  • Establish clear documentation and communication practices across engineering
  • Actively contribute to codebase and technical decisions while managing a growing team
  • Balance writing code with enabling team productivity and growth

Team & Culture Building

  • Build and own engineering recruiting process, actively source candidates, and develop hiring strategy
  • Foster an in-person culture of ownership, innovation, and technical excellence
  • Set clear expectations and create accountability structures for the engineering team
  • Mentor and develop engineers through regular 1 : 1s and feedback
  • Strategic Leadership

  • Partner with CEO on product strategy and technical vision
  • Make key decisions on tech stack and tools that shape our engineering trajectory
  • Drive cross-functional collaboration with product, design, and customers
  • Balance short-term execution with long-term technical strategy
  • Advocate for engineering needs and perspective at leadership level
  • What We're Looking For

  • 6-8 years of engineering experience with 2 years managing multiple workstreams of 5-15 engineers
  • Direct experience at early-stage startups (as founder, early employee, or engineering leader)
  • Strong technical background with hands-on coding abilities
  • Product-minded approach balancing technical decisions with business needs
  • Exceptional communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proven ability to recruit and build engineering teams from scratch
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change in an early-stage environment
  • Our Engineering Team

  • We are currently a team of 6 full-time engineers with plans to grow to 10-15 over the next 12 months. You will join at a critical inflection point as we scale our team and transition from early product-market fit to growth phase.
  • Compensation & Benefits

  • Significant equity package in a well-funded, high-growth startup
  • Competitive cash compensation
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • In-person culture with team events and activities in San Francisco
  • Fitness and wellness stipend
  • In Conclusion

    We particularly value former founders, early startup employees, and folks who have built products from 0 to 1. Our engineering team has shipped with incredible velocity and built robust infrastructure supporting AI companies across the ecosystem. We're growing quickly and expanding into new verticals as we work to become the identity layer for the automated internet.

    If you're excited about technical leadership at an early stage, defining the future of AI authentication, and building with an exceptional team, we'd love to talk.

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