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Head of Product Engineering

Replit
San Mateo, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/27/2025

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About the Role

We are seeking a talented and experienced Head of Product Engineering to lead our product and growth engineering teams. As the team's leader, you will play a pivotal role in driving the technical direction, strategy, and execution of our product roadmap. You will collaborate closely with partners in design, product management, data science, and sales to help Replit achieve its mission.

A key part of our engineering culture is to empower engineers to drive not only the technical aspects of the projects they're involved in, but also its overall scoping and definition. The Head of Product Engineering must be able to recruit, hire, and retain a high-performing team capable of rising to this level of challenge. They must also have strong product sense, be able to make hard decisions, and be excellent communicators, in order to help their team to succeed.

In this Role, you will :

  • Define and execute the technical vision and strategy for Replit's product and growth engineering teams, aligning it with the company's overall goals.
  • Collaborate with design and product management teams to ensure a high-quality product that meets users needs.
  • Partner with Sales to build for, close, and retain our most important accounts.
  • Be accountable for the scalability, performance, and reliability of our product, maintaining a high standard of excellence.
  • Be able to make good decisions, coach / mentor the team, and roll up your sleeves and pitch in as needed.

Required skills and experience :

  • At least 5 years of software development experience as a high-performing individual contributor, building user-facing software
  • At least 3 years of experience as an engineering leader in a fast-paced environment
  • Experience leading teams responsible for building and growing user-facing products
  • Commitment to product and technical excellence, familiar with : software project management, software testing, CI / CD solutions, system monitoring, and incident management
  • Understanding of Replit's vision and current product, and strong opinions about what could be made better
  • Bonus Points :

  • You're an active Replit user
  • You've worked at an early-stage startup or have founded your own
  • Experience in the developer tools industry
  • Experience with product-led growth strategies or partnering closely with Sales
  • Full-Time Employee Benefits Include :

    Flexible Work Hours

    Competitive Salary & Equity

    Home Office Set-Up Stipend

    Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

    Short Term and Long Term Disability

    Monthly Expenses Stipend

    Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

    Flexible PTO (2 Weeks Minimum Required) Holidays

    Annual company / team offsites (4 / year)

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  • To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

    This is a hybrid role with an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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