What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Engineering position at shopd?
About shopd: shopd is an early-stage AI startup revolutionizing revenue generation and customer insights for the restaurant industry. Our leadership team has a proven track record of building and scaling successful tech companies, most recently taking Qwick from inception to #32 ranking on the Inc. 5000 while achieving nearly $100M in revenue within six years. Now, we’re on a mission to harness customer insights and cutting-edge AI solutions to fuel unparalleled growth for restaurants.
What You’ll Do:
- Technical Vision & Strategy: Define and execute the engineering roadmap in alignment with the company’s mission to leverage AI for deeper customer insights and revenue growth.
- Team Leadership: Recruit, mentor, and inspire a small high-performing engineering team that thrives in an agile and fast-paced environment.
- Architecture & Infrastructure: Own the end-to-end architecture, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure solutions on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CDK, RDS, VPC).
- Product Collaboration: Work closely with our executive team to create seamless user experiences in React and React Native.
- AI & Prompt Engineering: Incorporate innovative AI/ML methodologies (LLMs, RAG, Fine Tuning, etc) into the product to enhance insights and deliver actionable results.
- Code & Culture: Champion best practices, foster a collaborative engineering culture, and stay ahead of emerging technologies.
What We’re Looking For:
- Proven Technical Expertise: Significant experience designing scalable systems, preferably with AWS cloud services and TypeScript-based frameworks.
- Leadership Background: Demonstrated ability to lead diverse engineering teams in a high-growth startup environment.
- AI/ML Knowledge: Familiarity with machine learning frameworks, natural language processing, and prompt engineering.
- Product-Focused Mindset: Keen understanding of user-centric development and how to translate business objectives into technical solutions.
- Startup Spirit: Willingness to move quickly, iterate frequently, and adapt as we scale our team and product offerings.
Our Tech Stack Overview:
- Backend: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CDK, RDS, VPC)
- Frontend: React, React Native, Expo, Tailwind, TypeScript
- AI: AI Prompt Engineering, OpenAI
Why Join Us:
- High-Impact Role: Own the technical vision at a critical stage of our journey.
- Proven Founders: Collaborate with entrepreneurs who’ve built and scaled products to tens of millions in revenue.
- Innovative Environment: Shape the future of AI-driven tools for a massive industry ripe for transformation.
- Accelerated Growth: Be part of a close-knit team where every line of code contributes directly to our success.
- Compensation and Benefits: Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and benefits
Salary : $175,000 - $225,000