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Head of Engineering

Talent Vine
Los Angeles, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2025

Our client is a YC-backed startup co-founded by two female entrepreneurs, revolutionizing the logistics industry with a cutting-edge visibility platform. Specializing in connecting over 200 data sources through innovative web scraping and API technologies, they offer data-driven insights to the world's largest importers, including major clients like Home Depot. With a strong product-market fit and rapid growth, they are entering an exciting new phase and are looking for leaders to help scale their engineering efforts for future success.

They are seeking a dynamic Head of Engineering to lead and scale their engineering team in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, with experience in both IC and leadership roles, ideally within both large companies and startups.

Responsibilities :

  • Lead and mentor a team of 15 engineers, including two engineering managers.
  • Oversee the technical vision, ensuring the infrastructure and architecture meet company goals.
  • Drive the team's efficiency, manage processes, and up-level engineering talent.
  • Collaborate closely with product, sales, and leadership to align on strategy and execution.
  • Build scalable solutions, especially in data-heavy environments (e.g., APIs, web scraping, data modeling).
  • Play a key role in setting the technical roadmap to prepare for future growth

Qualifications :

  • 7 years of IC experience, ideally progressing to staff or principal engineer roles.
  • 3 years of experience leading and managing an engineering team.
  • Proven track record of scaling engineering teams from 10 to 50 employees.
  • Experience managing managers and fostering growth within engineering leadership.
  • Strong technical foundation in infrastructure, architecture, and data-heavy environments.
  • Hands-on experience in high-growth startup environments, with a balance of technical leadership and business acumen.
  • Strong preference for candidates based in Los Angeles, with consideration for candidates based in New York City willing to travel to LA occasionally.
  • Perks & Benefits :

  • Competitive salary with performance-based bonus.
  • Stock options
  • Opportunity for career growth to C-suite level (CTO).
  • The target salary range for this role is $220,000 to $250,000, plus a performance-based bonus.

    Salary : $220,000 - $250,000

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