Founding Head of Engineering
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Founding Head of Engineering at Talent.com leading AI-native product development and scaling the engineering team. Owning technical direction and establishing engineering culture.
Responsibilities:
- Take full ownership of the product's codebase, architecture, and roadmap
- Lead engineering for AI-native product and own technical direction
- Build and integrate AI capabilities deeply into the product
- Ship fast and make foundational technical decisions
- Mentor and define engineering culture from day one
- Collaborate closely with product and leadership
Requirements:
- Experience leading engineering teams at scale
- Founding or first-few engineer at a venture-backed AI startup
- Experience shipping agentic LLM systems to enterprise customers
- Strong understanding of engineering culture and standards
- Full-stack capable, proficient in backend, frontend, and infrastructure
- Excellent communication skills between technical and non-technical audiences
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development

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