We're building the AI-native solution behind how the world hires - and we're looking for the engineer to lead the R&D behind it.

What you'll own:

The full R&D surface - architecture, engineering standards, delivery, and execution - owning the balance between shipping speed and technical quality.

Evolving a live product: driving meaningful improvements to architecture, flows, and priorities while keeping active customers shipping and stable.

Building and growing the team - shaping structure, developing people, and recruiting strong talent.

Partnering with the founders to translate vision into execution, without waiting for perfect specs.

What we're looking for:

10+ years in software development and engineering leadership, including at least 5 years in a formal management role.

A seasoned builder who's comfortable staying hands-on (~50%) at this stage.

Experience at both a mature product company and an early-stage startup.

Proven B2B SaaS track record: built a product from 0→market, or led a deep modernization of a live system that couldn't go down.

A VP who: sources talent, runs strong technical interviews, and closes great candidates.

Owns production end-to-end: uptime, incident response, customer commitments.

Operator mindset - translates strategy into execution and builds process where none exists, without over-engineering for the stage.

Stack:

Python microservices, Pub/Sub, Postgres, BigQuery, GCP, Next.js frontend, and LLM-native infrastructure (RAG pipelines, prompt-execution frameworks, LLM gateways).