Head of Engineering

About the company

Our client is a consumer technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take the senior technical leadership seat, setting architecture and engineering direction while staying close to the code. The role blends hands-on development with guiding a distributed team, and it grows into oversight of all engineers as the group expands.

What you'll do

• Own technical decisions and the roadmap across mobile, backend and infrastructure, turning product vision into a workable plan.
• Lead day-to-day delivery with a remote offshore engineering team, including writing and assigning tickets, managing timelines and triaging bugs.
• Work directly in the code to keep the application fast and reliable when many users act at once.
• Spot real operational problems, build automated fixes, and lead third-party integrations from start to finish.
• Use AI tools to speed up development and help colleagues adopt them.
• Grow into managing all engineers as the team scales.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• A track record shipping apps for everyday consumers on mobile devices.
• An AI-forward working style that uses AI tools to raise development productivity.
• Prior experience guiding other engineers, whether as a team lead, engineering head, mentor or project owner.
• Background tuning systems for speed and responsiveness under heavy simultaneous usage, including on mobile.
• Production experience with React Native and Node.js, plus AWS.

Bonus points

• Already based in the New York area.
• Familiarity with Expo.
• Time spent at an early-stage startup or working closely with founders.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 225,000 to 285,000 per year
• Equity

Location and work model

• New York, NY, United States
• Hybrid, number of in-office days to be determined
• Full-time