Head of Engineering

About the company

Our client is a business identity and compliance technology startup. Its engineering team develops enterprise systems that help companies verify information and work across borders.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead and scale engineering as Head of Engineering while staying hands-on. The role is approximately half production coding and half team leadership, architecture, and technical direction.

What you'll do

• Build and grow the engineering team.
• Ship production code alongside the engineers you lead.
• Own AI strategy and production multi-agent systems.
• Contribute to product priorities and user-experience decisions.
• Set technical architecture and platform direction as the business expands.
• Build reliable evaluations and observability for AI capabilities.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 7 to 15 years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Recent early-stage startup experience.
• Current hands-on production coding ability.
• Experience building and leading an engineering team.
• Experience shipping production AI or ML with robust evaluations and observability.
• A technical degree and strong enterprise architecture plus product judgment.

Bonus points

• Fintech, identity, KYC/KYB, fraud, or risk experience.
• Experience in regulated or compliance-heavy software.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 250,000 to 300,000 per year.
• Equity: Up to 5%.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible working hours and flexible time off.

Location and work model

• New York, New York, United States.
• Onsite role; an exact office-day count is not specified.
• Visa transfers are supported.