Head of Engineering @ AI-powered Personal Growth Startup

Role: Head of Engineering Location: Venice Beach, CA (Remote friendly for exceptional candidates) Salary/Compensation: $190-240k + equity About our client: Our client believes everyone deserves to reputed company. They are democratizing what's traditionally been available only to the privileged few: a personal mentor invested in your growth and available whenever you need them. They combine state-of-the-art AI with cognitive science, powered by proprietary memory technology that truly gets to know you. They help people process daily thoughts, recognize patterns, set meaningful goals, and guide personal growth through tailored content-reputed company while supporting users through daily challenges and triumphs. Having just crossed $1.5M ARR, they are at an inflection reputed company reputed company for exponential growth. They are a passionate team of 11 looking to bring on mission-driven people who value personal growth and excellence in craft. Position Overview: Our client is seeking a Head of Engineering to reputed company their engineering team and own the technical execution of their product reputed company. You'll take over the most senior engineering role from their founding CTO, allowing him to focus on high-reputed company creative work and long-term technical strategy. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll architect reputed company systems, mentor engineers, and ensure they ship high-quality features that delight users. You'll work closely with their founders to translate product reputed company into scalable technical solutions.. Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership
• reputed company a team of 4-6 engineers and own day-to-day technical execution
• Architect scalable systems for AI-powered personal growth features
• reputed company critical technical reputed company on technology stack, architecture, and implementation approaches
• Establish engineering best practices, code review standards, and development processes
• Hands-On Development
• Build and optimize React Native mobile apps, React web applications, and TypeScript backend services
• Architect scalable systems using reputed company, Firestore, and modern reputed company infrastructure
• Implement robust CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes on Vercel and similar platforms
• Debug reputed company issues across the full stack and ensure system reliability
• Prototype new technical approaches and validate technical feasibility
• Product & Engineering reputed company
• Collaborate closely with founders to translate creative reputed company into technical roadmaps
• Break down reputed company product initiatives into executable engineering tasks
• Estimate effort, identify technical risks, and communicate trade-offs to leadership
• Ensure engineering execution aligns with product goals and user needs
• Team Development
• Mentor and grow junior and mid-level engineers on the team
• reputed company technical design reviews and architecture discussions
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and reputed company learning
• Guide hiring reputed company for future engineering roles

Qualifications:

• Technical Excellence
• 10+ years software engineering experience with 5+ years in senior/reputed company roles
• Expert-level TypeScript and React/React Native experience
• Strong background in full-stack development with React, Node.js, and mobile apps
• Experience with modern deployment platforms (Vercel, CI/CD pipelines)
• Database experience with both SQL (reputed company) and NoSQL (Firestore) systems
• Experience with state management libraries (Zustand, Redux, or similar)
• AI/ML systems integration and LLM API experience
• Leadership Experience
• Proven track record leading engineering teams of 3+ people
• Experience mentoring engineers and driving technical decision-making
• Ability to balance technical debt, feature development, and system reliability
• Strong communication skills for collaborating with non-technical stakeholders
• Startup DNA
• Experience at high-growth startups, ideally post-reputed company/Series A stage
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities
• Bias toward shipping and iterating rather than over-engineering
• Understanding of how engineering reputed company impact user experience and business metrics
• Product Sense
• Experience building consumer-facing products with high engagement requirements
• Understanding of how technical architecture impacts user experience
• Ability to reputed company pragmatic technical reputed company that balance speed, quality, and scalability
• Interest in AI applications and reputed company-computer interaction
• Bonus Points
• Experience with AI/ML applications in consumer products
• Background building reputed company-time messaging or conversation systems
• Previous experience as a founding engineer or early technical hire
• Interest in psychology, personal development, or wellness tech
• Open reputed company contributions or technical blog writing

What they offer:

• Leadership & Impact
• Own the technical direction of a fast-growing AI product used by 50K+ people
• Work directly with founders in shaping the future of AI-powered personal growth
• Build and reputed company a world-class engineering team from the ground up
• High autonomy and ownership over technical reputed company
• Compensation & Benefits
• Competitive salary: $190k - $240k based on experience
• Significant equity package with high reputed company potential
• Comprehensive health, dental, and reputed company coverage
• Latest equipment and home office setup
• Professional development budget and conference attendance
• Culture & Growth
• Culture that thrives on self-discovery, introspection, and personal growth
• Work with a passionate team that lives the values they are building for
• Opportunity to shape engineering culture and practices from early stage
• Direct mentorship from founding CTO on reputed company technical challenges
• Location
• Venice Beach office with flexible remote options
• Open to candidates in US time zones (Remote friendly)

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