Head of Engineering
Core
Lead the entire engineering organization to build and scale the B2B cannabis platform, defining technical vision, architecture, and operating models.
Role type
Senior IC/Manager hybrid Head of Engineering
Builds
Large-scale B2B marketplace platform, distributed systems, and cloud-native infrastructure for cannabis businesses
Domain
Fintech / Cannabis / B2B SaaS / Marketplace
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Strategic technical vision, organizational design and scaling, hiring and developing engineering managers, cloud-native architecture, security and compliance leadership, budget management, CI/CD governance, API-driven architecture, agentic AI/LLM integration
Preferred skills
Experience in marketplaces or enterprise platforms, building engineering orgs from ground up or through major scaling inflection points, hands-on background with modern cloud-native tools
Technologies
AWS (EKS, ECR, R53, SES, ElastiCache, RDS), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Jenkins, CircleCI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, LLMs
Responsibilities
Translate company objectives into a 1-3 year engineering plan and operating model; recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent; set engineering-wide standards for planning, estimation, and delivery; establish metrics and governance for executive visibility; manage engineering budget including headcount, vendors, and cloud costs; own SOC 2 and security/compliance posture; champion agentic AI and LLM-powered code generation to improve velocity; build and protect engineering culture as headcount grows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities