Head of Engineering
Core
Lead Software Engineering for a fast-growing online pet retailer, managing web/mobile experiences, supply chain, and fulfilment systems for hundreds of thousands of pet parents.
Role type
Senior IC/Lead Engineering Manager (Head of Engineering)
Builds
Web and mobile consumer products, integrations, supply chain, and fulfilment systems
Domain
E-commerce / Pet Care / Retail
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Engineering leadership, distributed team management, technical architecture, platform scalability, security, CI/CD, cloud architecture, commercial judgement, stakeholder partnership
Preferred skills
AI-assisted development, hands-on coding, legacy modernization, budget management
Technologies
TypeScript, Google Cloud (Cloud Functions, Cloud Run), Java, AWS
Responsibilities
Set technical and architectural direction, lead and grow a distributed engineering team, own platform performance and scalability, define engineering metrics, partner with Product and business on strategy, contribute to code reviews and prototyping
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities