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Job description
We’re looking for an exceptional VP of Engineering with 10+ years of experience to join a rapidly scaling technology company that has grown from $4M to $30M in annual revenue in just one year, with ambitions to reach $100M+.
This is not a traditional VP Engineering role.
We’re looking for a genuine player-coach who still loves building.
You’ll spend approximately 75% of your time hands-on across product, design and engineering, and 25% leading an existing team of four product engineers.
Working directly with the CEO, you’ll have significant influence over both what gets built and how it gets built.
What you’ll be doing
Personally ship critical product across web, mobile, backend and AI systems, owning features from initial user problem through to production
Lead, mentor and develop a team of four product engineers
Hire and build the engineering team as the company continues to scale
Use AI, LLMs and agentic tooling throughout the development process to dramatically increase speed and quality
Partner directly with the CEO on product and technical strategy
Help create beautiful, intuitive, consumer-grade experiences
Establish a high-performance engineering culture with a strong bias towards ownership, quality and speed
Build the technical foundations required to support the next stage of growth from $30M to $100M+
What we’re looking for
This role requires someone who is equally comfortable writing code and leading people.
You’ll need:
10+ years of engineering experience, including engineering leadership with a significant hands-on IC component
Proven experience in a player-coach engineering leadership role
Strong full-stack engineering experience, particularly with React and Node.js
Experience building AI-powered products
Hands-on experience improving LLM systems through areas such as evaluations, experimentation, fine-tuning and agentic tooling
Experience building consumer or consumer-like products where simplicity, UX and product quality really matter
Exceptional product instincts — you naturally think about the user problem rather than simply implementing requirements
An opinionated leadership style, high quality bar and strong bias towards action
Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly and everyone remains close to execution
We’d love to speak with people who have previously been a:
Founder or technical co-founder
Early engineering leader at a high-growth startup
VP/Head of Engineering who has remained heavily hands-on
Senior engineer or engineering leader moving from big tech into a scaled startup environment
Experience within health, fitness, wellness, behaviour change, insurance, covered care or consumer fintech would also be valuable, but isn’t essential.
Tech
React | Node.js | AI/LLMs | Agentic Tooling
This probably isn’t the role for you if...
You’re looking to move away from coding into a primarily strategic or people-management position.
The person joining will be expected to personally build, experiment and ship alongside the engineering team.
This is an opportunity for someone who wants the scope and influence of a VP, while remaining deeply involved in creating the product.
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
Who can apply
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