Head of Engineering
San Francisco, CA
On-site
Being a Head of Engineering at a company smaller than 10 people is special. You’ll have a ton of autonomy and be expected to own parts of the product end-to-end from problem formulation to solution to sales. You’ll wear many hats and work with a team of talented engineers building cutting edge AI technology. You’ll not only be building a product but a company from the ground up, helping shape it to an exciting and fun place to work.
We’re in the process of deploying our product to a few early customers who are excited to try it out. There’s not much out there about us yet, but we are well funded by investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Boldstart Capital.
Our product uses cutting-edge machine learning to understand patterns in observability data and uses that information to help companies deliver more reliable software to their customers. As the first Head of Engineering, you’ll manage the engineering team, inspire and motivate our exceptional ICs, plan and execute on our product, and help make some of the foundational technical decisions for our product.
The role
As an essential part of our small team, you will:
Be deeply involved in architectural discussions and code reviews, and spend at least 20-50% of your time coding until management becomes a full-time role.
Grow, mentor, inspire and nurture a talented engineering team.
Lead projects from inception to completion, and following through to deliver on changes needed to make deals happen.
Deliver an exceptional user experience for our customers.
Forge strong partnerships with product management to bring our product roadmap to life.
Responsibilities/Desired skills
Experience in building and scaling real-time data processing applications in a SaaS model, executing on an externally facing product for a b2b business.
Proven ability to guide and inspire an engineering team.
Demonstrated skill in hiring, training, and mentoring a diverse team of high-performing engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and excellence in software development and maintenance.
BS in CS/EE or equivalent with 10+ years of industry experience, including 4+ years in a technical leadership role.
Ideally, experience in early stage startups and deep experience in Java and stream processing systems, especially Apache Flink.
Engineering Culture
We strongly believe that engineering teams work best when everyone is an equally motivated, strong contributor to the team, and when egos are dropped and communication and feedback are open and constant. That’s why our motto is “team first”. We believe being physically together is the best way to build new systems that are rapidly evolving and to mentor and onboard new team members. That’s why we’re on-site at our office at 3043 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, at least 4 days a week.
Benefits
Competitive salary and significant equity as one of the first few people on the team.
Flexible PTO: we really want you to take some time off!
100% paid healthcare coverage for employees and 80% coverage for their dependents
Ultimately, a company is the people that form it, and we want to build a place where people will do the best work of their lives. You’ll have a huge impact in helping us figure out all the right pieces to make it an amazing place to work. I hope that makes it as exciting for you as it does for me.
Grepr provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
