Head of Engineering

The role

The Head of Engineering will build and lead a high-performing engineering organization. You will own the health, output, and growth of the team while partnering with the CTO and CEO on technical strategy and roadmap prioritization.

What you will do

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering organization
• Partner with the CTO on technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap prioritization
• Partner with the CEO and CTO to communicate company vision and strategy
• Own engineering execution and deadlines
• Introduce lightweight systems for ownership, accountability, and visibility
• Identify and simplify bottlenecks in team workflows
• Assess and develop existing leads and build a middle-management layer
• Define, roll out, and maintain a career ladder and performance framework
• Build a culture where high performers are energized
• Own engineering recruiting end-to-end with the CTO and People team

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Proven leadership of 15–40+ engineers in a fast-paced startup or high-growth environment
• Direct experience building and scaling an engineering org
• A track record of driving operational excellence in engineering
• Strong people leadership skills
• Comfort making and executing on hard people decisions
• Deep experience partnering with a founder/CTO and product leaders
• Strong recruiting instincts
• Clear and concise communication
• Energized by high-intensity, hands-on building

Nice to have

• Background in consumer or highly product-centric engineering
• Experience managing both product and infra/platform teams
• Experience scaling teams in hybrid or in-office environments

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• 401(k) with company matching
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• OneMedical membership, telehealth, and virtual mental health support
• Commuter benefits & contributions towards fitness / wellness (e.g., ClassPass, Citibike)
• Flexible PTO and ~14 paid holidays per year
• Quarterly stipend to plan your own party and dogfood the product
• Semiannual team offsites
• Parental leave

Before you apply

• In your application, please include a note on what excites you about Partiful!

About the company

Partiful's mission is to cultivate friendships through social events. The company is backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures.