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About the Role
This is a rare founding-level engineering leadership opportunity at a seed-stage AI agent marketplace. As Founding Engineer & Head of Engineering, you'll own the full technical vision — from agent infrastructure to full-stack product — while building hands-on alongside a small, fast-moving team. You'll be early enough to define the engineering culture, practices, and standards that shape the next 50 hires.
This role is on-site in San Francisco, CA. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship and must be local or willing to relocate.
What You'll Do
Own the agent infrastructure and the full stack end-to-end (React/Vue frontend, Go/Node.js/Python backend, MySQL, Redis).
Make the big architecture calls: database design, scalability, uptime, and system reliability for a production platform.
Build AI-assisted engineering into team culture — establish prompt libraries, skill templates, and code-review standards so the whole team benefits.
Engage directly with users to distinguish technically sound ideas from ones that only sound good on paper.
Set the engineering direction and culture as the team scales — your decisions today become the foundation for future hires.
What We're Looking For
Required:
Proven track record of shipping a product or system 0 1 — end-to-end, from concept to production launch.
Experience leading engineering teams or setting engineering direction at a founder-stage or early-stage startup.
Hands-on full-stack capability: frontend (React or Vue) and backend (Go, Node.js, or Python), plus solid database experience (MySQL, Redis).
Comfort designing scalable architectures, database schemas, and systems with real uptime and scale requirements.
Eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Able to work on-site in San Francisco, CA (local candidates or those willing to relocate).
Nice to Have:
Previous experience shipping an AI-native product or initiative.
Active contributions to open source projects.
The Opportunity
The company runs an AI agent marketplace where agents compete to complete tasks, backed by Tier 1 VCs and a strong network of angels with deep expertise in AI and decentralized infrastructure. The platform already has a meaningful and growing user base. You'd be joining at a pivotal moment — early enough to leave a lasting mark, but with real traction behind you.
This role is best suited for someone who wants to do their best work on something that will genuinely get used — not just shipped and forgotten.
Location & Work Arrangement
On-site: San Francisco, CA (relocation or local residency required)
Visa sponsorship: Not available — candidates must be authorized to work in the United States
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Who's Hiring
- HARVEY15
- State Street6
- Plaid4
- Socure4
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software26
- Insurance7
- Banking & Financial Services5
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals5
- Education4
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of engineering jobs.
- 10 or more years of software engineering experience with at least 5 in engineering leadership
- Proven experience managing managers and building high-performing engineering teams
- Strong command of software architecture, system design, and technical roadmapping
- Experience partnering with product, design, and business stakeholders on delivery planning
- Familiarity with agile or other iterative development methodologies and engineering metrics
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Head Of Engineering Job Search
Quantify engineering org impact clearly
Your resume should show how many engineers you've led, how team size changed under your leadership, and how delivery metrics shifted. Hiring committees for head of engineering roles want evidence of org-level outcomes, not just project ownership.
Tailor your story to company stage
A Series B startup wants someone who can build hiring pipelines from scratch. A public company wants process maturity and cross-functional alignment. Read the job description for signals like 'scrappy,' 'scale,' or 'standardize' and mirror that language in your application.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of engineering openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a technical credibility narrative
You'll be asked how long ago you last wrote production code and how you stay current. Have a concrete answer ready: specific languages, recent architectural decisions you influenced, or how you run technical reviews with your staff engineers.
Research the engineering org before interviewing
Check engineering blogs, conference talks, and public GitHub repos tied to the company. Knowing their stack, current scaling challenges, or recent architectural shifts lets you ask sharper questions and signal genuine interest in their specific problems.
Negotiate scope before negotiating compensation
Before accepting an offer, clarify reporting structure, budget authority, and which decisions you own versus which require executive sign-off. Misaligned scope is the most common reason heads of engineering leave within the first year.
Head Of Engineering Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of engineerings?
The companies hiring the most head of engineerings right now include HARVEY, State Street, and Harvey, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is strongest at growth-stage startups and mid-market technology companies expanding their engineering orgs.
How many head of engineering jobs are remote?
About 46% of head of engineering openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior leadership roles in the market. Platform engineering, infrastructure, and back-end-focused roles tend to offer the highest share of remote flexibility compared to roles tied to in-person hardware or lab environments.
How do you become a head of engineering?
Most heads of engineering move up through staff or principal engineer roles, then into engineering manager and director positions before stepping into a head-level seat. The path requires demonstrating that you can develop managers, own a technical roadmap, and influence product direction. Building cross-functional relationships with product and design leaders accelerates the transition, as does taking ownership of hiring and team structure early.
Can you get hired as a head of engineering with limited leadership experience?
It's possible at smaller companies or early-stage startups where the role is being created rather than backfilled. Candidates who have led a full engineering team through a product launch, even informally, have a stronger case than those with only individual contributor experience. Highlighting decisions you owned, engineers you mentored, and processes you introduced matters more than your official title history.
What does the head of engineering interview process look like?
The process typically runs across four to six rounds. Early stages include a recruiter screen and a hiring manager conversation focused on leadership philosophy and career trajectory. Later rounds involve system design or architecture discussions, a presentation on how you'd approach the first ninety days, and panel interviews with product, design, and executive stakeholders. References and a final executive conversation are common at the close.
Where can I find and apply to head of engineering jobs?
You can find and apply to head of engineering jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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