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About Attain
Built for consumers and companies, alike. In a world driven by data, we believe consumers and businesses can coexist. Our founders had a vision to empower consumers to leverage their greatest asset—their data—in exchange for modern financial services. Built with this vision in mind, our platform allows consumers to access savings tools, earned wages and rewards without cost or hidden fees. In exchange, they give permission to use their real-time data for research, insights and targeted advertising.
At Attain, your contribution will help us build a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem—whether helping consumers access modern financial services or businesses leverage data to achieve better outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with hands-on leaders and mission-driven individuals everyday.
About the role
Attain's consumer mobile apps are the front door of our data ecosystem: they deliver real value to consumers, and the permissioned data they generate powers everything our enterprise platform does. Each app has a different audience with its own acquisition and monetization approach, all running on a shared backend platform.
As Head of Data Apps Engineering, you'll own the engineering side of that portfolio and be the consumer voice in with our ad-tech leadership team. This is a player-coach role by design: you'll lead a deliberately small team of mobile and backend engineers, write and review code yourself, and set the technical direction that lets us ship new apps at a marginal cost that shrinks with each launch. You'll work in lockstep with our Head of Product for the portfolio. And you'll represent the data apps business at the executive level, where your consumer expertise fills a gap the rest of the room knows it has.
This role reports into the SVP of Engineering.
Attain Office Hybrid Schedule (where applicable):
- Redwood City, CA: Mondays (in-office for stand-ups, all-hands) and choice of three days between Tues-Friday
- Chicago, IL: 4 days in office
You'll be a great fit for the role if
- You've built and scaled a consumer app with real ownership (as a founder, CTO, founding engineer, or the technical lead who was accountable for the outcome), and you can speak to what worked and what didn't from firsthand experience
- You've held senior scope before and are excited to lead your team through hands-on building: you want a small, focused team and a big mandate, not a big org
- You instinctively seek to collaborate with your Product counterpart to ship great products
- You're a backend-heavy full-stack engineer who is genuinely fluent across the stack, including React Native, and you still love being in the weeds
- You think like a product engineer: you'd rather pressure-test an idea with your product counterpart before a line of code is written than build the wrong thing beautifully
- You're credible in an executive room: you can represent a business line to a leadership team, translate consumer strategy for an ad-tech-native audience, and hold your ground on what it takes to build for consumers
- You read retention and engagement data across a portfolio of products fluently, and you use it to prioritize with your Product counterpart; you don't wait to be handed a metrics brief before you know which app or feature needs attention
- You get energy from leverage: shared platforms, reusable components, and AI-assisted development that let a five-person team ship like a fifteen-person one
- You've experienced consumer scale (real production load, real users, real growth curves) and know which scaling problems to solve now versus earn later
What a typical week will look like
- Lead architecture and hands-on development across the app portfolio: React Native front ends on a shared, multi-app backend platform
- Partner daily with the portfolio's product lead on roadmap, feasibility, and sequencing: you are the engineering half of that partnership
- Track retention and usage across every app in the portfolio and use it to decide what gets engineering attention next
- Drive the "factory" economics: harden the shared components (onboarding, account linking, loyalty, receipt OCR) so each new app is a configuration and a skin, not a rebuild
- Manage a small team of mobile and backend engineers: line management, code review, and career development, not layers of management
- Represent data apps at executive and planning forums: portfolio status, investment cases, and the consumer perspective on company-level decisions
- Raise the bar on modern engineering leverage: agentic/AI-assisted development is how this team punches above its size
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with several years building consumer-facing mobile products
- Founder, CTO, VP Engineering, or founding-engineer experience at a consumer startup, or equivalent demonstrated ownership of a consumer product's technical outcomes
- Track record taking a consumer app from zero to meaningful scale (users, load, or revenue)
- Deep backend expertise (APIs, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure) plus production React Native or comparable cross-platform mobile experience
- Experience managing small engineering teams directly (line management; this is not a manager-of-managers role)
- Comfortable presenting to and working with executive stakeholders
- Rewards/loyalty or data product experience is a strong plus
We're excited to hear from you.
At Attain, we are passionate about finding people to continuously help us grow our organization. We encourage you to apply, even if your experience doesn't match every detail of the job description. If we don't see something that immediately fits, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities.
About Attain
Built for consumers and companies, alike. In a world driven by data, we believe consumers and businesses can coexist. Our founders had a vision to empower consumers to leverage their greatest asset—their data—in exchange for modern financial services. Built with this vision in mind, our platform allows consumers to access savings tools, earned wages and rewards without cost or hidden fees. In exchange, they give permission to use their real-time data for research, insights and targeted advertising.
At Attain, your contribution will help us build a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem—whether helping consumers access modern financial services or businesses leverage data to achieve better outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to work directly with hands-on leaders and mission-driven individuals everyday.
About the role
Attain's consumer mobile apps are the front door of our data ecosystem: they deliver real value to consumers, and the permissioned data they generate powers everything our enterprise platform does. Each app has a different audience with its own acquisition and monetization approach, all running on a shared backend platform.
As Head of Data Apps Engineering, you'll own the engineering side of that portfolio and be the consumer voice in with our ad-tech leadership team. This is a player-coach role by design: you'll lead a deliberately small team of mobile and backend engineers, write and review code yourself, and set the technical direction that lets us ship new apps at a marginal cost that shrinks with each launch. You'll work in lockstep with our Head of Product for the portfolio. And you'll represent the data apps business at the executive level, where your consumer expertise fills a gap the rest of the room knows it has.
This role reports into the SVP of Engineering.
Attain Office Hybrid Schedule (where applicable):
- Redwood City, CA: Mondays (in-office for stand-ups, all-hands) and choice of three days between Tues-Friday
- Chicago, IL: 4 days in office
You'll be a great fit for the role if
- You've built and scaled a consumer app with real ownership (as a founder, CTO, founding engineer, or the technical lead who was accountable for the outcome), and you can speak to what worked and what didn't from firsthand experience
- You've held senior scope before and are excited to lead your team through hands-on building: you want a small, focused team and a big mandate, not a big org
- You instinctively seek to collaborate with your Product counterpart to ship great products
- You're a backend-heavy full-stack engineer who is genuinely fluent across the stack, including React Native, and you still love being in the weeds
- You think like a product engineer: you'd rather pressure-test an idea with your product counterpart before a line of code is written than build the wrong thing beautifully
- You're credible in an executive room: you can represent a business line to a leadership team, translate consumer strategy for an ad-tech-native audience, and hold your ground on what it takes to build for consumers
- You read retention and engagement data across a portfolio of products fluently, and you use it to prioritize with your Product counterpart; you don't wait to be handed a metrics brief before you know which app or feature needs attention
- You get energy from leverage: shared platforms, reusable components, and AI-assisted development that let a five-person team ship like a fifteen-person one
- You've experienced consumer scale (real production load, real users, real growth curves) and know which scaling problems to solve now versus earn later
What a typical week will look like
- Lead architecture and hands-on development across the app portfolio: React Native front ends on a shared, multi-app backend platform
- Partner daily with the portfolio's product lead on roadmap, feasibility, and sequencing: you are the engineering half of that partnership
- Track retention and usage across every app in the portfolio and use it to decide what gets engineering attention next
- Drive the "factory" economics: harden the shared components (onboarding, account linking, loyalty, receipt OCR) so each new app is a configuration and a skin, not a rebuild
- Manage a small team of mobile and backend engineers: line management, code review, and career development, not layers of management
- Represent data apps at executive and planning forums: portfolio status, investment cases, and the consumer perspective on company-level decisions
- Raise the bar on modern engineering leverage: agentic/AI-assisted development is how this team punches above its size
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with several years building consumer-facing mobile products
- Founder, CTO, VP Engineering, or founding-engineer experience at a consumer startup, or equivalent demonstrated ownership of a consumer product's technical outcomes
- Track record taking a consumer app from zero to meaningful scale (users, load, or revenue)
- Deep backend expertise (APIs, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure) plus production React Native or comparable cross-platform mobile experience
- Experience managing small engineering teams directly (line management; this is not a manager-of-managers role)
- Comfortable presenting to and working with executive stakeholders
- Rewards/loyalty or data product experience is a strong plus
We're excited to hear from you.
At Attain, we are passionate about finding people to continuously help us grow our organization. We encourage you to apply, even if your experience doesn't match every detail of the job description. If we don't see something that immediately fits, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon27
- State Street25
- TikTok20
- JPMorganChase19
- Google17
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software78
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals14
- Banking & Financial Services10
- Education7
- Science & Research7
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of operations jobs.
- 7 or more years of progressive operations management experience in a relevant industry
- Demonstrated ability to build and lead cross-functional teams of significant size
- Proficiency with ERP systems, business intelligence tools, or operations management software
- Experience developing and managing operating budgets and driving cost efficiency initiatives
- Strong background in process improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, operations management, or a related field
Tips for Your Head Of Operations Job Search
Quantify operational impact on your resume
Head of operations roles attract candidates who can show measurable results. Replace vague duties with numbers: headcount managed, cost reductions achieved, throughput improvements, or cycle times shortened. Hiring managers scan for proof that you move the needle, not just oversee it.
Highlight cross-functional leadership experience
Employers want someone who can align finance, HR, and product teams behind operational goals. Call out specific projects where you coordinated across departments, resolved competing priorities, and drove a company-wide outcome. Generic management language won't separate you from the field.
Target industries where your ops background transfers
Operations principles move across sectors, but interviewers will probe your familiarity with their context. If you're shifting from logistics to healthtech, frame your process-improvement work in terms that resonate with regulated, fast-growth environments. Industry fluency signals faster ramp-up time.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of operations openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing. Moving early on a relevant posting gives your application more visibility before a pipeline fills.
Prepare a structured operational case study
Many head of operations interviews include a scenario round where you diagnose a broken process or resource constraint. Practice walking through a real example using a problem-solution-result structure. Interviewers are testing your diagnostic logic, not just your outcomes.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate compensation
Before the offer stage, clarify what the role actually controls: budget authority, headcount decisions, and reporting lines. A head of operations title with no real decision-making power limits your leverage in the role and in future job searches. Get clarity in writing before you accept.
Head Of Operations Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of operationss?
The most active employers for head of operationss right now are Amazon, State Street, and TikTok, and the most openings are in California, New York, and Massachusetts, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is particularly strong in healthcare networks, logistics companies, and technology firms scaling their operations functions.
How many head of operations jobs are remote?
About 73% of head of operations openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with the remote share concentrated in technology companies and professional services firms. Roles tied to physical facilities, distribution centers, or clinical environments are more likely to require on-site presence, while strategy-heavy operations leadership positions offer more location flexibility.
How do you become a head of operations?
Start by building a foundation in a specific operational function such as supply chain, finance, or project management, then take on roles with increasing cross-functional responsibility. Progress toward director or VP-level positions where you own budgets and headcount. Develop fluency in data analysis and process improvement frameworks, and build a record of scaling teams or reducing operational costs in measurable ways.
Can you get hired as a head of operations without direct experience in the title?
Yes, many head of operations hires come from adjacent roles like director of operations, general manager, or chief of staff, where the functional scope is similar even if the title differs. Frame your application around decisions you owned, not just projects you contributed to. Smaller companies and startups are especially open to candidates who demonstrate operational range over strict title history.
What does the head of operations interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to five rounds and begins with a recruiter screen focused on your background and leadership scope. Subsequent rounds involve structured interviews with the CEO, CFO, or board members assessing strategic thinking and culture fit. Most employers include an operational case study or presentation where you diagnose a real business problem and present a solution, followed by reference checks from direct reports and senior leaders you've worked with.
Where can I find and apply to head of operations jobs?
You can find and apply to head of operations jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your industry background and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing. The platform pulls openings from a wide range of employers, so you can compare opportunities in one place without jumping between multiple sources.
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