Head of Engineering
Company | Togetherhood |
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Location | New York, NY, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in engineering roles, with 3+ years leading technical teams
- Strong technical depth and hands-on experience with full-stack development (bonus for C#/.NET and React)
- Experience managing or partnering with product and design, with a demonstrated ability to ship successful products
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-paced startup environments
- Experience scaling engineering orgs (ideally at a Series A/B startup or similar)
- Familiarity with generative AI, LLMs, and how to apply them practically to product and engineering problems
- Thoughtful communicator who can collaborate with both technical and non-technical teammates
- Mission-driven and eager to build something meaningful with lasting social impact
Responsibilities
- Own the full product development lifecycle—from concept to design, development, testing, and deployment
- Translate business and user needs into scalable, elegant technical solutions
- Guide platform architecture and ensure long-term scalability, security, and performance
- Serve as the primary bridge between vision and execution, partnering with the CEO on strategic priorities
- Build and lead a cross-functional product team (engineering, product management, product design)
- Double the size of the engineering team while establishing strong team structure and hiring processes
- Coach, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers and product contributors
- Implement generative AI to increase engineering productivity (e.g. code generation, documentation, QA, planning)
- Work toward building AI-native features into the product, such as intelligent scheduling, matching, or enrichment personalization
- Stay close to the codebase—leading design reviews, writing high-leverage code, or prototyping when needed
- Ensure excellent developer experience, modern tooling, and efficient workflows
- Establish lightweight, high-velocity product development processes (agile, sprints, OKRs, feedback loops)
- Collaborate across departments (e.g. operations, sales, customer success) to ensure fast feedback and business alignment
- Measure impact and outcomes through analytics, user behavior, and experimentation
Preferred Qualifications
- Bonus for C#/.NET and React