Own engineering execution across product engineering, platform, data, payments, AI infrastructure, internal developer tooling, and the AI-native software development lifecycle.
Recruit top-tier talent and raise our bar for excellence.
Drive the AI-native SDLC forward.
Design and continuously improve evaluation systems for AI-generated software.
Set technical direction across the Rails API, data layer, payments business logic, and clients.
Make build-vs-buy and platform-investment calls that balance speed with long-term leverage.
Own platform reliability and trust posture: uptime, data integrity, payment accuracy, security, and incident response.
Partner closely with the CEO on the product roadmap and serve as a key thought partner.

7-12 years building software, with demonstrated engineering leadership in high-growth startups (Seed–Series B/C) or founder experience.
Background in hypergrowth startups. Ideally Seed through Series C, or founder experience.
Fluent and opinionated about AI-native engineering.
Strong engineering judgment around speed vs. correctness.
Experience operating payments or financial systems at scale.
Deep technical credibility.
Lives in modern AI tooling every day.
Hiring instincts at the senior and staff level.
Engineers who’ve worked with you choose to work with you again.
Eager to work in-person at our San Francisco office 3-5 days/week.

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