Head of Engineering

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Namespace provides high-performance developer services that enable engineering teams across industries to ship better code faster. Our flagship product is specialized hosted cloud infrastructure optimized specifically for build and test workflows—tasks critical to every software development lifecycle. Teams using Namespace consistently achieve build and test runtime improvements ranging from 2x to 10x.

Namespace's approach is low-friction, designed for immediate integration into existing developer toolchains (GitHub Actions, Docker, Bazel), empowering teams to experience tangible results within just five minutes. With an end-to-end stack optimized for high performance—including compute, memory, storage, and networking—Namespace delivers capabilities and efficiencies unmatched by traditional cloud providers. Our customers range from innovative startups to rapidly scaling teams at Vanta, copy.ai, comma.ai, Winticket and more.

Our team is uniquely qualified, having built and scaled foundational developer infrastructure powering thousands of engineers at Google. We’re poised for significant growth as we transform how engineering teams globally accelerate their development velocity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the Head of Engineering at Namespace, you’ll lead the technical vision, execution, and growth of our engineering organization. This is a strategic role, central to scaling our high-performance developer services and infrastructure. You'll build and mentor an exceptional engineering team, foster a culture of rapid iteration, technical excellence, and customer obsession, and guide the evolution of our core technologies and infrastructure. We are a small team for now and want to keep our setup lean - this role won't involve any people management responsibilities at the beginning.

What You’ll Do

• Set the technical vision and direction for Namespace’s engineering team, aligning engineering goals with business objectives.
• Grow and mentor a high-performing team of engineers across product, infrastructure, and platform engineering.
• Ensure scalable, performant, and reliable systems, driving continuous improvement in our engineering practices.
• Collaborate closely with product, sales, and infrastructure teams to align technology decisions with company strategy.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience scaling engineering teams in high-growth startup environments.
• Proven track record building and operating complex infrastructure or developer-focused products.
• Exceptional leadership and mentorship skills; ability to attract, grow, and retain talent.
• Strong strategic thinking, capable of guiding both tactical execution and long-term technical direction.

We care deeply about the wellbeing of our employees and about creating a healthy team culture.