Head of Engineering — Lead AI‑Driven SaaS Growth

Nylon; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Nylon is building AI research tools that transform how lawyers and accountants work. We are expanding across markets and seeking a Head of Engineering to build and scale the engineering org. You will lead managers and senior engineers, set how we ship, and ensure Nylon becomes the place the best engineers in the country want to work.

You’ll report to the CTO, shape the engineering playbook, and partner on technical direction to drive growth and impact across our platform.

Qualifications

• Leads an engineering org in a high-growth SaaS environment.
• Proven track record hiring and growing leaders and engineers.
• Strong architecture and system design judgment, able to review designs with senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead product engineering and report to the CTO.
• Own delivery across product with aligned squads and plans.
• Set standards for coding, release quality, on-call, and postmortems.
• Grow people through engineering leveling and career development.
• Shape AI-native engineering practices, tooling, and team structure.
• Partner with CTO on architecture and platform decisions.

Skills

Leadership

SaaS growth

Hiring & people growth

Architecture decision making

AI tooling familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

AI tooling platforms

Job description

Nylon is building AI research tools that transform how lawyers and accountants work. We are expanding across markets and seeking a Head of Engineering to build and scale the engineering org. You will lead managers and senior engineers, set how we ship, and ensure Nylon becomes the place the best engineers in the country want to work.

You’ll report to the CTO, shape the engineering playbook, and partner on technical direction to drive growth and impact across our platform.