Engineering Leader to Scale a Fast-Growth Platform

Partiful; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Mental health support

Flexible PTO

Team offsites

Parental leave

Equity

Job summary

Partiful is seeking a Head of Engineering to build and lead a high-performing engineering organization capable of shipping ambitious product and infrastructure work with speed, quality, and accountability as we scale.

You will own the health, output, and growth of the engineering team, ensuring the right people in the right roles, a strong management layer, and alignment with company goals. We work in the office 3 days a week with occasional late nights to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leadership of 15–40+ engineers.
• Experience building and scaling an engineering org: hiring, design, management systems.
• Strong recruiting instincts and people leadership.
• Experience partnering with founder/CTO and product leaders on roadmap and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering organization that can ship ambitious product and infra work with speed, quality, and accountability.
• Partner with the CTO on technical strategy, architecture, and roadmap prioritization.
• Collaborate with CEO & CTO to communicate company vision and motivate the team.
• Own engineering execution and deadlines with clear goals and ownership.
• Introduce lightweight systems for ownership, accountability, and visibility.
• Identify bottlenecks and simplify processes to maximize deep work and shipping.
• Develop leads into a scalable middle-management layer (EMs / Leads / Staff ICs).
• Define career ladders and performance frameworks for engineers and managers.
• Foster a culture where high performers are recognized and motivated.
• Hold a high bar for performance and address underperformance directly.
• Own recruiting end-to-end with CTO and People team to source, interview, and close top talent.
• Codify engineering culture and standards (speed, craftsmanship, ownership) via reviews and postmortems.
• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, and Ops.
• Establish and track metrics for velocity, quality, and recruiting health.
• Work in the trenches with the team; office 3 days a week with occasional late nights.

Skills

People leadership

Engineering strategy

Recruiting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Job description

Partiful is seeking a Head of Engineering to build and lead a high-performing engineering organization capable of shipping ambitious product and infrastructure work with speed, quality, and accountability as we scale.

You will own the health, output, and growth of the engineering team, ensuring the right people in the right roles, a strong management layer, and alignment with company goals. We work in the office 3 days a week with occasional late nights to meet deadlines.