Founding Head of Engineering | Equity & AI at Scale

Medley Learning; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding equity

Impactful work in education

Strong backing from Workshop Ventures

Job summary

An innovative education technology company in the United States is seeking a Founding Head of Engineering to join their team. The role involves owning the technical foundation, architecting and evolving products, and building a top-tier engineering team. Ideal candidates will have 6+ years of experience, strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, as well as AI/LLM expertise. This is a unique opportunity to make a direct impact on millions of students' access to grade-level content while also holding founding equity in a growing company.

Qualifications

• 6+ years building software, architecting scalable systems, and shipping production-grade code.
• Hands-on experience building LLM-integrated products, including cost optimization.
• Experience managing engineers and building team processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical foundation and architect the product.
• Hire, mentor, and retain excellent engineers.
• Establish processes for code review, testing, and deployment.

Skills

Technical excellence

AI/LLM expertise

Strong TypeScript

React

Node.js

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

AWS

MongoDB Atlas

Docker

Terraform

Job description

An innovative education technology company in the United States is seeking a Founding Head of Engineering to join their team. The role involves owning the technical foundation, architecting and evolving products, and building a top-tier engineering team. Ideal candidates will have 6+ years of experience, strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, as well as AI/LLM expertise. This is a unique opportunity to make a direct impact on millions of students' access to grade-level content while also holding founding equity in a growing company.