Head of Engineering — Build Scalable AI Systems (LA)

Success Matcher Recruitment

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 225,000 - 300,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Success Matcher Recruitment is representing a fast-growing industrial technology company hiring for a chief engineering leadership role in Los Angeles. You will own the technical strategy across customer-facing software, internal ops, data, infrastructure, and applied machine learning, and you will build and lead the engineering team from the ground up.

You will design scalable architecture while staying hands-on with code and crucial technical decisions, collaborating with sales, operations,

Qualifications

4+ years of software engineering experience.
At least 1 year leading a team of 3–5 engineers.
Experience building and scaling systems from the ground up.
Strong product-focused, backend-leaning full-stack skills, ideally with TypeScript and Python.
A CS or STEM degree from a top-25 school.
Daily experience using AI development tools such as Claude or Cursor.
Ability to work on-site in LA's South Bay five days a week and travel up to 20%.

Responsibilities

Own technical strategy across customer-facing software, internal operations, data, infrastructure, and applied machine learning.
Build and lead the engineering team from the ground up.
Design scalable architecture while remaining hands-on with code and critical technical decisions.
Partner with sales, operations, finance, and factory teams to turn real-world workflows into software.
Improve system reliability, security, and performance while helping establish a new LA factory.