Head of Software Engineering

Stealth Company; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Stealth Company in Culver City, CA is building the next generation of consumer software with integrated AI. You will lead and scale a high-performing engineering team, setting standards and delivering fast without debt.

As a player-coach, you’ll own execution, sprint planning, and team health; recruit aggressively; and partner with product and design to scope work and hit milestones. You’ll earn credibility by shipping polished products, guiding engineers, and shaping engineering culture from

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering.
• 3+ years managing engineering teams.
• Deep experience shipping consumer-facing software.
• Fluent in AI/ML-integrated systems.
• Strong people manager with direct feedback.
• Execution-oriented, able to move work forward

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and retain a world-class software engineering team across consumer software and AI.
• Own engineering execution, sprint planning, resourcing, delivery, and team health.
• Set and enforce engineering standards: code quality, architecture patterns, review culture, and on-call practices.
• Partner with product and design to scope work, surface tradeoffs, and hit milestones.
• Recruit aggressively, you'll be a key part of building the team around you.
• Serve as the connective tissue between individual engineers and company leadership.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Execution-oriented

AI/ML integration

Job description

About Us

We’re building the next generation of the TV operating system, reimagining the experience at the intersection of television, streaming, and how people discover and search.

The Role

This is a player-coach role at a critical moment. You'll manage and scale a high-performing team while staying close to the work, setting engineering standards, unblocking execution, and ensuring we ship fast without accumulating debt that slows us down later.

What You'll Do

• Lead, grow, and retain a world-class software engineering team across consumer software and AI
• Own engineering execution, sprint planning, resourcing, delivery, and team health
• Set and enforce engineering standards: code quality, architecture patterns, review culture, and on-call practices
• Partner with product and design to scope work, surface tradeoffs, and hit milestones
• Recruit aggressively, you'll be a key part of building the team around you
• Serve as the connective tissue between individual engineers and company leadership

You

• 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years managing engineering teams
• Deep experience shipping consumer-facing software — you know what a polished, high-quality product takes
• Fluent in AI/ML-integrated systems — you've worked on products where models are core to the experience, not a bolt-on
• Strong people manager: you develop engineers, give direct feedback, and build team culture
• Execution-oriented — you keep things moving, resolve ambiguity, and protect the team from noise
• Technically credible enough to earn respect from strong engineers without needing to be in every design decision

Why Join

You'll be building and leading the engineering team behind a product that's genuinely new. Small team, real ownership, close to the decision-making, and the opportunity to set engineering culture from scratch. We're well-capitalized and moving fast.