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WonderschoolSan Francisco
Head of Engineering
On-siteFull TimeNot disclosedPosted 27 days ago
About the role
- The Head of Engineering owns product delivery, engineering execution, and team performance
- This role is responsible for ensuring the engineering team consistently ships high-quality, revenue-driving product quickly and reliably
- It is a hands-on leadership role: you will manage the team, drive execution, improve development processes, and partner closely with Product and the Head of AI Agent Systems to increase velocity
- This role reports directly to the CEO
- Ensure the team consistently ships high-quality product on time
- Reduce time from idea to production for core features
- Drive accountability for delivery across the team
- Prioritize and ship features tied to revenue quickly
- Manage, coach, and develop engineers
- Hire strong engineers and raise the bar over time
- Set a high performance standard and enforce it
- Address underperformance quickly and directly
- Improve engineering processes to increase speed without sacrificing quality
- Ensure code quality, testing, and reliability standards are maintained
- Partner with the Head of AI Agent Systems to integrate AI-driven workflows into the development process
- Ensure engineers adopt tools and systems that increase output
- Make and enforce key architectural decisions
- Ensure systems are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with product needs
- Drive simplification and reduce technical debt where it slows the business
- Work closely with the Head of Product to translate priorities into shipped product
- Ensure alignment between product requirements and engineering execution
- Support GTM and operations by delivering the systems needed to drive revenue
- Ensure engineering output directly supports revenue growth
- Improve the speed of shipping features that impact conversion, onboarding, and usage
- Balance speed and reliability to support long-term growth
- What Success Looks Like (6-12 Months):
- Engineering consistently ships high-quality product on time
- Time from idea to production is significantly reduced
- The team is high-performing with clear accountability
- Engineering output is clearly tied to revenue and product usage
- AI systems are fully integrated into engineering workflows
- Experience managing and scaling engineering teams
- Strong technical judgment and ability to make architectural decisions
- Strong engineering background with experience building and shipping production systems
- Experience working closely with product and business teams
- Track record of delivering product quickly in a high-growth environment
- Experience at a high-growth startup
- Experience improving engineering velocity and processes
- Background as a founder or early-stage engineer
- Experience integrating AI or automation into development workflows
- Someone who is comfortable being hands-on when needed
- Someone who builds high-performing teams, not just systems
- Someone who drives execution and holds people accountable
- Someone who partners well with product and leadership
- Someone who balances speed and quality effectively