Head of Engineering

Summary

Join Addition Wealth, a company redefining personal finance, as Head of Engineering. You'll lead the engineering team, own the technical roadmap, and scale the platform to millions of users. This role involves building AI-powered systems using LLMs and agentic workflows to deliver personalized financial guidance. You'll set the technical bar, drive innovation, and foster a culture of high ownership and velocity. The ideal candidate is a startup-tested engineering leader with experience scaling systems and teams, hands-on coding skills, and a passion for user experience. You'll be responsible for designing scalable systems and applying AI/LLM-based solutions to real-world problems.

Requirements

• A true owner—you take full responsibility for outcomes and empower others to do the same
• A startup-tested engineering leader who’s scaled systems and teams through rapid growth
• Hands-on enough to write code, lead technical decisions, and earn the trust of top engineers
• A product-obsessed builder who cares deeply about the user experience
• Skilled in designing scalable systems and excited to apply AI/LLM-based solutions to real-world problems
• Decisive, clear, and adaptable—you bring focus and momentum in fast-moving environments

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team (3x in the next 12–18 months)
• Own technical architecture and infrastructure as we scale to millions of users
• Oversee our AI roadmap—developing intelligent, personalized, and automated guidance
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver a product that’s user centric, intuitive, and deeply valuable
• Set a high standard for code quality, performance, and engineering excellence
• Foster a team culture built on ownership, speed, and thoughtful execution

Benefits

• Build the future of financial guidance—personalized, intelligent, and accessible
• Join a mission-driven team that’s combining fintech, AI, and human empathy
• Own engineering at a company with strong traction and even bigger ambition
• Remote-first with NYC roots—we care more about outcomes than location