Head of Engineering

Summary

Join Bellwood Labs as their Head of Engineering to lead the growth of their Software Engineering organization and work alongside an experienced team. As a technical leader and people manager, you will shape the engineering function, manage a growing team, and ensure excellent work delivery. This "player-coach" role involves strategic technology decisions and delivery leadership, gradually transitioning from hands-on coding as the team scales. You will report to the CEO. The role requires collaboration with clients, developing technical solutions, and communicating effectively with stakeholders. You will also manage, mentor, and scale a team of engineering team leads.

Requirements

• Proven ability to collaborate with clients to analyze business requirements, develop effective technical solutions, and communicate those solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Deep experience with NodeJS, React, and Amazon Web Services, with experience in other platforms (Java / Spring Boot, C# / .NET, Ruby on Rails, Go[lang]) considered helpful
• The role also requires a voracious appetite to learn and apply new skills. You should be skilled at building web-based software or mobile apps, excel at building software with different sets of tools and in different client environments, and deeply understand how to form and lead software development teams that build excellent products
• Has 10+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ in leadership
• Has experience in a consulting or services firm
• Is comfortable moving between strategy and execution
• Has built or scaled engineering teams before
• Communicates clearly and leads with context and care

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and scale a team of engineering team leads
• Participate in Discovery calls to understand the client's technical environment, constraints, and goals, and assist in the creation of proposals
• Define, refine, and implement clear career growth paths and professional development frameworks
• Own the technical direction and engineering standards across the firm
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and pragmatism
• Define and document Best Practices that enable excellent team performance
• Design and manage a scalable and effective engineering org structure
• Contribute to company strategy and leadership decision-making
• Build excellent software products as an individual contributor and technical leader

Benefits

• Remote
• Open PTO
• 401k
• Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Short/Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Company Retreats