Head of Software Engineering

Responsibilities

• Owning the engineering roadmap — deciding what to build, what to defer, and what to kill
• Setting technical direction and architecture across frontend, backend, data pipelines, and lab‑hardware integration
• Shipping code yourself on the highest‑leverage problems, not just reviewing it
• Hiring, growing, and setting the bar for a team that ships fast and holds quality high — our lab runs on this software, so when things break, real experiments fail and real customers are affected
• Building the team's AI‑assisted development practices into a genuine speed advantage

Requirements

• You’ve shipped production software for years and you’re not looking to leave the code behind — you want a role where you build and lead at the same time.
• You’ve hired, managed, and developed engineers, and built a team that ships fast and holds a high bar — at least once before, in a startup or high‑...