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Head of Engineering

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York, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 7/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/26/2026

We're building a next-generation consumer fintech platform focused on making a complex financial process dramatically simpler for millions of people. This is founded by the leaders of a unicorn who is building their next big idea (native ai) and has millions of users from current ventures.

This is a high-trust product operating in a regulated environment where security, reliability, privacy, and user experience all matter. We're looking for an engineering leader who is excited to build a category-defining product from the ground up alongside experienced founders.


The Role:

  • As a Founding Leader / Head of engineering you will own engineering from the earliest stages of the company.
  • This is a true player-coach role. You'll help define the technical vision, build and ship product, establish engineering best practices, recruit exceptional engineers, and scale the organization as the company grows.
  • Serve as the company's senior technical leader, helping translate business goals into technical strategy while partnering closely with product, design, and company leadership.
  • Hire and mentor a small team of high-performing engineers.
  • Establish a strong engineering culture centered on ownership, craftsmanship, collaboration, and execution.
  • You've build fintech products where trust, scale, and customer experience were essential.


The Work:

  • Lead engineering from early product development through public customer deployment.
  • Define the company's architecture, engineering standards, development processes, infrastructure, security, and operational excellence.
  • Work closely with product and design to deliver an intuitive consumer experience.
  • Own the architecture and technical foundation


AI Native product:

  • Design systems that prioritize security, privacy, reliability, compliance, and scalability while maintaining exceptional product quality.
  • Leverage AI Across Engineering
  • Apply modern AI tools and workflows to improve engineering productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and developer velocity.


Industry Experience:

  • Consumer fintech / Saas
  • Banking / Payments
  • Financial infrastructure
  • Security and privacy


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