Head of Engineering

Our mission at Durable is to make owning a business easier than having a job.

We envision a world where AI runs your business for you. Anyone with a skill will be able to launch a successful business in minutes. They will be able to focus only on doing their best work, not all the other bullshit that comes with running a business.

AI will be their web designer, their marketing agency, their office admin, and their accountant.

We launched the first AI Website builder (before chatGPT!), and have generated over 5 million sites.

We have a long way to go to accomplish our ambitious vision. We raised a $14m Series A from Spark Capital last year, are generating significant revenue, and are a team of 20.

What you'll do

The Head of Engineering will be the main driver in helping us build a world class engineering organization, create breakthrough R&D, and be a great place to work.

Responsibilities

• Build a culture of engineering excellence and agency, empowering the engineering team to deliver their best work
• Build a talent-dense engineering organization, recruiting a team of world-class engineers and establishing processes for hiring, onboarding, and retention
• Own the timeline and delivery of projects, setting expectations for a solid cadence and high level of quality
• Actively contribute to technology and product roadmap decisions

Who you are

An ambitious, experienced, steady hand who wants to make an impact on the world and change the world of small business.

Minimum requirements

• 5+ years of experience managing high performing engineering teams, in manager and/or director level roles
• Experience creating interview processes, and recruiting top talent
• Previous hands-on experience as a software engineer building consumer or B2B products, giving you the ability to jump in and code, where needed
• Thrives in setting a fast-moving, high rate of change environment
• Experience setting and hitting a high quality and reliability bar for the engineering team
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude, with a get shit done mentality

Preferred qualifications

• You keep up-to-date on the latest in AI engineering practices and research
• You’ve previously worked on large-scale consumer or B2B tools
• Experience with AI/ML/Data Science
• Experience with Python, Javascript, NextJS, and Node.js
• Experience with MongoDB and Redis

Remote work @ Durable

We are a remote-first company with an in-person hub with 24/7 access in Vancouver.

This role is open to anyone in North America.

Compensation

Compensation for this role is $240,000 to $290,000.