Expected comp: $200k-$275k, .5%-1% equity.
About Arcade
Arcade’s mission is to empower the Product Led Growth Economy. We aspire to support the future generation of founders and products by raising the bar for product excellence, and in turn providing economic freedom to builders.We want to pioneer the concept of Demo Driven Development by giving users the visibility into why, how, and where users get value from their products.Culturally, we are a team of ex Atlassians, AngelList, and Shopify teammates — we believe in empowering the end user, and unifying companies around the needs of the end user.
We believe that we have the potential to change how software companies work.
About the role
As Arcade’s Head of Engineering, you’ll be responsible for implementing best practices in order to build a great and fast-paced engineering culture. You’ll partner with the team to identify high-impact initiatives, prioritize technical projects, and manage execution to accomplish our goals. This role reports directly to Caroline Clark, the CEO, and will partner closely with Rich Manalang, founder and CTO.To date, we’ve been shipping fast: check out our changelog. We are serving over 10k companies with over 8 million views of Arcade per month.Today we are 15 people in total — and half of the team is engineering.
We have ambitious plans to grow the business and team.
What you’ll do
Partner with the CEO and the team on building the next stage of Arcade by exploring intersections of AI and machine learning with applications.
Build out a world-class engineering team and culture: You will design a rigorous engineering process and foster collaborative working relationships.
Recruit, develop, and manage a team: You will build a team of diverse, high-performing engineers. This includes sourcing strong engineering talent, building effective interview processes, weekly 1:1s with directs, own career development, and creating stretch goals and performance discussions/processes.
Own longer-term technical projects: You will contribute to attaining and maintaining SOC2 and GDPR certification, as well as managing regular pen testing and tabletop exercises.
You are someone who
Partners with the CEO on long term vision: You are able to see the long term vision, and work backwards to today to figure out the right team structures, processes and investments to make it happen.
Building world class teams: You are a proven engineering leader with a track record of recruiting, developing, inspiring and retaining top technical talent and scaling organizations, ideally from the startup stage through high growth.
Excellent communication skills: you are strong in written and verbal communication. You're able to distill complex concepts into simple terms and able to clearly communicate with both technical and non technical teams.
Has a strong sense of urgency: You are regularly looking for ways to accelerate the pace of product development.
Benefits
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Unlimited PTO and sick days
401k, and top tier Health, Dental and Vision insurance
$500 a month remote work stipend
Remote first and meeting light culture
Biannual company retreats
Latest productivity software such as Notion, Linear and Superhuman
A team that values diversity and inclusion
