Remote (Global)

Fruitist is hiring a Head of Engineering

About the Role

Lead the engineering organization through a phase of rapid growth and technical transformation while aligning development efforts with product strategy and business goals.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the long-term technical vision for the platform
  • Manage and mentor senior engineering managers and technical leads
  • Oversee the design and implementation of reliable, scalable systems
  • Collaborate with product leadership to shape roadmap priorities
  • Ensure engineering practices support speed, quality, and security
  • Drive improvements in development workflows and deployment pipelines
  • Establish metrics to measure team performance and system reliability
  • Recruit, onboard, and develop engineering talent across multiple levels
  • Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning
  • Align infrastructure strategy with business scalability requirements
  • Lead incident response and post-mortem processes for critical outages
  • Evaluate and adopt new technologies that improve engineering outcomes
  • Ensure compliance with data protection and platform security standards
  • Manage engineering budget and resource allocation
  • Promote cross-team collaboration between frontend, backend, and data teams
  • Oversee third-party vendor integrations and technical partnerships
  • Champion engineering best practices across code quality and testing
  • Represent engineering in executive discussions and strategic planning
  • Support the transition from monolithic to modular service architecture
  • Balance technical debt reduction with feature development velocity
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and documentation across engineering units
  • Implement scalable monitoring and observability solutions
  • Guide disaster recovery and business continuity planning for systems
  • Ensure engineering decisions reflect user needs and operational constraints
  • Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies and infrastructure automation

Compensation

Competitive salary with equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid with flexibility for remote work

Team

Cross-functional product and engineering teams

Growth Opportunity

Lead a pivotal function during a key expansion phase with direct influence on company trajectory and technology foundation.

Tech Stack

Primary languages include TypeScript and Python; infrastructure runs on Kubernetes with services hosted in GCP.

Available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
PythonJavaScriptReact.jsVue.jsAWSMicrosoft AzureGCPKinesisLeadershipTeam ManagementCloud Infrastructure
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Fruitist
Fruitist is a modern food company on a mission to revolutionize snacking with a suite of snackable superfruits including berries and cherries, leveraging data, supply chain technology, and a sustainability-first model.
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Posted a year ago