Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is hiring a Head of Engineering, AMER to lead the expansion of a talented engineering team across the Americas. You will scale the team from 20 to 40 engineers while preserving excellence and velocity, driving the evolution of core processes, and guiding the development of internal tooling and product features.
What You'll Do
- Lead, mentor, and grow the engineering team across the Americas, including managers and ICs across diverse specialties.
- Partner with leadership to scale engineering culture, processes, and strategy in alignment with company growth and product vision.
- Drive hiring efforts, focusing on experienced and autonomous engineers who thrive in a high-ownership environment.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to define and implement engineering-led product development practices.
- Ensure an outstanding developer experience through continuous improvements to tooling, CI/CD, and core internal components.
- Contribute to DEI efforts and foster a culture that supports engineers from underrepresented backgrounds.
- Shape strategic engineering investments, such as building leverage-focused infrastructure and reusable components.
- Coach engineering leaders and contribute to succession planning, performance management, and leadership development.
- Set the tone for collaboration, feedback, and technical excellence across teams and time zones.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience leading and scaling engineering teams, including managing engineering managers and owning department-level decisions.
- A strong foundation as an individual contributor — ideally a Staff or Principal Engineer — with continued passion for technology and hands-on understanding.
- Proven ability to establish engineering culture, process, and hiring frameworks from the ground up.
- Demonstrated success operating in high-autonomy, low-process environments where engineers lead projects end-to-end.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the ability to architect scalable systems (both technical and organizational).
- Experience in remote-first environments and a collaborative, written-first communication style.
- Commitment to building diverse and inclusive teams, with tangible examples of inclusive leadership.
- Optimism that engineering excellence can be maintained at scale without reverting to legacy processes.
Team & Environment
The team is scaling from 20 to 40 engineers and includes managers and ICs across diverse specialties such as product, infrastructure, and design engineering.
Benefits & Compensation
- Unlimited PTO with a strong culture of work-life balance.
- Parental Leave: Minimum of 12 weeks fully paid, with regional adjustments as needed.
- Remote-First Setup: Generous equipment and furniture budget to create your ideal workspace.
- Learning & Development: $100/month learning stipend; conferences and major expenses with manager approval.
- In-Person Team Retreats: Department and company-wide offsites twice per year.
- Compensation: US: $255K–$320K depending on location and experience, plus performance bonus and equity. Canada: CA$280K–CA$320K with equity and bonus opportunities.
- Generous stock options with a 10-year exercise window.
Work Mode
This is a remote-first role open to candidates in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, and Washington in the USA.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is an equal opportunity employer.