Solution Community, a nonprofit building a global platform for actionable social change, is hiring a Head of Engineering. You will lead and support the entire engineering function, owning architectural decisions, reviewing code, driving engineering velocity, and ensuring system stability and scalability.
What You'll Do
- Lead all engineering contributors across frontend, backend, infrastructure, security, quality assurance, and DevOps.
- Own architectural decisions and ensure systems are scalable, secure, and maintainable.
- Review Pull Requests in GitHub, maintain high standards, and enforce clean engineering practices.
- Identify bottlenecks, remove blockers, and drive engineering velocity without bureaucracy.
- Align closely with Product (CPO) to translate roadmap into realistic technical execution.
- Ensure proper Git workflows, CI standards, testing discipline, and infrastructure reliability.
- Raise the team's technical level through feedback, pairing, and structured reviews.
- Oversee architecture decisions involving Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, and related infrastructure systems.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- Proven experience building or scaling products in startup or early-stage environments.
- Strong system design and architecture experience.
- Comfortable reviewing complex code across frontend and backend.
- Deep understanding of modern web architecture and cloud infrastructure.
- Action-oriented and comfortable making decisions and owning outcomes.
- Motivated by impact and comfortable working in a nonprofit, volunteer-driven environment.
Nice to Have
- Experience leading distributed, remote engineering teams.
- Experience building MVPs from scratch.
- Experience designing scalable cloud-native systems.
- Experience working closely with founders or CEOs.
Technical Stack
- Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Builder.io, Figma
- Node.js, Python
- Google Cloud Platform, Firebase
- GitHub, ClickUp, Slack, Google Workspace
Team & Environment
You will lead the engineering function, including Full-Stack Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Security Engineers, QA Engineers, and Cloud Architects, and report to the CEO and CPO.
Benefits & Compensation
- Real impact shaping a global social-impact platform.
- Autonomy with no corporate politics or unnecessary layers.
- Ownership over architecture, culture, and execution.
- Collaboration with a global team across multiple countries.
- Strong recommendation after meaningful contribution.
Work Mode
This is a global position.
Solution Community is an equal opportunity employer.
