Founding VP of Engineering at hophr

About the Role

We are seeking an Engineering Leader to own engineering as a function, focusing on technical direction, team growth, and execution velocity as we scale from launch to market expansion. This is a foundational leadership role where you will have real product, real users, and hard technical problems to solve.

Key Responsibilities

• →Work closely with founders to turn product vision into shipped systems
• →Design and build core product features end-to-end across frontend, backend, and infrastructure
• →Architect and scale AI-driven systems that evaluate, rank, and coordinate talent workflows
• →Build reliable, production-grade services using React, TypeScript, and Python
• →Own deployment, observability, performance, and cost as first-class product concerns
• →Make foundational technical decisions and evolve the platform as we scale
• →Define engineering culture, hiring bar, and team rituals as we grow from 3 to 20+
• →Partner with founders on roadmap prioritization, resource allocation, and technical tradeoffs
• →Establish engineering processes that maintain velocity without sacrificing quality
• →Build and mentor the engineering team; make early key hires