Head of R&D, Piano

Simplys mission is to make the pursuit of creative hobbies simple and fun for all. Our top-grossing apps Simply Piano Simply Guitar Simply Sing and Simply Draw put us on the fast track to building the worlds largest consumer subscription service for creative learning. With over a million monthly downloads and hundreds of thousands of daily learners were building the AI creative companion for every home.

Were looking for a Head of R&D Piano to join us at Simply and help scale our teams technologies and processes to the next stage of this role youll play a key part in building and scaling a high-performing engineering team ensuring alignment between technology and business goals and fostering a strong development culture. This is a unique opportunity to combine technical leadership people management and organizational influence all within a fast-paced high-impact environment.

What Youll Be Doing

• Lead and scale high-performing engineering teams driving execution delivery and growth.
• Partner closely with product design data and business stakeholders to shape roadmap and priorities.
• Bridge product vision and engineering execution making strategy actionable.
• Own key architectural and technical choices that enable scale and continuous product evolution.
• Identify bottlenecks streamline processes and boost team velocity through org and workflow changes.
• Coach and mentor engineers fostering growth ownership and impact.
• Uphold high standards of code quality collaboration and engineering culture.

Who you are and what youve done

• Proven experience leading and scaling teams preferably in high-growth environments
• Strong hands-on technical background in software engineering and system architecture
  
• Entrepreneurial experience including founding or leading ventures
• Excellent understanding of modern development methodologies
• Love for problem-solving and shaping team culture
• Strong sense of ownership and a drive to get things done
• Ability to balance long-term thinking with immediate delivery needs