Head of R&D, Piano
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Job Summary
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
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About Company
Feel the joy of playing piano and guitar, or discovering your singing voice, with Simply. The best apps for learning musical instruments.
