Head of Engineering, Teen Voice

THE ROLE: Head of EngineeringTeenVoice Inc

TeenVoiceis a fast-growing well-funded for-profit startup in the insights space and a wholly owned subsidiary ofBritebound. Our platforms areestablished revenue-generating and serve clients across education marketing and advertising.Weoperatewith a startup mindset and agile development practices fast collaborative and highly customer-focused.

Overview:

We are expandingourTeenVoiceandEvolveMeproductplatforms and are seeking aHead ofEngineeringto scale our technology and engineering capabilities.This leader will:

• Own end-to-end software delivery across products
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering function
• Improve delivery speed reliability and cost efficiency
• Establish strong technical processes and governance

This role combinesstrategic leadership and hands-on engineeringand will report to the Chief Operating Officer. You will define technical vision and architecture while actively contributing to development.You will oversee architecture QA release processes monitoring incident response vendor management and security. You will also develop and execute a plan to bring work in-house and/or offshore to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

The ideal candidatealsohas deep practical knowledge of AI large language models (LLMs) and machine learning with a strong focus on using AI to accelerate development and reduce operating expenses.

What Youll Do:

• Technical Leadership & Architecture
  • Own and evolve the full-stack architecture across frontend backend infrastructure integrations and data systems
  • Architect scalable solutions usingmodern front end and backendtechnologiesand cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
  • Establish and enforce engineering best practices (code reviews CI/CD DevOps testing security reviews)
  • Improve performance scalability reliability and time to recovery
  • Own maintenance dependency upgrades and technical debt reduction
  • Establish AI governance for security privacy quality and IP protection

• Hands-On Development
  • Actively contribute high-quality maintainable production code
  • Help design and build scalable digital platforms from the ground up
  • Implement AI-enabled engineering workflows (codeassistance automated testing documentation generation debugging incident triage)

• Team Building & Management
  • Hire manage coach andretaina high-performing engineering team
  • Build internal capability and reduce dependency on agencies over time
  • Develop and manage offshore resources where appropriate
  • Partner with leadership on headcount planning budgets and organizational design
  • Foster a culture of ownership accountability and continuous improvement

• Delivery & Execution
  • Manage the full software development lifecycle
  • Build predictable delivery systems (backlog hygiene sprint management release planning quality gates post-release reviews)
  • Implement structured vendor operating rhythms (weekly status updates risk tracking change control acceptance criteria).Ensure milestones scope and budgets are met

• Vendor & Partner Management
  • Manage external development and design agencies
  • Oversee contracts negotiations scope timelines and quality standards
  • Improve cost efficiency and predictability
  • Orchestrate integration efforts across partners

• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner closely with product UX design business stakeholders and vendors
  • Translate user needs into intuitive high-performing solutions
  • Advocate for modern UX and user-centered design

• Strategic Technology Direction
  • Evaluate and select frameworks tools and third-party services
  • IdentifyAI/ML opportunities that drive measurable product or operational value
  • Establish documentation standards (architecture deployment runbooks incident response)

Leadership & Experience

• Bachelorsdegree in computer science engineering or data science.
• 3 years of people management experience in a technical environment
• 7 years of full-stack development experience building web platforms
• Demonstrated ability to hire manage and scale engineering teams
• Experience managing agencies and transitioning to in-house and/or offshore teams
• Strong project and program management skills

Technical Expertise

• Strong knowledge of modern SDLC and engineering best practices
• Experience with AI/ML/LLMs especially applying AI to accelerate development
• 3 years of experience with modern frontend(Nuxt)/ backendframeworks
• Strong database experience (SQL and NoSQL)
• Cloud experience (AWS Azure or equivalent)
• Proficiencywith CI/CD DevOps and cloud deployments
• Strong testing and troubleshooting skills

Domain Experience (Preferred)

• Experience with community or content platforms
• Moderation workflows trust & safety or youth-focused products
• Analytics experimentation and product measurement
• AI-driven automation (content classification personalization workflow automation)

Current Technology StackIncludes:AWSeCommerce: Magento / Adobe/StripeCRM: HubSpotCMS:StrapiandDirectusAnalytics: Google Analytics Google Tag Manager.

Salary Range: $160000 - $227000

TeenVoice is committed to fair and transparent determining compensation we consider a variety of job-related factors including prior experience certifications and licenses skills and expertise geographic location and internal equity.

We take a total compensation approach meaning we look beyond salary alone to support reward and recognize the whole individual. Depending on role eligibility your offer may also include a bonus retirement plan participation generous paid time off and comprehensive health and life insurance benefits. As a result final offer amounts may vary from the salary range listed in the job posting. Join our mission-driven organization to enjoy these perks and benefits as well as investment in your growth contributions and future.

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