Head of Technology
Job Summary
KeyMik is seeking a hands-on strategic and highly accountable Head of Technology to lead the technical direction engineering operations infrastructure and continued development of our growing creator marketplace platform.
This is a startup leadership role for someone who can operate with a high level of ownership and limited supervision. You will be responsible for translating business goals into scalable technical solutions leading the engineering team improving system reliability managing technical priorities and ensuring KeyMiks technology can support continued growth.
The ideal candidate is not simply a people manager. You should be comfortable reviewing code making architecture decisions troubleshooting complex technical problems managing developers and taking ownership of the technology function from strategy through execution.
- Own and lead KeyMiks overall technology strategy architecture infrastructure and engineering roadmap.
- Lead manage mentor and hold engineering and technical team members accountable for performance and delivery.
- Translate business and product requirements into scalable secure and technically sound solutions.
- Make key decisions regarding architecture technology stack development practices integrations and infrastructure.
- Oversee the development maintenance optimization and scalability of the KeyMik platform.
- Review technical designs pull requests system architecture and engineering decisions.
- Establish and maintain engineering standards development workflows documentation testing processes and deployment practices.
- Work closely with the Founder product operations marketing and other teams to prioritize technical initiatives.
- Manage technical roadmaps sprint priorities project timelines and engineering deliverables.
- Identify technical risks system bottlenecks security vulnerabilities and scalability challenges before they become business problems.
- Oversee cloud infrastructure deployments monitoring system performance data security and platform reliability.
- Ensure proper development testing staging and production environments are maintained.
- Lead incident response technical troubleshooting root-cause analysis and system recovery when issues arise.
- Manage and optimize third-party integrations APIs payment systems communication tools analytics platforms and other technology services.
- Additional Responsibilities as assigned
Required Skills:
7 years of experience in software engineering technology leadership or a related technical field. 3 years of experience leading engineering teams or owning a significant technology function. Experience working in a startup scale-up product company or fast-paced technology environment. Strong experience with full-stack software development and modern web application architecture. Experience with cloud infrastructure APIs databases authentication payments and third-party integrations. Strong understanding of software architecture scalability security testing deployment and system reliability. Experience leading remote or distributed engineering teams. Strong technical judgment and the ability to make independent decisions. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Ability to work directly with a Founder and take ownership of technical strategy and execution. Experience using AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering workflows is highly preferred.
Required Education:
Bachelors degree