Position: Head of Engineering - Python
Company: Hiring and Dealing
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

We are looking to hire a Head of Engineering (Founding Team) to set the technical direction of our product, and lead our early-stage engineering team. In this role, you'll have a chance to drive the release of our beta product, steer the development of key features, and shape the culture and processes of our engineering team as it scales. This role is a balance between hands-on coding and strategic leadership.

**About Client:**
Client is a venture-backed music technology platform with the mission to inspire and innovate the way people interact with music and express themselves creatively. We are the first platform to partner with artists and labels to provide easy and intuitive AI-powered tools that inspire and empower anyone to make remixed versions of their favorite songs in just a few seconds. We’re excited to build a platform for the next generation of music artists, content creators and fans!

**Employment & Term:** Full-Time Contractor, 40hrs/week.

**Start Date:** ASAP. Latest would be Oct 1.

**What You’ll Do:**
- Define, align, and evangelize the technical vision for our product in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Establish, mentor, and lead our early-stage engineering team, setting the stage for scalable growth.
- Work closely with Leadership on strategic planning, roadmapping, and resource allocation.

**Hard Skills:**
- Leadership Experience (CTO / VP Engineering level)
- Python/Django
- GraphQL
- PostgresQL
- Serverless API Infrastructure (Bonus)
- React (Bonus)
- Music industry background (Bonus)

**About You:**
- You have deep expertise in creating world-class backend architecture and content management systems. You are capable of broader strategic leadership across areas such as machine learning technology and mobile development.
- You've successfully built engineering teams from the ground up—ideally at an early-stage startup—and have experience managing developers and contractors efficiently.
- You're a strategic thinker with expertise in roadmapping and resource allocation.
- You have a personal interest in music or creativity and align with our value of prioritizing artist safety.
- You are comfortable in a player/coach role and ready to be hands-on, especially in the early days.

**Conditions:**
- 100% remote work
- Full-time employment
- The work schedule is flexible, but you have to overlap at least 3 hours with Eastern Time (GMT-4) daily
- Work in a team of professionals, so we expect the same from you
- If you have reliable internet, you can work from anywhere in the world

**Selection process:**
1. 30-minute interview with Recruitment Consultant
2. Technical Interview
3. Take home test
4. Interview with a Client

If this sounds like your kind of thing – we want to talk to you!