Head of Engineering

HockeyStack is an Applied AI company on a mission to automate sales, marketing, and customer success for B2B companies. We build the most complete and accurate picture of the B2B buyer by integrating with every tool your team uses, partnering with third-party data providers, and deploying custom AI research agents. We use this data to power applications that automate high-value, high-complexity workflows across the go-to-market and revenue teams. Our core products include:

• Marketing Intelligence – instantly answers questions like “What led to that sudden drop in pipeline?”

• Account Intelligence – surfaces next-best actions to help reps move target accounts toward conversion

Since launching in January 2023, we’ve come through Y Combinator, raised a $20M Series A led by Bessemer. We’re growing 3× year-over-year, have hit multimillion ARR, and process over 60 TB of GTM data monthly. Based at our San Francisco HQ, we operate fully in-person, move fast and hire people who are ready to win.

Your Mission

As Head of Engineering, your primary mission is to scale our highly technical engineering team beyond 15 engineers, ensuring operational excellence, high morale, and continuous delivery of critical product enhancements. You'll lead our engineering team to deliver exceptional value, drive efficiency, and ensure our technical operations align with strategic business goals. You'll strategically lead the people and processes that empower our team to execute rapidly and effectively, directly shaping our capability to handle massive datasets and build scalable backend systems.

Your success will directly influence our product evolution, customer success, and overall company trajectory as we grow towards becoming a category-defining company.

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end management and scaling of the engineering organization, focusing heavily on recruitment, mentorship, and retention of top talent.

• Drive a culture of transparency and accountability through clear goal-setting, effective 1:1s, performance management, and professional growth initiatives.

• Identify opportunities for improvement and implement engineering best practices to optimize productivity, quality, and operational excellence.

• Actively track and drive engineering initiatives, ensuring timelines and goals are consistently met or exceeded.

• Partner closely with our CTO to maintain technical excellence, occasionally reviewing or contributing directly to the codebase when necessary.

• Foster a culture of rapid, quality-driven deployment, and maintain an environment that encourages continuous improvement and innovation.

What We’re Looking For

• Ownership-first mindset — you take initiative, move fast, and figure things out

• Thrive in early-stage, high-urgency environments where speed and impact matter

• Fully committed to working in-person 5 days/week at our SF HQ

• Curious, self-aware, and feedback-driven — you bring energy, not ego

• See this role as a defining chapter — not a stepping stone or side quest

• Demonstrated experience building and scaling engineering teams from the ground up within a startup environment

• Recent hands-on familiarity with modern backend development, data orchestration, and API integrations

• Minimum 8+ years in technical roles with at least 2 years managing teams at a Head-level or above

• Proven track record of attracting, recruiting, and retaining exceptional engineering talent

• Passion for solving complex challenges, from architecture design to high-throughput data processing (currently managing 60TB+ of data monthly)

• Comfortable being highly visible and accountable in a fast-paced startup

✨ Why Join Now?

We’re at an inflection point. The product is proven, the market is massive, and the opportunity is wide open. You’ll be joining a company with real traction, rapid growth, and meaningful backing—where every person still shapes the outcome. This isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to build something category-defining with people who care deeply about doing it right.

As part of our San Francisco, California-based team, the salary range for this role is $200,000– $300,000 USD base pay annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

HockeyStack is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.