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We’re now scaling SnapMagic Copilot, built on a proprietary dataset of 10M+ components, serving as the discovery and demand layer for the global electronics industry.\nThis is a category-defining opportunity.\nWe are looking for someone who is deeply obsessed with the craft of building products - someone who cares about building scalable systems, shipping with momentum, and improves through rapid feedback from real users.\nSince our seed round, we’ve doubled revenue with a small team operating at a very high bar. The demand is real. The market is ready. What’s missing is a product and engineering leader who can turn momentum into a repeatable shipping machine.\nWe’re looking for someone who has personally built and shipped complex systems at a fast-growing, VC-backed company and knows what it takes to scale from early adoption to sustained, reliable usage.\nThis is a builder role, not a delegator role:\nYou will personally build and ship production-quality software until the motion is proven\n\nYou will set the bar for speed and quality through example, system design, and execution\n\nYou will operate in tight feedback loops with users - shipping, learning, and iterating continuously\n\nYou will own outcomes, roadmaps, and metrics end to end\n\nThe role has two phases:\nPhase 1: Build personally, define the product and execution motion\nPhase 2: Hire and lead a team that compounds velocity\nYou will:\nShip code regularly and stay hands-on in core systems\n\nOwn SnapMagic Copilot, including LLM workflows, training loops, evaluation, and iteration speed\n\nOwn recommendation and relevance systems and continuously improve them through usage data\n\nScale a high-traffic platform and ads system under real production load\n\nRun tight weekly execution loops focused on shipped outcomes, not activity\n\nPartner closely with the CEO on product direction and priorities\n\nMake pragmatic and deliberate technical tradeoffs in cases where speed and learning matter more than elegance\n\nCommunicate clearly what shipped, what was learned, and what’s next\n\nWho we’re looking for\nYou’re comfortable being in the details\n\nYou actively test ideas in production and adjust based on real user behavior\n\nYou care deeply about whether people actually use what you build\n\nYou do the unglamorous work like clockwork: debugging, triage, instrumentation, iteration, metrics\n\nYou take feedback eagerly - from users, data, and teammates - and turn it directly into execution\n\nYou hold yourself to standards higher than anyone else will\n\nYou move fast where it matters, close loops, and identify and address drag quickly\n\nYou make sound tradeoffs, prioritize well under ambiguity, and build systems that scale\n\nWhat we offer\nCompetitive salary and meaningful equity\n\nMedical, dental, vision\n\n401(k) - non-matching\n\nCommuter benefits\n\nCatered lunches on in-office days\n\nA passionate, low-ego, fast-moving team\n\nHow we work\nIn office Monday, Wednesday, Friday\n\nRemote Tuesday and Thursday\n\nIf you want to build a category, own software used by millions, and operate at a genuinely high bar, we’d love to talk.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3304,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["EDA Software"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-07-02T18:29:49Z"}],"liveness":{"score":15,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.526,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":90,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:8","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":250000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/snapmagic-head-of-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/snapmagic-head-of-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T17:57:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":205,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4795,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}