Head of Engineering
About Pump
Pump is a financial operations company designed to optimize business’s cloud spend by reducing their costs. Pump has rapidly expanded since 2022, scaling to over $10M in ARR in less than two years. We are the only completely free cost optimization product on the market, managing hundreds of millions in aggregate AWS, GCP, and Azure spend across hundreds of our customers.
Pump is a Y Combinator-backed startup with dozens of angel investors. Our founding team comprises two founders with multiple $XXm and above exits. The Pump Engineering team consists of multiple engineers from leading technology cloud technology companies such as Google and Amazon.
Pump has also been called the Costco of the Cloud by Forbes.
About the Role
The Role
As Head of Engineering at Pump, you'll be at the forefront of developing and implementing our AI-driven cloud cost optimization platform. You'll lead our engineering team in creating innovative solutions that tackle the complex challenges of cloud spend management.
Key Responsibilities
- Scale our engineering team from 9 to 30+ engineers - hiring, structuring the team to efficiency
- Drive the development of our AI-powered platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
- Collaborate with the founding team to shape and execute the technical vision and strategy, Work closely with product and business teams to align engineering efforts with company goals
- Manage and mentor a team of talented engineers
- Stay abreast of the latest technologies and industry trends in cloud computing and AI
Minimum Qualifications
- Degree from a top-tier university in Computer Science or related field
- Experience with AI/ML technologies and their applications in cloud optimization
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to tackle complex technical challenges
- Experience with agile methodologies and modern software development practices
- Previous experience at FAANG or other Tier 1 tech companies is a plus
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 9-15 years of experience (graduated between 2010-2015), managed a team of at least 15 people in the past.
- Experience as a CTO or leadership role in a company with $30M+ ARR
- Entrepreneurial mindset, having started & exited a company in the past is a plus.
- Strong backend and infrastructure expertise, with experience building end-to-end products used by 1000+ customers (Series A+ companies)
- Extremely data-driven approach to decision-making
- Consumer background with a strong product focus
- Deep knowledge of AWS, GCP, Azure and cloud related technologies
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
- 100% medical coverage for you
- 401k
- Unlimited PTO
- Free Weekly Lunch & Dinner in the Office
- Yearly company-paid team retreats.
- Developmental Bonuses
Other notices
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Compensation
$180,000 - $300,000 USD
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