# Head of Engineering
**Company:** [Apartment List](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/apartment-list)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $255K-$350K
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** AI, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD, Observability, Modern Web Technologies, iOS, Android, Data-Intensive Applications, Kubernetes
**Posted:** 2026-05-15
> Leads engineering vision, execution, and team of ~60 for renter/partner platforms at a rental marketplace. Drives AI adoption in development and products, builds high-performing org, and aligns with product/design/ML stakeholders. Requires 8+ years leading scaled teams with strong technical foundation.
## Job Description
## What You’ll Do

### Accelerate Building with AI
- Drive adoption of AI-powered development tools (AI-assisted coding, automated testing, code review, agentic systems) to multiply engineering velocity.
- Partner with Product and ML to embed AI into core product experiences — search, matching, personalization, and pricing.
- Foster a culture of experimentation; ensure frontier capabilities show up in shipped products, not slide decks.

### Define Technical Vision and Strategy
- Lead a clear engineering vision aligned to our product, personalization, and marketplace strategy.
- Ensure architecture enables rapid iteration, scalability, and reliability at scale.
- Partner with the executive team to set strategic priorities through the lens of engineering capability.

### Build and Lead a High-Performing Org
- Set a clear performance bar. Run rigorous calibration. Act decisively on underperformance.
- Develop engineering managers and identify future leaders early; invest in succession planning.
- Own recruiting strategy to attract and retain top engineering talent.
- Create systems and rituals that drive velocity, collaboration, and accountability.

### Elevate Quality, Velocity, and Individual Growth
- Champion best practices: code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, incident response, and architectural review.
- Ship fast, fix fast, raise the bar every sprint. Foundations earn their seat by enabling speed, not by slowing it down.
- Evolve our platform and infrastructure for scalable, reliable, performant experiences.
- Build clear career ladders and invest deeply in coaching, mentorship, and skill development across all levels.

### Strengthen Cross-Functional Alignment
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to Product, Design, Data, and ML leaders.
- Bring technical feasibility and opportunity into every decision-making conversation.
- Bring genuine appreciation for craft, interaction quality, and the details that create user delight.

## What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years leading engineering teams, including managing managers and scaling orgs of 40+ engineers in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
- Strong technical foundation: **modern web technologies**, **iOS & Android apps**, **distributed systems**, **cloud infrastructure**, **data-intensive applications**.
- AI-native track record: shipped AI-native products to production at consumer scale; drove measurable productivity gains from AI tooling.
- Performance management track record: raised the bar, made hard calls.
- Marketplace or consumer product experience: built and scaled two-sided marketplaces or high-traffic consumer products.
- People-first leadership: built cultures where ICs thrive, grow, and retain.
- Business-minded: connects engineering investment to business outcomes.
- Deep design partnership experience.

## Compensation
- **Zone 1**: $300,000 - $350,000 TTC (including $255,000 - $297,000 base salary) + equity
- **Zone 2**: $278,000 - $323,000 TTC (including $236,000 - $275,000 base salary) + equity
- **Zone 3**: $255,000 - $297,000 TTC (including $217,000 - $252,000 base salary) + equity
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