Hotplate · 2 months ago
Head of Engineering
Hotplate is a company focused on transforming the food industry by providing a foundational tool for home-based food businesses. They are seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and grow their engineering team while remaining hands-on with the code, engaging in planning, mentoring, and establishing best practices.
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Responsibilities
Be an excellent people manager to lead a very autonomous & high ownership team
Have a very strong technical background across our entire stack & a desire to continue to flex that muscle as our team and product grows, switching between manager and IC as needs arise
Work closely with the CEO & other teams to help map out and plan for products goals in the short and long term
Establish and champion best practices, empowering the engineering team to deliver consistent and quality results without sacrificing time
Help us refine the foundation of our development process as the team grows
Help with high-level recruiting and hiring planning as we rapidly grow our team
Feel excited to find problems proactively and fix them in the team and product
Flexible and non-prescriptive, knowing 'correct' can change and has in many different forms as we grow
Humility and respect for the perspectives of all those working alongside them
Qualification
Required
Be an excellent people manager to lead a very autonomous & high ownership team
Have a very strong technical background across our entire stack & a desire to continue to flex that muscle as our team and product grows, switching between manager and IC as needs arise
Work closely with the CEO & other teams to help map out and plan for products goals in the short and long term
Establish and champion best practices, empowering the engineering team to deliver consistent and quality results without sacrificing time
Help us refine the foundation of our development process as the team grows
Help with high-level recruiting and hiring planning as we rapidly grow our team
Feel excited to find problems proactively and fix them in the team and product
Flexible and non-prescriptive, knowing 'correct' can change and has in many different forms as we grow
Humility and respect for the perspectives of all those working alongside them
Company
Hotplate
Changing how people sell food across the US by giving Chefs and Bakers the tools necessary to solo launch and manage a food business online.
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$3.19MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2022-02-04Seed· $2.85M
2020-08-25Seed· $0.12M
2020-02-10Pre Seed· $0.21M
Recent News
Los Angeles Times
2025-04-21
SEC
2022-02-09
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