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Embedding VC · 1 day ago

Head of Engineering (North America)

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$300K/yr - $500K/yr

OpenArt is an AI-native creative platform used by millions worldwide, and they are seeking a hands-on Head of Engineering to drive technical direction and execution across the platform. The role involves leading engineers, maintaining high execution velocity, and shipping production code while working closely with the founders.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Impact Investing

H1B Sponsored

Responsibilities

Own architecture, scalability, and long-term technical direction

Lead and mentor engineers while maintaining high execution velocity

Ship end-to-end features across frontend, backend, and AI pipelines

Design and integrate multimodal AI generation systems

Improve engineering quality, performance, and developer workflows

Act as a technical partner to founders and help shape the product roadmap

Qualification

AI generation systemsEnd-to-end feature developmentTechnical leadershipReactNode.jsTypeScriptPythonGCPMentoring engineersImproving workflows

Required

Hands-on experience in leading engineering teams

Experience in driving technical direction and execution

Ability to work closely with founders and lead engineers across time zones

Experience in shipping production code

Experience in fast-moving, AI-native product environments

Strong leadership and deep technical ownership skills

Experience in architecture, scalability, and long-term technical direction

Ability to lead and mentor engineers while maintaining high execution velocity

Experience in shipping end-to-end features across frontend, backend, and AI pipelines

Experience in designing and integrating multimodal AI generation systems

Ability to improve engineering quality, performance, and developer workflows

Experience acting as a technical partner to founders and shaping the product roadmap

Proficiency in tech stack: React / Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, Python, GCP, Cloud Run, Modal, Firebase, Redis / Upstash

Preferred

Bay Area preferred (hybrid encouraged); North America remote considered

Visa sponsorship available

Benefits

Meaningful equity ownership in the product you help build

Company

Embedding VC

Embedding invests in early-stage Generative AI startups.

Founded in 2023

Menlo Park, California, USA

2-10 employees

https://embedding.vc

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Leadership Team

Roger Jie Luo

Founder & Managing Partner

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