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NABIS · 13 hours ago

Head of Engineering

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$250K/yr - $250K/yr

10+ years exp

Nabis is a rapidly growing cannabis startup seeking a Head of Engineering to lead their technology organization, which consists of approximately 50 people across the U.S. and India. The role involves setting the technical vision, building a strong engineering culture, and delivering scalable software products that support the cannabis supply chain and marketplace.

CannabisLogisticsMarketplace

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a globally distributed engineering org (U.S. + India-based contractors), fostering alignment, accountability, and inclusive but truth-seeking culture

Define and execute the technical roadmap in partnership with customers, Product, and Executive teams

Architect and scale high-performing and cost-effective infrastructure to support AI-native, data-heavy systems and automation tooling

Drive engineering excellence across delivery, quality, documentation, and velocity

Own hiring, org design, career development, and team performance across engineering

Partner with cross-functional leaders to define priorities and long-term investments

Build systems that integrate automation, security, scalability, and reliability as defaults

Ensure contractors are effectively managed, scoped, and integrated with full-time teams

Provide technical mentorship, unblock ICs and EMs, and dive into architecture and code base when needed

Represent Engineering in executive meetings and help drive company-wide decisions

Champion engineering fundamentals and continuous improvement across teams

Enables IT team members to ensure org-wide success and security

Qualification

Engineering leadershipAI/ML platformsDistributed team managementTechnical decision-makingOrganizational designPeople developmentStrategic operationsCross-functional leadershipCommunication skillsProblem solving

Required

10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles (Director/VP level or above)

Proven success leading distributed or hybrid teams, especially managing international contractors in India or other offshore partnerships

Has good technical intuition and depth, with the ability to participate in high-level system architecture, technical decision-making, and problem solving, while maintaining the ability to dive deep to perform root cause analysis

Ability to be engaged in both the tech and cannabis communities, in order to understand industry dynamics to be able to identify real-world problems, measure ROI, and solve through innovative engineering solutions

Experience with AI/ML-powered platforms, developer infrastructure, or automation tooling

Background in fast-growing startups or scale-ups; you've built engineering orgs and processes from the ground up, but have seen how large orgs work

Expertise in organizational design, hiring, and people development

Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with a low-ego, high-accountability mindset

Strategic operator who thrives in ambiguity and scales operations through systems, not heroics

Must be able to pass a background check