Head of Engineering Job Vula

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The Role

You’ll be the technical and process leader for a team of ~10 talented engineers, helping shape how we build, ship, and scale Vula’s core products. This role is ideal for someone who’s passionate about high-performance teams, clean and efficient systems, and setting the technical pace.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Team Leadership: Guiding a team of engineers to ship high-quality software quickly and consistently.
• Process Ownership: Establishing lightweight but effective workflows for planning, coordination, code quality, releases, and reviews.
• Technical Guidance: Setting technical direction and leading architectural discussions across our stack.
• System Optimization: Continuously improving our systems for performance, reliability, scalability, and simplicity.
• Hands-on Contribution: Writing high-quality TypeScript and contributing to our full-stack codebase when needed.
• AI and Data Collaboration: Working closely with our AI and data teams to ensure robust integration of AI capabilities into the platform.
• Team Growth: Mentoring engineers and helping us hire great people as we scale.

Our Stack

• Language: TypeScript (mostly) and Python
• Backend: Node.js, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL
• Frontend: React (with TypeScript)
• AI / Data: Heavy integration with LLMs and custom data pipelines
• Infra: Modern CI/CD and DevOps tools (we’ll share more during interviews)

You’re likely a great fit if you:

• Have deep experience in full-stack engineering, especially with Node.js, TypeScript, Python, and PostgreSQL.
• Have led engineering teams of 5+ people before or played a senior role in teams with high velocity and high standards.
• Have strong instincts for balancing speed and quality, and you know how to set up processes that don’t get in the way.
• Have worked remotely and managed distributed teams.
• Are excited by systems thinking, and constantly seek to make things work better—technically and operationally.
• Have a passion for working with mission-driven teams solving real-world challenges with technology.
• Have experience building team culture.
• Are based in Africa and excited about building world-class software from the continent, for the continent.

How to Apply

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