Head of Engineering

Job overview

The Head of Engineering role is listed in New York, NY, with the company strongly preferring five days per week in the office. Compensation is $250,000–$300,000 per year plus up to 5% equity. The role supports Niva’s business identity verification platform for banks, fintech companies, and marketplaces. This hands-on technical leader owns engineering direction while continuing to write production code. The role builds and scales the engineering team, leads AI strategy and platform architecture, and contributes to product direction as the company expands into new markets.

What you'll do

• Lead and scale the engineering team
• set hiring standards
• write production code
• own AI strategy and build multi-agent systems for business identity verification
• contribute to product direction and user experience
• own technical vision, architecture, and platform direction.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

head of engineering

niva

new york ny

full-time

office preferred five days

annual salary $250k–$300k

up to 5% equity

ai strategy

multi-agent systems

b2b enterprise

engineering leadership

production coding

visa transfer available

early-stage startup

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Compensation includes up to 5% equity
• the posting does not list additional benefits.

Why this role

Visa transfers, including OPT and H-1B transfers, are available. The company strongly prefers five days per week in the office.

About the employer

Transparent Search Group is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.