Ladder

Role: Head of Engineering

Location: Hybrid

Commitment: Full Time

🚀 Ladder is an innovative tech startup that leverages AI to automate and simplify financial management. Our platform helps users manage their savings, investments, and expenses with support from their personalized AI financial assistant, LADY.

LADY is a multi-modal agent system specialized to analyze user’s financial data and provide them with step by step guidance to efficiently manage their money and achieve their financial goals. We are looking for a highly skilled and versatile Head of Engineering to lead our technology efforts, manage our small but growing team, and drive the development of our platforms as we scale.

What you’ll do

Job Overview: As the Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for all aspects of Ladder’s technology execution. You will be deeply involved in engineering management, systems architecture development, security, testing, and release management. This is a hands-on role that requires both leadership and technical expertise. You will work closely with the executive team to align technology initiatives with business objectives, while also leading a small team of engineers, a data analyst, and a product designer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, secure, and innovative technology solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security of the overall systems architecture of our platforms.
• Lead and manage engineering teams, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, via efficient workflows, and to a an established standard of quality.
• Implement and enforce robust security protocols to protect user data and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate potential risks.
• Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Ensure that all releases meet quality standards and are thoroughly tested before deployment.
• Maintain a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to streamline the release process.
• Oversee the release management process, ensuring smooth and timely deployments of new features and updates.
• Coordinate with the engineering team and other stakeholders to manage release schedules and priorities.