# Head of Software Engineering at Stealth

> Onsite · United States · Director+ · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Astealth%3Ae751ce7b-22d7-4d0a-9d2d-39ff0a3a5455 (read 2026-11-10).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Stealth](https://alderhq.app/companies/stealth)
- Location text: Redwood City; Culver City
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Onsite · United States (evidence: "Location: Redwood City; Culver City")
- Posted: 2026-07-21 (112 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-07
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/stealth/e751ce7b-22d7-4d0a-9d2d-39ff0a3a5455

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 90): p25 $253k, median $288k, p75 $336k

## Description (the employer's text)

### About Us

We’re building the next generation of the TV operating system, reimagining the experience at the intersection of television, streaming, and how people discover and search.

### The Role

This is a player-coach role at a critical moment. You'll manage and scale a high-performing team while staying close to the work, setting engineering standards, unblocking execution, and ensuring we ship fast without accumulating debt that slows us down later.

### What You'll Do

Lead, grow, and retain a world-class software engineering team across consumer software and AI

Own engineering execution, sprint planning, resourcing, delivery, and team health

Set and enforce engineering standards: code quality, architecture patterns, review culture, and on-call practices

Partner with product and design to scope work, surface tradeoffs, and hit milestones

Recruit aggressively, you'll be a key part of building the team around you

Serve as the connective tissue between individual engineers and company leadership

### You

8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years managing engineering teams

Deep experience shipping consumer-facing software — you know what a polished, high-quality product takes

Fluent in AI/ML-integrated systems — you've worked on products where models are core to the experience, not a bolt-on

Strong people manager: you develop engineers, give direct feedback, and build team culture

Execution-oriented — you keep things moving, resolve ambiguity, and protect the team from noise

Technically credible enough to earn respect from strong engineers without needing to be in every design decision

### Why Join

You'll be building and leading the engineering team behind a product that's genuinely new. Small team, real ownership, close to the decision-making, and the opportunity to set engineering culture from scratch. We're well-capitalized and moving fast.

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