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Коротко о ролиThe garden3d Head of Technology has one mandate: everything we build works, holds up in production, and gets built the smartest way available to us. Working in close partnership with our founder & president Hugh Francis, this person sets the engineering standard, and builds the culture that holds it.
About garden3d:
We are a worker-owned creative collective innovating on brands, IRL communities, IoT devices, and cross-platform apps. We share profit, open source everything, spin out new businesses, and invest in exciting ideas. Our clients include Google, Stripe, Figma, Hinge, ACLU, MIT, and others. We operate multiple studios including Sanctuary Computer (development), XXIX (design), and Index Space (community).
Role Overview:
The Head of Technology leads engineering at Sanctuary Computer and garden3d, ensuring all builds work reliably in production and are developed smartly. This role partners closely with the founder & president and sets engineering standards and culture. The position is remote-friendly with a preference for candidates in New York City but open globally.
Responsibilities:
— Own technical blueprints and make critical decisions on architecture, what to build, buy, or omit.
— Lead agentic development practices including loop engineering and agent-driven workflows.
— Emphasize practical engineering with convention over configuration, using platforms like Render or Heroku.
— Set and maintain code quality standards, conduct code reviews, and keep senior developers sharp.
— Recruit, hire, and empower exceptional engineers, fostering their growth.
— Ensure reliable estimation, scoping, and delivery of projects, addressing process issues when estimates fail.
— Act as the technical voice in new business, scoping work, writing proposals, and communicating with client CTOs and CEOs.
— Understand hardware constraints and plan projects involving firmware and connected devices.
— Guide the broader garden3d technology strategy, tool/platform selection, and internal product development.
— Model company values of partnership, curiosity, and accountability.
Qualifications:
Must have:
— 12+ years software development experience, with at least 3 years leading engineers in studios, agencies, startups, or founder-led companies.
— Deep experience with complex systems in production: distributed services, data pipelines, multi-platform products.
— Technology generalist comfortable across frontend, backend, data, infrastructure, and native development.
— Preference for practical engineering: convention over configuration, boring tech, and platform services.
— Expertise in agentic development: loop engineering, evals, and agents in real codebases.
— Fluency in React, Next.js, Ruby on Rails, Elixir & Phoenix, Sanity, Postgres, Redis.
— Experience as technical lead in winning work: scoping, estimating, pitching.
— Proven track record hiring and developing exceptional engineers.
— Hands-on coding ability.
Nice-to-have:
— Understanding of hardware, firmware, embedded systems, IoT.
— Experience in client services environments.
— Sales Engineer or Solutions Architect experience.
— Open source project leadership.
— Experience fostering collaboration between design and engineering.
— Experience in worker-owned or open-book companies.
— Strong engineering community network.
— Interests in design, art, music, food, or fashion.
Who you are:
— Happy, relaxed, easy to get along with.
— Committed to transparency, non-dictatorial leadership, and alternative methodologies.
— Flexible except for maintaining high work quality.
— Smart workflow and team management.
Interview Process:
— Introductory call.
— Panel interview discussing challenges and alignment.
— Reference call and offer for qualified candidates.
Compensation:
— Permanent leadership role with scope and pay growing with success.
— Eligible for worker ownership after 12-24 months.
— Initial 4-month trial contract paid hourly $110-$175 depending on seniority and experience.
— Trial goals set and approved by leadership.
Work Culture:
— Transparency with open profit & loss statements.
— 150% carbon negative studio.
— Strong moral standards in client selection.
— Async and decentralized communication.
— Remote-friendly environment.
— Building internal and open source products alongside client work.
How to apply:
Submit a complete and thoughtful application with relevant links to verify experience and identity. Applications missing information will not proceed.
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