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Head of Engineering

HeronAI

HeronAI

Software Engineering
Buffalo, NY, USA
Posted on Jun 12, 2025

What You’ll Do

  • Define and execute the engineering roadmap to meet company objectives, aligning customer needs with technical goals.
  • Partner with the leadership team to prioritize and deliver customer-centric features, such as enhanced dashboards, streamlined ETL processes, and SOC 2 compliance.
  • Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing engineering team to drive development while maintaining quality and reliability.
  • Establish best practices for code quality, testing, deployment, and monitoring to deliver scalable, reliable software.
  • Foster collaboration between engineering, solutions, and sales teams to ensure seamless customer onboarding and success.
  • Manage budget, timelines, and resource allocation for maximum impact.
  • Oversee DevOps and infrastructure decisions to ensure performance, scalability, and security.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends to guide platform evolution and ensure HeronAI continues to deliver transformative analytics.

What Makes This Role Exciting

  • As one of our first hires, you’ll have the freedom to define how we build solutions.
  • Choose the methodologies and tools that best meet our customers’ needs.
  • Work on a high-growth platform backed by MIT, Harvard, Techstars, and Forbes-recognized innovation.
  • Join us at an exciting time—we’ve grown our waitlist from 250 to 1,700 users in 10 months and recently secured $1.5M in seed funding.
  • Solve critical gaps in the data analytics market and automate workflows for industries facing major workforce transformations.

Who You Are

  • A seasoned leader with 8+ years of experience in software engineering or technical product management, including 3+ years managing teams.
  • Experienced in scaling platforms, with expertise in Python, AWS, and infrastructure design for secure, reliable systems.
  • Adept at managing cross-functional teams, with strong collaboration skills between engineering, product, and customer success.
  • Passionate about aligning technical execution with customer-centric goals to deliver real-world impact.
  • Skilled in balancing short-term execution with long-term vision to deliver scalable solutions.
  • Knowledgeable in SOC 2 compliance, secure software practices, and building for financial and analytics platforms.

Exceptional Candidates Will Bring

  • A background in building and scaling SaaS platforms for analytics, accounting, or fintech.
  • A track record of launching successful features or products that improved customer retention and satisfaction.
  • Been part of a start-up journey to exit
  • Experience in building distributed systems and managing complex data workflows.
  • Familiarity with QuickBooks, Excel, or other financial tools integrated into analytics platforms.
  • Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, startup environments.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

  • Be part of a company that’s saving businesses hours every week and driving smarter growth.
  • Work with a team of passionate innovators who see this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the game.
  • Develop alongside some of the best minds in tech, with connections to MIT, Harvard, and Techstars.
  • We believe in working hard, celebrating wins, lots of ‘Fika’, and building a strong team dynamic that fosters creativity and collaboration.