# Head of Engineering at Leap

- Company: Leap
- What the company does: Backed by USV.
- Company website: http://leap.energy/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: US (Remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $250K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/leap/ef8ccd80-dc19-4b32-a964-cf678a9ca2c1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/leap-head-of-engineering/

## About the role

Leap is entering a phase where engineering becomes a core source of company leverage. This is Leap’s first engineering leadership role. You will take a small, high-caliber founding team and build the engineering organization, technical foundation, and product velocity required to turn Leap’s data advantage into durable product advantage.

## What they're looking for

- You've built and scaled an engineering team from a handful of people into a high-performing org — you've owned hiring, set the bar, and closed exceptional engineers
- You're AI-native: you've shipped AI systems in production with LLMs and agents, and you lead teams that do the same
- You've operated at a high bar at organizations known for exceptional engineering — your track record speaks for itself
- You're a lean player-coach who leads first but keeps the technical depth to make sharp architecture calls and own the roadmap
- You've shipped production systems on messy, real-world data — not clean benchmarks — and you build for correctness when being wrong has consequences

Tags: Engineering & Analytics