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Head of Engineering @ Sandbar | $180k - $220k + Equity

blazetalent.com

Industry
AI, Data & Automation
Location
New York City, United States
Work mode
On-site
Job type
Full-time
Annual salary
Not specified
Minimum experience
8+ years
Posted
29th April, 2026

Required skills

Machine LearningArtificial IntelligenceFirmwareHuman-Computer Interaction

About the role

Sandbar is building a conversational interface to expand human expression. Our first products are Stream, a self extension for building ideas, and Stream Ring, the mouse for voice. Our team has built new interfaces & consumer products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, Dior, and Equinox. If our work resonates, we would love to hear from you.

About
As Head of Engineering, you’ll lead our software and machine learning teams in building a new interface that makes all of computing feel as simple as thinking. You’ll guide and grow our mobile, infrastructure, backend, and AI/ML teams and work closely alongside our product, hardware, and firmware teams. You’ll play a significant role in shipping our first product, Stream, as well as shaping our future product, technical, and team direction.
This role is perfect for an experienced engineering leader who cares deeply about team growth and culture, and who wants to build tools that augment individuals in an agentic world.

Responsibilities
  • Lead our software and ML engineering teams across mobile, backend, infrastructure, and AI/ML
  • Drive product delivery-balancing shipping, quality, and velocity
  • Define engineering requirements and goals and facilitate sprints
  • Provide architectural guidance, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers
  • Collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and product to ship cohesive, full-stack products
  • Shape technical and product direction-identifying where to invest and what to build next

Qualifications
  • 8+ years in software engineering or machine learning with 3+ years leading engineering teams across multiple disciplines
  • Experience shipping consumer-facing software / ML products
  • Strong technical breadth across mobile, backend, and ML-able to go deep when needed and guide architecture across the stack
  • Track record of building high-performing teams in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
  • Passion for human-computer interaction

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