Nylon builds AI research tools that are changing how lawyers and accountants work. 2,000+ firms across New Zealand, Australia and the UK trust our platform, from the biggest firms in the world to small specialist practices. Backed by Australasia's top VCs, we're expanding into new markets while deepening our position in the UK and Australia.
We're at the stage where the engineering organisation we build over the next two years will decide whether we win globally. We're looking for a Head of Engineering to build it.
The roleYou'll lead product engineering at Nylon, reporting to the CTO. The product is trusted by thousands of professionals, the company is funded to grow engineering several times over, and the way software gets built is changing faster than at any point in our careers. Your job is to build the engineering organisation that makes the most of that: hire and lead the managers and senior engineers, set how we ship, and make Nylon the place the best engineers in the country want to work. You'll have real authority over the engineering playbook, with the CTO as your partner on technical direction.
What you'll be doingBuilding and leading the engineering team, from the managers to the senior engineers who set the standard
Owning delivery across the product: one plan agreed with product, and squads that ship it predictably
Setting the bar for how we build: code review, release quality, on-call and postmortems that make us better
Growing people through our engineering leveling framework and making Nylon a place engineers do the best work of their careers
Shaping how an AI-native engineering organisation works, from tooling to team shape, with the freedom to try things
Partnering with the CTO on architecture and platform decisions and turning them into what the squads build next
You've led an engineering organisation through fast growth in a high growth SaaS environment, with managers reporting to you
You've built teams that outlast you: the people you hired and grew are now leading elsewhere
You're technical enough to hold a design review with senior engineers and to be trusted on architecture trade-offs
You treat operational excellence as a leadership discipline
You already use AI tooling (we're passionate Claude Code builders) and have strong views on what it means for how engineering teams are shaped
You want the leverage, agency and stakes that come with building a company's engineering function
Skills Required
- Experience leading an engineering organization through rapid growth in a high-growth SaaS environment, with managers reporting directly or indirectly.
- Track record of building durable engineering teams and developing people who progress into leadership roles.
- Technical depth sufficient to participate in design reviews and evaluate architecture trade-offs with senior engineers.
- Strong operational excellence and experience establishing engineering delivery, quality, on-call, and postmortem practices.
- Experience using AI engineering tools and informed perspectives on how AI should shape engineering teams.
What We Do
Nylon is a New Zealand-built AI company developing research tools for tax and law professionals. Its platform answers difficult legal and tax questions with technical responses and hyperlinked citations, serving accountants, lawyers and other professionals. Formerly known as Law Cyborg, Nylon says its tools are trusted by more than 1,800 firms globally, with customers across New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
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