Leads Tea’s engineering organization and strategy, overseeing technical direction, architecture, delivery, hiring, mentoring, and team growth. The role partners with executive and cross-functional leaders to build scalable, reliable, secure systems and customer-facing products. Responsibilities include engineering planning, resource allocation, development standards, system design, code reviews, and occasional hands-on development. The leader will balance rapid product delivery with long-term scalability and operational excellence in a high-growth startup environment.