Lemon.io
Head of Engineering
Remote, US
Role snapshot
Lemon.io is hiring a Head of Engineering on a full-time basis. This is a remote role open to candidates in US. The listing highlights AI/ML, startup, marketplace, fundraising and Software Development.
- Company
- Lemon.io
- Location
- Remote, US
- Work mode
- Remote
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
Who this role suits
The listing does not state a required experience level here. Read the requirements in the description below and apply if they match your background.
How to prepare your application
- Check your résumé against the listed skills (AI/ML, startup and marketplace) and give each one a concrete example: what you built or achieved, not just that you used it.
- Match your résumé to the requirements in the description, using the same wording where it is honest to do so.
- Prepare a short example for each requirement you meet, and be ready to explain any you only partly meet.
- Read what Lemon.io publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
- For remote roles, show that you communicate clearly in writing and can work without close supervision.
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About the role
About Lemon.io
Lemon.io is a profitable, growing talent marketplace that connects vetted senior engineers with companies that need them. We’ve been in business for 10 years, have 60 people across Ukraine, Europe, Canada, and the US, and process over $16M in annual GMV. We compress the traditional 2–5 week hiring timeline down to 24–48 hours through a curated, pre-vetted supply of developers.
Hiring is still broken. Recruiters spend weeks building candidate pipelines on traditional platforms, burning energy on unqualified leads. We’re building the product that changes that. Giving recruiters qualified, vetted candidates within 24 hours without the grind. This is a pivotal moment: we’re transitioning from a services-driven marketplace to a technology-driven platform. We need an engineering leader who can drive that transformation.
The Role
You will own engineering at Lemon.io. You’ll lead a growing team of engineers, make critical architecture and prioritization decisions, and be directly accountable for the speed and quality of what we ship. This is not a management-layer role. You’ll be hands-on, deeply involved in product decisions, and working side by side with the founder.
What You’ll Do:
Own the technical roadmap and make sure every engineering effort maps directly to business impact. No features for features’ sake.
Lead and grow an engineering team that ships fast, iterates constantly, and treats complexity as a cost.
Tackle the hard, multi-layered problem: automated vetting, intelligent matching at scale, demand-side bottlenecks. And figure out where the real leverage is.
Make hard prioritization calls. Decide what we build, what we skip, and what we kill.
Work directly with the founder and product team to define what success looks like before writing a single line of code.
Build the engineering culture: high ownership, high speed, low bureaucracy.
Who You Are:
Product-minded, business-first
Obsessed with simplicity
First principles thinker
Fast. Bias toward action
Experience:
You’ve led engineering teams (5–30+ people) at a startup or high-growth company.
You have hands-on experience with modern stacks and are comfortable with AI/ML tooling.
You’ve worked in a distributed, async-first team.
Why Lemon.io:
Profitable and growing. No fundraising pressure, real business fundamentals.
A pivotal moment: you’re not maintaining an engine, you’re building one. The product roadmap is wide open.
Direct access to the founder. No layers. Your decisions ship.
A massive, unsolved problem: hiring is still broken. We’re building the product that makes it radically faster for companies to find qualified engineers.
A team of 60 people who move fast, care deeply, and have survived the hard years together.