Head of Engineering

We’re looking for a Head of Engineering to take Pump from a scrappy, high-performing team to a world-class engineering org. We’ve gone from $0 to $XXM+ ARR in under two years with a lean team of just 9 engineers, and now we need the right leader to help us scale to $XXXM+ ARR and beyond.

Our mission is to automate cloud cost optimization with AI, making human-driven cloud consulting obsolete. Our customers save ~60% on AWS and GCP costs instantly, and Azure. We’re growing fast, competing (and winning) against well-funded incumbents, and have built a business that scales efficiently without bloated sales teams or overpriced consultants.

Why this role

• Build from the ground up – The foundation is strong, but there’s a lot of room to shape the team, culture, and tech.
• High ownership, high impact – Engineering at Pump isn’t a cost center; it’s the product. The decisions you make will directly impact our growth.
• AI-first company – We’re not bolting on AI; we’re built around it. Our technical challenges aren’t trivial, and we’re solving real problems with real automation.
• No legacy baggage – We move fast and iterate. You won’t be stuck rewriting decade-old tech debt.

What you’ll do

• Scale the team from 9 to 30+ engineers, ensuring we hire fast while keeping the quality bar high.
• Drive technical strategy and own the architecture, scalability, and reliability of our AI-driven cloud optimization platform.
• Lead by example. This isn’t just a people-management role. We want someone hands-on initially who can set the technical bar before transitioning into more leadership as we scale.
• Mentor and develop talent while fostering a high-performance, ownership-driven culture.
• Build a product engineers love. Our customers are technical (DevOps, engineers, CTOs), so the UX and API experience need to be best-in-class.

Who you are

• 9-15 years of experience (graduated 2010-2015), with experience leading 15+ engineers.
• Have built and scaled teams before—ideally, you’ve led engineering at a $30M+ ARR startup or scaled a team from Series A to Series C.
• Still hands-on (for now). You don’t need to be coding daily, but you should be comfortable rolling up your sleeves when needed.
• Deep backend and infrastructure experience. You’ve built and scaled products used by 1,000+ customers (not just internal tools).
• AI-curious. You don’t need to be an ML expert, but you should be excited about AI-driven automation.
• Cloud-savvy. You have deep knowledge of AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Data-driven leader. You make decisions based on metrics, not just gut feel.
• High execution, low ego. We value merit over politics. If you need fancy titles and layers of process, this won’t be a fit.

Why Pump

• $XXM+ ARR and growing fast. We’re not in survival mode; we’re scaling efficiently.
• Lean, high-impact team. No layers of bureaucracy—your work moves the needle.
• Ownership and autonomy. You’ll have real decision-making power.
• Competitive comp and meaningful equity. We want you to share in the upside.
• No BS culture. We’re direct, we move fast, and we don’t do politics.

This is a rare opportunity to build something big with a team that executes. If this sounds like your kind of challenge, we’d love to chat.

Let’s build.