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Why Now2026 has been a breakout year for Doppler. We’ve helped over 78,000 startups and enterprises manage their secrets at scale, and landed our first million-dollar customer. We've shipped some of our most exciting features yet, expanded our customer base, and sharpened our focus like never before. With a strong foundation in community, we're scaling and monetizing with ambitious goals across product, growth, sales, and hiring.About DopplerDoppler's mission is to make it easy and secure for software developers of every experience level and teams of any size to manage their app configuration and secrets. Doppler solves the problem that developers either struggle with manual management of .env files, or wrestle with an overly complex secrets manager that's not built for software development. With the rise of AI tooling, the stakes have never been higher—Doppler is positioned as the solution.Our team is entrepreneurial, with a bias for action. We value self-awareness and meaningful impact, are open to unconventional approaches, use Slack to communicate and default to zero meetings, aim to document everything, and recommend investing 10% compounding time.Who We AreDoppler is a developer-first secrets management platform that enables engineers and security teams to securely store their secrets across any cloud infrastructure or deployment environment at scale.The RoleAt Doppler, security is the product, so the engineering bar is high. You’ll be Doppler's new Head of Engineering, reporting directly to the CEO, Amber Britton. This is a technical leadership role first: architecture decisions, code reviews, and on-call conversations. As part of Doppler's leadership team, you'll help guide company-wide decisions.In the near term, you’ll own accelerating product velocity, expanding Doppler's product surface area, and iterating on our on-prem offering as we go deeper into enterprise. Longer term, you’ll grow and shape the engineering org as Doppler scales.About the TeamDoppler’s Engineering includes Full-Stack/Product, Data, Growth, and Infrastructure Engineers. The team is security-first, cares deeply about quality, collaborates with low ego, and continuously improves how it works and delivers software.What you’ll doTechnical leadershipOwn and evolve Doppler's technical direction: architecture, system design, security, infrastructure, and the tradeoffs that shape how we buildOwn the engineering roadmap in close partnership with the CEO and product, translating company priorities into what gets built and in what orderStay hands-on: review code regularly; the team shouldn’t wonder whether you understand what they're buildingLead architectural decisions across on-prem and cloud-based offerings, deployment models, upgrade paths, and the tradeoffs of running Doppler inside a customer's infrastructureVelocity and executionMake the team faster by removing friction, improving tooling, and creating the conditions for focused, high-output workLead the strategy and adoption of AI developmentKeep execution sharp across sprints and longer-horizon initiatives: clear priorities, unblocked engineers, and consistent deliveryTeam and cultureGrow and hire exceptional engineers who raise the bar; be honest about gapsBuild a remote engineering culture that is high-trust, high-ownership, and low-egoEstablish rigorous engineering standards for code quality, incident response, on-call, and system design without being bureaucraticCross-functionalWork closely with sales and customer success on enterprise technical requirementsPartner with stakeholders on security posture, recognizing that security of systems is inseparable from the product promise to customersContribute to company strategy alongside the CEO and represent the engineering perspective in business decisions, helping shape product direction and market positioning at the leadership levelWhat you’ll bring to the table8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years leading engineering teams at startup scaleHands-on coding proficiency (e.g., can read a PR, spot architectural issues, and provide technical opinions)A track record of shipping security-sensitive infrastructure products, building systems people trust with credentials, keys, and secretsDemonstrated ability to improve velocity at a growing companyProfessional experience with AI-assisted development toolsPlayer-coach instincts: know when to lead from the front, delegate, and get out of the wayStrong communication skills with the CEO and non-technical stakeholders to translate technical strategy into business termsComfort with ambiguity and resource constraintsWhat we are not looking forThis role isn’t right for someone who hasn’t written code recently and doesn’t plan to. It’s not right for someone who adds unnecessary structure and process to a small team that needs to move fast, or someone who treats security as a blocker rather than a feature.Preferred experienceKnowledge and passion for security-first engineeringExperience with distributed systemsPrior experience operating at the exec or leadership team levelOn-prem or self-hosted product experienceStrong DevOps/backend experienceDeveloper tools or infrastructure company backgroundBenefitsEquity at an early-stage, fast-growing startupPremium health insurance (medical, dental, vision)Guilt Free Unlimited PTO - 3-week minimum strongly encouraged!Upward MobilityLearning and Development StipendWealth Advisor401kPregnancy & Family LeaveFertility & Adoption BenefitsEqual Compensation (regardless of gender or race)For a full list of benefits, see the Perks Notion Page.ClosingWe’ve built a great product our customers love. Our churn is low, and active usage continues to rise. We want to amplify our reach so the market knows secrets management can be fast, secure, and affordable for teams and organizations of any size. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel entirely qualified.
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