Product Lead, Snip

VP of Engineering Location: Brooklyn, NY or Bay Area preferred Lumen Dynamics is looking for a VP of Engineering to lead our growing engineering organization. You'll own the technical roadmap, drive execution across backend, infrastructure, and ML teams, and ensure we ship reliable, scalable systems that power our document conversion products. This is a hands-on leadership role — you'll set the bar for engineering quality while building the team and processes needed to scale. The ideal candidate has led engineering teams at high-growth startups, has deep experience with distributed systems and ML infrastructure, and thrives in environments where they can both architect solutions and mentor engineers. Responsibilities: Lead and grow the engineering team, including hiring, mentoring, and setting technical direction Own the engineering roadmap and ensure alignment with business objectives Drive architectural decisions across backend services, infrastructure, and ML systems Establish and refine engineering processes for reliability, velocity, and quality Partner with ML leadership to ensure models are deployed and scaled effectively in production Oversee incident response, production health, and operational excellence Required skills: 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering leadership Experience scaling engineering teams and systems at high-growth companies Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and container orchestration (Kubernetes) Strong background in Python and/or Go for backend systems Track record of shipping and operating mission-critical production systems Excellent communication skills and ability to work closely with founders and cross-functional teams Nice to have: Experience with ML infrastructure and model deployment pipelines Familiarity with computer vision, OCR, or document processing systems Experience building developer tools and improving engineering productivity Experience at a startup or high-growth company; founding/early-team experience is a bonus Contributions outside of work — personal projects, open-source, articles, or blog posts Product Lead, Snip Location: Brooklyn, NY or Bay Area preferred Snip is one of Lumen Dynamics's flagship products: a cross-platform app that turns handwritten notes, textbook pages, and screenshots into clean, editable LaTeX and Markdown. Millions of students, researchers, and engineers use it across iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and the web. We're looking for a Product Lead to own Snip's roadmap and growth and make a product used by millions measurably better with every release. You'll decide what we build next by weighing user impact and revenue, work hand in hand with the client engineers across every platform, and stay close to the people who use Snip, turning what you learn into a clear understanding of our users that guides both the product and the company. You'll set the release cadence, keep the apps consistent and polished, and give Snip a strong, regular voice with its users. We're looking for a senior builder-owner rather than a classical people manager: someone who can both decide and do, technical enough to prototype small changes and write clear specs for the larger ones, fluent with modern AI tools, and energized by owning a product and its users end to end. Backgrounds vary, and strong candidates have been senior engineers, engineering managers, designers, or product managers. What you'll do: Own the Snip roadmap and release cadence, prioritizing by user impact and revenue Turn user research and product metrics into a clear understanding of who uses Snip and why, and share it across the company Work with the client engineers to ship consistent, polished releases across mobile, desktop, and web Prototype small improvements directly, and write clear specs the engineers build from on larger ones Run a regular product update that keeps users engaged with what is new Own the core Snip metrics: signups, activation, retention, and revenue What we're looking for: Senior product experience, having taken a product or major surface end to end and shipped on a predictable cadence Technical enough to prototype changes yourself and write specs engineers can build from Strong at user research and at turning conversations and data into decisions Fluent with modern AI tools Excellent written communication and sharp judgment about prioritizing by user impact and revenue Nice to have: Experience owning a cross-platform consumer or prosumer app across mobile, desktop, and web A background as a senior engineer, engineering manager, designer, or product manager Familiarity with subscription and usage metrics, retention, and churn Experience with math, science, or education products, or with LaTeX and Markdown Contributions outside of work, such as personal projects, open-source, articles, or blog posts Senior Machine Learning Engineer Location: Brooklyn, NY or Bay Area preferred Lumen Dynamics is looking for a Se