Head of Engineering
The Role
Nabis is looking for a Head of Engineering to lead our growing technology organization, currently approximately 50 people strong and distributed across the U.S. and India. We're seeking a hands-on, strategic engineering leader who can scale our systems, grow our global team, and drive high-impact delivery in collaboration with customers, Product, and Executive leadership.
This role reports to the President and sits on the Executive Team. You’ll be responsible for setting the technical vision, building strong engineering culture and process, and delivering high-quality, scalable software products that power the modern cannabis supply chain and marketplace at the leading wholesaler in America. You will work closely with Product, Design, Operations, and CX to ensure technology is aligned with business strategy and execution.
The ideal candidate has scaled high-performing, distributed engineering teams in startup or scale-up environments, has a strong grasp of AI/ML-powered platforms, and can operate at both strategic and tactical levels to unblock teams, drive decisions, and ship high-quality product.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a globally distributed engineering org (U.S. + India-based contractors), fostering alignment, accountability, and inclusive but truth-seeking culture
- Define and execute the technical roadmap in partnership with customers, Product, and Executive teams
- Architect and scale high-performing and cost-effective infrastructure to support AI-native, data-heavy systems and automation tooling
- Drive engineering excellence across delivery, quality, documentation, and velocity
- Own hiring, org design, career development, and team performance across engineering
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to define priorities and long-term investments
- Build systems that integrate automation, security, scalability, and reliability as defaults
- Ensure contractors are effectively managed, scoped, and integrated with full-time teams
- Provide technical mentorship, unblock ICs and EMs, and dive into architecture and code base when needed
- Represent Engineering in executive meetings and help drive company-wide decisions
- Champion engineering fundamentals and continuous improvement across teams
- Enables IT team members to ensure org-wide success and security.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles (Director/VP level or above)
- Proven success leading distributed or hybrid teams, especially managing international contractors in India or other offshore partnerships
- Has good technical intuition and depth, with the ability to participate in high-level system architecture, technical decision-making, and problem solving, while maintaining the ability to dive deep to perform root cause analysis
- Ability to be engaged in both the tech and cannabis communities, in order to understand industry dynamics to be able to identify real-world problems, measure ROI, and solve through innovative engineering solutions
- Experience with AI/ML-powered platforms, developer infrastructure, or automation tooling
- Background in fast-growing startups or scale-ups; you've built engineering orgs and processes from the ground up, but have seen how large orgs work
- Expertise in organizational design, hiring, and people development
- Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with a low-ego, high-accountability mindset
- Strategic operator who thrives in ambiguity and scales operations through systems, not heroics
- Experience in the cannabis industry, marketplaces, supply chain, logistics, or B2B platforms a plus, but not required
- Must be able to pass a background check
WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING AT NABIS!
- You'll work at the fastest growing cannabis startup in the U.S. and architect the future of the cannabis industry’s technological infrastructure
- Competitive salary and equity packages.
- Base Salary starting at $250,000
- Additional compensation: Equity + bonus available, but dependent on experience level
- Medical/Dental/Vision offered to all full-time employees: 75% of employee premium paid by Nabis.
- 401(k) plan with a match.
Nabis is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Nabis is seeking to create a diverse work environment because all teams are stronger with different perspectives and life experiences. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, older members of society, and others from minority groups and diverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All employees and contractors of Nabis are responsible for maintaining a work culture free from discrimination and harassment by treating others with kindness and respect.