About Sandbar
Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to augment individuals in an agentic worldâto think, act, and move freely. Our team has built SW, ML, and HW products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, and Equinox.
Our first product, Stream, is a new human-agent interfaceâa private voice ring and conversational computer. Stream has been featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, & Wired, and begins shipping in Summer '26.
Join us in creating a new interface for self augmentation.
About
As Head of Engineering, youâll lead our software and machine learning teams in building a new interface that makes all of computing feel as simple as thinking. Youâll guide and grow our mobile, infrastructure, backend, and AI/ML teams and work closely alongside our product, hardware, and firmware teams. Youâll play a significant role in shipping our first product, Stream, as well as shaping our future product, technical, and team direction.
This role is perfect for an experienced engineering leader who cares deeply about team growth and culture, and who wants to build tools that augment individuals in an agentic world.
Responsibilities
Lead our software and ML engineering teams across mobile, backend, infrastructure, and AI/ML
Drive product deliveryâbalancing shipping, quality, and velocity
Define engineering requirements and goals and facilitate sprints
Provide architectural guidance, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers
Collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and product to ship cohesive, full-stack products
Shape technical and product directionâidentifying where to invest and what to build next
Qualifications
8+ years in software engineering or machine learning with 3+ years leading engineering teams across multiple disciplines
Experience shipping consumer-facing software / ML products
Strong technical breadth across mobile, backend, and MLâable to go deep when needed and guide architecture across the stack
Track record of building high-performing teams in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Passion for human-computer interaction
FTE Benefits
Health, vision, and dental benefits
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Early stage equity
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