Head of R&D, Piano

At Simply, we’re building products that bring joy and learning into millions of homes worldwide. Our apps are consistently top-ranked in their categories, and our business is growing fast, with a lean, high-performing R&D team. With over a million monthly downloads and hundreds of thousands of daily learners around the world, we’re reinventing the way we spend our time at home.

We're looking for a Head of R&D, Piano to join us at Simply and help scale our teams, technologies, and processes to the next stage of growth. In this role, you’ll play a key part in building and scaling a high-performing engineering team, ensuring alignment between technology and business goals, and fostering a strong development culture. This is a unique opportunity to combine technical leadership, people management, and organizational influence – all within a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and scale high-performing engineering teams, driving execution, delivery, and growth.
• Partner closely with product, design, data, and business stakeholders to shape roadmap and priorities.
• Bridge product vision and engineering execution, making strategy actionable.
• Own key architectural and technical choices that enable scale and continuous product evolution.
• Identify bottlenecks, streamline processes, and boost team velocity through org and workflow changes.
• Coach and mentor engineers, fostering growth, ownership, and impact.
• Uphold high standards of code quality, collaboration, and engineering culture.

 

Who you are and what you’ve done

• Proven experience leading and scaling teams, preferably in high-growth environments
• Strong hands-on technical background in software engineering and system architecture
• Excellent understanding of modern development methodologies 
• Love for problem-solving and shaping team culture
• Strong sense of ownership and a drive to get things done
• Ability to balance long-term thinking with immediate delivery needs