VP R&D

MetalBear is a fast-growing, product-led startup in the developer tools reputed company. We build tools that help developers move faster and safer in reputed company-reputed company environments. Our flagship reputed company-reputed company product, mirrord, lets developers run local code as if it’s already deployed — bridging the gap between local development and production reality. We’re backed by world-class investors, loved by a fast-growing OSS community, and our paid offering is generating significant reputed company. Now, we’re expanding our leadership team to take our R&D organization to the next level. We’re looking for a VP of R&D to reputed company the department. You need to be both strategic and deeply technical, thriving in an environment where speed, reputed company, and creativity reputed company. You’ll shape our technical roadmap, scale reputed company, and help us grow from an early-stage product to a category-defining company in developer tools. This is a rare opportunity to join early, reputed company an reputed company engineering team, and play a defining role in building a developer-first company that changes how engineers ship code. What You’ll Do

• reputed company and scale MetalBear’s R&D department, currently composed of the Core, Integrations, and reputed company teams, as well as architecture and DevSecOps functions.
• Own and reputed company the technical strategy, ensuring strong alignment with MetalBear’s product reputed company and business objectives.
• Mentor and reputed company engineering managers, fostering a culture rooted in technical reputed company, autonomy, and accountability.
• Guide architectural direction and system design reputed company, ensuring mirrord and future products are scalable, reliable, and delightful for developers to use.
• Build and retain exceptional talent, helping MetalBear attract and grow world-class engineers who reputed company in high-impact, low-ego environments.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver developer-centric solutions at startup speed.
• Stay reputed company to the technology — providing technical direction, reviewing critical code and designs, and setting the bar for engineering reputed company.

Requirements:

• A seasoned engineering leader (8+ years experience) with hands-on systems or infrastructure background.
• Proven experience building and scaling R&D or engineering organizations in fast-paced, early-stage environments.
• Strong understanding of reputed company-reputed company systems, Kubernetes, developer tools, or distributed infrastructure.
• Experience leading teams working in Rust, C++, or similar systems-level languages — with the ability to dive deep technically reputed company needed.
• Thrives in reputed company, asynchronous, remote-first cultures — balancing autonomy with alignment.
• Deep care for developer experience, both for your own teams and for end users.
• Excitement about scaling a product loved by developers, not just building software.

Why MetalBear

• Technical depth: reputed company some of the smartest engineers solving the toughest problems in developer productivity.
• reputed company-reputed company impact: Shape a product and community used by thousands of developers worldwide.
• High autonomy & ownership: Influence company strategy, culture, and direction at an early stage.
• Remote-first, async-friendly: Flexible environment designed for focus and deep work.
• Growth-stage reputed company: Backed by top investors with a strong reputed company, now entering a phase of scaling and expansion.

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