This isn't a step away from engineering. You'll still design systems, review real code, and ship features, while leading a small team to do their best work. This is a role for someone who wants to stay close to the craft, not step away from it. You'll work directly with our Founders to turn product ideas into reliable execution. That means balancing speed with craft, experimentation with discipline, and AI assistance with human judgment, making practical decisions that keep us moving without cutting corners we'll regret later. This is a hands‑on engineering role for someone who enjoys building as much as leading, cares deeply about developer experience, and can say not yet to founders without killing momentum. Above all, you believe AI should amplify engineers, not replace them, and you want to shape how that actually works in a real product. Responsibilities You'll build alongside the team You'll contribute directly to the Hyper Dev platform—designing backend services, shaping AI work...