We're building Onda — a mobile app for experienced surfers to track their sessions, get real-time surf forecasts, connect with their crew, interact & contribute to hyper local communities and receive personalized AI-powered recommendations based on historical data and live conditions.
We launched our MVP in July and are growing fast. We’re looking for a Head of Engineering to own our architecture and build something exceptional — with the potential to expand to a parity web platform and robust social experience built on strong marketing + analytics infrastructure.
You’ll Lead:
- Our cross-platform Kotlin MP mobile app (Android + iOS)
- A Python-based cloud-native system built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Event-driven services using Firebase + Cloud Functions
- A modular Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system designed to provide context-aware surf forecasts and recommendations. It combines custom logic orchestration (via LangGraph), cloud-based vector search (Vertex AI), and real-time FastAPI endpoints for inference.
- Backend data pipelines that process and organize user and surf data so we can deliver custom forecasts, recommendations, and analytics for each user.
- Wearables integration
- Technical strategy for a future web platform, social features and regional expansion
- Marketing tech stack integration: attribution, analytics, CRM tools for engagement
You Might Be a Fit If You:
- Surf or have a strong affinity for the ocean
- Have led or architected 0→1 mobile and/or ML-based products
- Know how to build event-driven, analytics-ready systems and own data infrastructure
- Have experience supporting growth teams and marketing integrations
- Have startup or founding engineer experience
- Are excited about delivering exceptional user experiences
- Enjoy building tight feedback loops between data, ML, product, design and marketing
- Take ownership and get things done – even when the specs are vague and the timelines are unclear
Why Join?
- You will receive significant equity compensation. This is an equity-only position as we are a pre-seed startup and you’ll be getting in at the ground floor.
- Real ownership over complete tech strategy
- Space to experiment and shape the entire stack
- Build something surfers will love
- Be part of launch parties and events!