Head of R&D, Piano

Simply's mission is to make the pursuit of creative hobbies simple and fun for all. Our top-grossing apps Simply Piano, Simply Guitar, Simply Sing, and Simply Draw put us on the fast track to building the world's largest consumer subscription service for creative learning. With over a million monthly downloads and hundreds of thousands of daily learners, we're building the AI creative companion for every 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 • Entrepreneurial experience, including founding or leading a venture - Nice to have