Head of Platform Engineering

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Geomagical Labs

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AR/VR • SaaS • B2C

Geomagical Labs is a company focused on revolutionizing home design through innovative technology. Their mission is to empower individuals to create beautifully-designed and functional spaces that express personal style effortlessly, as if by magic. Geomagical Labs leverages easy and intuitive technology to enable users to design their spaces from anywhere—home, work, or in-store—without the need for special hardware. The platform facilitates sharing with friends, family, or design professionals, making the process convenient and enjoyable. By bridging the gap between imagination and reality, Geomagical Labs inspires creativity and simplifies home design for everyone.

51 - 200 employees

🥽 AR/VR

☁️ SaaS

👥 B2C

📋 Description

•Geomagical Labs is crafting visual AI experiences for tens of millions of users around the world, on web & mobile apps, in partnership with IKEA. We are the creators of the pioneering IKEA Kreativ app, which allows customers to scan photorealistic models of their indoor spaces, then reimagine them with new furniture in life-like 3D, from anywhere – changing home commerce along the way. •We have an opening for a hands-on technical leader of our cloud-based Platform Engineering team. Platform Engineering builds and runs our backend services for IKEA Kreativ used by tens of millions of users a year (product catalog, search, identity, 3D assets, room models, etc.), hosts AI pipelines, operates our cloud auto-scaling infrastructure, and provides DevOps foundations. •You will be expected to be a wise, can-do leader and technologist, and also a great collaborator & teammate.

🎯 Requirements

•Experience successfully managing a backend/cloud team of at least 2 engineers. •Track record of success making wise technical solutions and positive team dynamics. •Track record of success building or managing high-scale and mission-critical systems. •Highly effective, high-EQ communication skills (verbal & written). •Ability to do several early calls with Europe in a typical week (2pm CET = 8am ET). •Requires ability to travel to Europe (Amsterdam & Sweden) and California, around six times a year, for collaboration and team building. •Strong Python programming skills – especially data I/O systems programming & Django UI. •Strong SQL skills (we use Postgres). •Solid skills with modern cloud-based storage & computer platforms (esp. Google Cloud). •Experience with Kubernetes & Docker containerized deployment & scaling. •Experience with web API development and workflow automation. •Experience measuring & optimizing service latency/throughput (capacity planning). •Experience building & maintaining scalable systems using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Pulumi. •BONUS: Past experience with global collaboration, remote workforces, tech integration. •BONUS: Experience with 3D graphics. •BONUS: Experience with AI/machine learning data pipelines & training. •BONUS: Experience with computer vision.

🏖️ Benefits

•Opportunity to work in a dynamic team of successful serial entrepreneurs, software developers, computer vision & AI researchers, and graphics engineers on a highly visible product used by tens of millions of customers worldwide. •Ability to build products and features from the ground up and put them into the hands of millions of people around the world. •The USA base salary ranges from $195,000 to $260,000, determined by location, skill, and experience level. •In addition to base salary, we incentivize via an annual individualized performance bonus, based on team and company OKR success. •Excellent health and retirement benefits. Full medical, dental, and vision coverage. •Strong people-first culture with generous PTO, a focus on improving each other, and an actively shaped team culture to ensure a happy and healthy working environment for all. •Location is flexible - our team is distributed globally. But due to the need for frequent collaboration with Europe CET work hours, Eastern Time zone is strongly preferred.