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 Entrepreneurial experience, including founding or leading ventures 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