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