About Sandbar

Sandbar is an interface company in New York City. We aim to bridge gaps, to better navigate the world around & inside each of us. Our north star is self extension.

Our team has built consumer products across Meta, CTRL-labs, Google, Apple, Fitbit, Peloton, and Equinox.

Our first product, Stream, is a new way to capture thoughts—a private voice ring and conversational notepad.

Stream has been featured in WSJ, Bloomberg, Fast Company, and Wired, and begins shipping in Summer '26.

About

As Head of Engineering, you’ll lead our software and machine learning teams in building a new interface that makes all of computing feel as simple as talking to oneself. You’ll guide and grow our mobile, infrastructure, backend, and AI/ML teams and work closely alongside our product, hardware, and firmware teams. You’ll play a significant role in shipping our first product, Stream, as well as shaping our future product, technical, and team direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead our software and ML engineering teams across mobile, backend, infrastructure, and AI/ML

• Drive product delivery—balancing shipping, quality, and velocity

• Define engineering requirements and goals and facilitate sprints

• Provide architectural guidance, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers

• Collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and product to ship cohesive, full-stack products

• Shape technical and product direction—identifying where to invest and what to build next

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering or machine learning with 3+ years leading engineering teams across multiple disciplines

• Experience shipping consumer-facing software / ML products

• Strong technical breadth across mobile, backend, and ML—able to go deep when needed and guide architecture across the stack

• Track record of building high-performing teams in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

• Passion for human-computer interaction

FTE Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental benefits

• Unlimited PTO and sick time

• Early stage equity

Compensation Range: $220K - $300K