
Hook is a venture-backed social music platform that turns the songs you love into sounds you can play with. Find your favorite artists, bend the vibe with intuitive creative tools, and reimagine…

Hook is a venture-backed social music platform that turns the songs you love into sounds you can play with. Find your favorite artists, bend the vibe with intuitive creative tools, and reimagine…
What they do: AI-enabled social music platform for creating short, legal remixes and expressive music interactions
Founding / HQ: Activity described from 2021 onward; company characterized as New York, NY
Funding: $3M seed reported with participation from Point72 Ventures and Waverley Capital
Product: Mobile app and web experience for remixing short clips (~60s), attribution and rights management
Music expression and social remixing with rights management for artists and labels.
Music / Social / AI
$3M
Round includes additional participation reported from Palm Tree Crew, Khosla Ventures, Imaginary Ventures, Three Six Zero and Avex per coverage.
“Venture-backed with participation from strategic music and venture investors (Point72 Ventures, Waverley Capital, Palm Tree Crew, Khosla Ventures, Imaginary Ventures)”
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About Hook
Hook is a social music platform, backed by top-tier investors, building the next generation of music discovery, fan expression, and creator growth. We turn the songs people love into sounds they can play with — enabling fans and creators to reimagine music through intuitive, remix-friendly experiences with zero learning curve. By partnering directly with artists, labels, and rightsholders, Hook ensures music is discovered, shared, and expressed in ways that respect and reward the people behind it. At Hook, music isn’t just consumed — it’s experienced, expressed, and made personal.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Head of Engineering to establish and lead best-practice engineering processes as we scale the company. This is a senior leadership role responsible for setting our technical vision, building and scaling the engineering team, and ensuring high-quality execution across all product areas.
You’ll work closely with the founders and product leadership to translate company goals into a scalable, reliable, and pragmatic technical roadmap.
What You’ll Do Engineering Leadership & Process
Team Building & Scaling
Technical Strategy & Architecture
Delivery, Alignment & Execution
Required Skills & Experience
Why This Role Matters
This role will shape how engineering operates at the company—how we build, how we scale, and how we execute. You’ll have significant ownership, influence, and the opportunity to build a world-class engineering function from the ground up.
Compensation
Competitive base salary, meaningful equity ownership, and the opportunity to build and lead growth at a fast-growing consumer company.
Compensation Range: $200K - $280K
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