Head of Taste

Omi· San Francisco· ashby· publicada el 29/01/2026
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👋 Hi, I’m Nik. I’m looking for a world-class visioner to build Omi with me.

  • In the past 20 months, we’ve:
  • Grown to 300K software users
  • Hit 100M+ organic video views
  • Built 3 working hardware devices

As the programming became obsolete, what now matters is taste, execution and vision. I'm looking for someone who agrees with our vision https://omi.me/manifesto and can help achieve it

ABOUT ME

  • 26 y.o.
  • 🇷🇺 Born on an island in the Pacific (Russia), now in SF
  • 🧠 Thiel Fellow
  • 💰 Sold 2 startups — scaled the last to $4M ARR, $3M raised, acquired by Toptal
  • 💻 Built the first Omi prototypes (hardware, mobile)
  • 💸 Raised $7M+ total
  • 🧲 Managed teams across 3 continents
  • 📈 Drove 100M+ organic impressions for Omi

Check me out at nikshevchenko.com http://nikshevchenko.com

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As the Head of Taste, you’ll:

  • Architect all Omi products and design
  • Build prototypes that feel like magic and scale into products
  • Help shape product direction and culture
  • Work directly with me every day — we’ll build and launch together

This is not a “here’s what to do” job — this is “what should we do next?”

WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR

Someone who’s built and shipped something impressive. For example:

  • Built a product used by 1M+ people or 10K+ devices shipped
  • Or built something with >$1M revenue
  • Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder

You don’t need to check every box — but one really strong signal is enough.

WHY THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE

  • You’ll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
  • Work on actual AI hardware, not just apps
  • Build something that people already love — and want more of
  • Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI

Let’s make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2028.

We don't actively check inbound applicants so find a way to find me If I didn’t respond, something was off. 🥲