Founding Head of Engineering - MedTech - Hybrid

Founding Head of Engineering - MedTech - Hybrid

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$150,000.00 / yr - $200,000.00 / yr

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A mission-driven startup in the healthcare and AI space is building intelligent software to help innovators bring life‑saving technologies to market faster. Their platform transforms complex, manual processes into automated, insight‑driven workflows, improving speed, reliability, and compliance for medical and scientific innovators.

This is a fast‑moving, high‑trust environment where truth matters more than ego, and outcomes matter more than optics. The team values curiosity, integrity, and the drive to build something meaningful from the ground up.

They’re backed by a world‑class accelerator and supported by leading mentors and early enterprise partners in the MedTech industry.

The company is hiring a

hands‑on Founding Head of Engineering

to own and scale its technical vision. You’ll work alongside the founder to architect, build, and ship a technically sophisticated product while defining engineering excellence at startup pace.

What You’ll Do

Technical Architecture & Leadership

Design and evolve data‑intensive architecture for performance and scale

Make thoughtful decisions on frameworks, infrastructure, and trade‑offs

Implement observability, auditability, and reliability standards across services

Balance speed with scalability and long‑term maintainability

Software Development & Delivery

Lead development from prototype to production with rapid feedback loops

Build modular, cloud‑based services for data ingestion and workflow automation

Translate ambiguous requirements into clear deliverables and measurable outcomes

Maintain a bias toward simplicity, clarity, and integrity

Team Building & Culture

Recruit, mentor, and inspire a small, high‑performing team

Create a culture of ownership, learning, and accountability

Be both a hands‑on builder and a technical leader

Infrastructure, Security & Operations

Establish CI / CD pipelines and cloud environments

Oversee uptime, performance, and incident response

Ensure compliance with enterprise‑grade security and regulated‑industry standards

Your Background

You’re a builder with integrity, someone who thrives under pressure, values direct feedback, and loves solving complex problems elegantly.

Execution‑driven :

You measure progress in working systems, not presentations

Technically deep :

You can design, build, and debug across the stack

Collaborative :

You align with business goals and respect diverse expertise

Systems thinker :

You understand how automation, reliability, and compliance intersect

AI‑pragmatic :

You know where AI adds value, and where it doesn’t

Preferred Background

Experience building or scaling data‑heavy SaaS products (ideally in regulated domains)

Background in search, recommendation systems, or complex data modeling

Experience building AI / ML or intelligent automation solutions

Strong grounding in cloud infrastructure, CI / CD, and security best practices

Prior leadership experience in an early‑stage or high‑growth environment

Why Join

You’ll be building a genuinely hard technical product with real‑world impact, not just another wrapper around AI APIs.

Equity :

Meaningful early equity

Ownership :

Shape the foundation and grow into a long‑term executive or CTO role

Impact :

Help accelerate innovation in a $30B+ global industry

Momentum :

Already working with leading customers and advisors in MedTech

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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