Head of Development

Reporting to the CTO and collaborating closely with cross-functional leaders, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of the engineering team—ensuring high performance, strong alignment, and delivery of meaningful product value. You’ll combine hands-on technical involvement with strategic oversight, contributing to product decisions and guiding the evolution of our architectural vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate high-level company objectives into clear weekly and monthly engineering plans, defining project scopes and deliverables across product, science, medical, and regulatory domains.
• Drive consistent delivery of high-quality solutions that raise the bar for our products and engineering standards.
• Continuously evaluate and improve engineering processes, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, strengthen collaboration, and reduce time-to-market.
• Foster alignment between Engineering and AI/Science teams, playing a key role in developing our first Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) product and applying your domain expertise to ensure compliance and excellence.
• Mentor, coach, and empower engineers to do their best work; promote a positive, resilient, and growth-oriented team culture.

Essential Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills.
• Expert-level JavaScript skills (Node.js or React), ideally with TypeScript experience.
• Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Knowledge of microservices architectures and distributed system patterns.
• Cloud experience (AWS or GCP) and familiarity with modern infrastructure tooling.
• Strong capability in debugging, maintaining, and improving existing software systems.
• Healthcare technology experience, including working with standards such as FHIR, HL7, EHRs, or LIMS.
• Understanding of Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) principles and regulatory context.
• Startup experience and a positive, adaptable mindset—comfortable with change, pace, and ambiguity.

Company Benefits

• 🏝 Take what you need time off
• 🏃 Setup for remote working
• 💻 Macbook pro 14"
• 💪 Private health insurance
• 📝 Pension or 401k contribution
• 📈 Equity in the company
• 💰 Competitive salary

Interview Process

1. 20 min initial call with CTO
2. 60 min technical interview with team
3. 30 min cultural interview
4. Meet in person