Company
neurotechnology
HeadofEngineering
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“Head of Engineering. Skills: Engineering leadership, Product development, Cloud architecture. Set technical architecture. Set roadmap direction”
What You'll Achieve.
Ship products people love
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Data-driven decision making
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2+ years building product at early-stage startups, Experience with cloud-based product architecture at scale
Nice to Have
Native mobile development experience, Experience managing mobile teams, Hands-on RAG pipelines experience, Hands-on agentic systems experience, Hands-on LLM-based products experience
What You'll Do.
Set technical architecture
Set roadmap direction
Build engineering team
Scale engineering team
Maintain engineering culture
Drive product direction
Drive product iteration
Drive engineering efforts
Own technical decisions
Participate in user research
Participate in data analysis
Participate in experiment design
Translate product goals
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Company leadership; Founding team
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE This is a founding leadership role at an early-stage neurotechnology company. You will drive the technical roadmap and scale the engineering team while working closely with company leadership on product direction and iteration. You'll own everything from infrastructure and reliability to engineering culture and hiring. This role requires someone deeply hands-on who can zoom out to set architecture and roadmap direction, and zoom in to ship code alongside the team. You should have lived through 0→1 product development and have strong instincts about when to build for scale versus moving fast and iterating later. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Set technical architecture and roadmap direction for the product - Build and scale the engineering team while maintaining strong culture - Work closely with founding team to drive product direction and iteration - Drive engineering efforts in fast-paced, scrappy environments - Own infrastructure, reliability, and technical decisions - Participate in user research, data analysis, and experiment design - Translate ambiguous product goals into clean technical decisions WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Required Experience: - 2+ years building product at early-stage startups - Track record of shipping products people genuinely love, from 0→1 - Experience driving engineering efforts in fast-paced environments with strong instincts about what matters at this stage - Product engineer at heart: comfortable with ambiguity and able to engage in user research and data analysis - Experience with cloud-based product architecture at scale Ideal Qualities: - High energy, low ego, deeply mission-driven - Someone who pushes hard and brings out the best in people around them - Equally comfortable in product strategy conversations and code reviews Nice to Haves: - Native mobile development experience (iOS/Android) or experience managing teams who do - Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines, agentic systems, or LLM-based products - Background in consumer hea
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