Company

neurotechnology

HeadofEngineering

$250–400k ~AI est. San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

neurotechnology
Problems you'll solve

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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