Head of Engineering
Core
Founding engineering leadership defining technical strategy and shipping code for a neurotechnology startup's software-only cognitive health products.
Role type
Founding Head of Engineering (IC + Leadership)
Builds
Consumer software products for cognitive health and performance
Domain
Neurotechnology / Consumer Health / AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Technical strategy definition, end-to-end engineering ownership, backend infrastructure scaling, voice/audio processing, Swift/macOS, iOS, Python for ML, cloud backend (AWS/GCP), user research, experiment design
Preferred skills
Native mobile development (iOS/Android), RAG pipelines, agentic systems, LLM-based products, consumer health/wellness tech background
Technologies
Swift, macOS, iOS, Python, AWS, GCP
Responsibilities
Define technical strategy and product roadmap with Founder, write and review code, own backend infrastructure, establish engineering workflows and standards, lead technical hiring, collaborate cross-functionally to ship features
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC + Leadership
