Founding Engineer
Core
Designing the full wellbeing intelligence stack from first principles, including backend, data, and ML systems, to power personalized decisioning for hundreds of thousands of customers.
Role type
Founding Engineer (Principal/Staff level)
Builds
A scalable, production-grade intelligence layer and data architecture for a global health-tech platform.
Domain
Health-tech / Wellbeing / Data & Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
System architecture from first principles, Build vs buy decision-making, Engineering principles definition, Technical strategy partnership with CTO, Team building and mentorship, Cross-functional product collaboration
Preferred skills
Experience scaling systems from zero to meaningful usage, Production ML and data-driven system integration, High engineering bar environments, Influencing technical direction through judgment
Technologies
Backend, Data, ML systems, Infrastructure
Responsibilities
Design the full wellbeing intelligence stack, Own build vs buy decisions, Define engineering principles, Partner with CTO on technical strategy, Grow and mentor the engineering nucleus, Work cross-functionally to ship via experimentation
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC with strategic ownership