Director of Engineering

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Director of Engineering Location: Cambridge, MA (Hybrid, 4 days onsite) Compensation: $250,000 to $270,000 base + 20% bonus + equity

This is an opportunity to join a well-funded HealthTech startup at a pivotal stage of growth. As Director of Engineering, you will play a key role in building the engineering organisation, shaping technical strategy, and scaling products that have the potential to improve healthcare outcomes through the application of machine learning and clinical data.

The Company They are a venture-backed technology company operating at the intersection of healthcare, machine learning, and real-world data. Their mission is to improve how complex diseases are detected, monitored, and understood through innovative technology and data-driven insights.

Having secured significant early-stage funding, they are now scaling their platform, team, and engineering capabilities. This is a rare opportunity to join at a formative stage and directly influence the company’s technical foundations, culture, and long-term success.

The Role As Director of Engineering, you will combine hands-on technical leadership with people management and delivery ownership. Working closely with senior leadership, Product, and Engineering teams, you will help create the processes, systems, and culture needed to support continued growth. Key responsibilities include:

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team

Manage engineering delivery, sprint planning, backlog prioritisation, and execution

Partner with Product and technical stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions

Contribute directly to production code and complex engineering initiatives

Architect and evolve backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and application platforms

Establish best practices across CI/CD, testing, observability, and engineering operations

Drive engineering standards, technical quality, and continuous improvement

Support hiring, team growth, and organisational scaling initiatives

Champion pragmatic adoption of AI-assisted development workflows

Help build a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture

Your Skills & Experience

Strong commercial experience leading software engineering teams

Proven people management and coaching experience within engineering environments

Excellent hands-on software development capabilities

Strong Python development experience

Experience building scalable backend systems and distributed applications

Expertise with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP

Experience implementing and improving CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices

Background working in startup or high-growth technology environments

Strong understanding of engineering execution, delivery management, and technical decision making

Ability to collaborate effectively across Engineering, Product, and leadership teams

Desirable experience:

Healthcare, HealthTech, biotech, or regulated industry experience

Experience with HIPAA, SOC2, or similar compliance frameworks

Exposure to clinical data platforms or healthcare data systems

React or React Native development experience

Experience with AI products, AI agents, or AI-assisted software development

Infrastructure or platform engineering expertise

What They Offer

Opportunity to build and scale an engineering organisation from an early stage

Direct access to executive leadership and strategic decision making

Significant technical ownership and influence

Clear progression opportunities as the company grows

Hybrid working model based in Cambridge, MA

How to Apply If you’re an experienced engineering leader who enjoys combining hands-on technical contribution with team leadership in a high-growth environment, apply today to learn more about this opportunity.

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