Job Description
Founding Head of Engineering (Healthcare AI Startup)
NYC (Hybrid) | Early-stage, venture-backed | Competitive comp + founding-level equity
We’re a venture-backed healthcare startup building an AI-powered platform to accelerate hospital discharge and post-acute care coordination. Hospitals are facing an existential capacity and margin crisis — and we’re solving a problem that directly impacts patient outcomes and hospital survival.
The Role:
We’re hiring our Founding Head of Engineering to architect and build the core product while establishing the engineering function from scratch.
This is a hands-on role — you’ll write code daily and work directly with the founders on:
- Core product and system architecture
- EHR, payer, and partner integrations
- Key technical decisions (stack, build vs. buy)
- Hiring and mentoring the early engineering team
- Setting engineering culture and standards#
You Might Be a Fit If You
- Have 7+ years of full-stack experience
- Have led or mentored engineers
- Have built 0→1 products at startups
- Still love coding and want to stay hands-on
- Care deeply about product quality and user impact
- Are NYC-based and excited to build in person
Bonus: healthcare, EHR, AI/LLM, or voice automation experience.
Why This Role
- Founding-level ownership and meaningful equity
- Real customer urgency and long runway
- Experienced founders with strong healthcare track records
- Work that materially improves patient outcomes