Job Description

A venture-backed health technology company is looking for a Vice President of Software Engineering to own its entire software and data ecosystem. This is a founder-reporting leadership role at a clinically validated, commercially scaling business, one of the most consequential technical hires the company will make.
The product is established. The market is growing. The infrastructure needs a leader who can build for the next stage — and who understands what building in a regulated healthcare environment actually demands.
The Role

• You will own the software vision and be accountable for its execution. That means setting the technical roadmap, shaping the architecture, leading a distributed engineering organisation, and ensuring the platform performs reliably across markets at scale.
• Strategic thinking matters here — but so does the ability to make sound technical decisions and drive delivery in a fast-moving environment where regulatory compliance is not optional, and where the consequences of getting it wrong extend beyond the business.

Requirements

• Based in Europe and able to work across European timezones
• Proven engineering leadership in data-heavy, app-first, or subscription-based businesses
• Track record of building or scaling reliable software platforms in high-growth or multi-market environments
• Deep expertise in cloud architecture, mobile platforms, data systems, and third-party integrations
• Strong grasp of AI applications, automation frameworks, and modern data operations
• Comfortable managing distributed teams and external development partners
• Strategic and outcome-driven — able to set clear goals and hold teams accountable
• Demonstrable experience working within a regulated healthcare environment is essential — familiarity with frameworks such as ISO 13485, EU MDR, or equivalent quality and compliance standards is a significant advantage
• A genuine understanding of what it means to build software where clinical integrity and data governance are non-negotiable

Core Responsibilities

• Define and own the software and data strategy, translating business priorities into a clear technical roadmap with measurable outcomes
• Oversee all software development across mobile, backend, data infrastructure, and commercial platform integrations
• Design and implement a centralised data architecture that unifies inputs across product, marketing, and commercial functions
• Build and maintain a resilient, multi-market infrastructure capable of supporting regional variation in language, regulation, and commercial model
• Lead and develop an in-house engineering team alongside external partners and contractors
• Establish and uphold engineering best practices across deployment, testing, versioning, and documentation
• Ensure full compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks — working in close, proactive alignment with quality and regulatory functions rather than treating compliance as a downstream concern
• Identify and embed AI tooling and automation across development and data operations

Partner closely with product, design, and commercial teams, bridging technical capability and business outcomes
All applications are handled with complete confidentiality.