Head of Development

Reporting to the CTO and collaborating closely with cross-functional leaders, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of the engineering team—ensuring high performance, strong alignment, and delivery of meaningful product value. You'll combine hands-on technical involvement with strategic oversight, contributing to product decisions and guiding the evolution of our architectural vision.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translate high-level company objectives into clear weekly and monthly engineering plans, defining project scopes and deliverables across product, science, medical, and regulatory domains.
  • Drive consistent delivery of high-quality solutions that raise the bar for our products and engineering standards.
  • Continuously evaluate and improve engineering processes, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, strengthen collaboration, and reduce time-to-market.
  • Foster alignment between Engineering and AI/Science teams, playing a key role in developing our first Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) product and applying your domain expertise to ensure compliance and excellence.
  • Mentor, coach, and empower engineers to do their best work; promote a positive, resilient, and growth-oriented team culture.
  • Embrace change and maintain a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset while navigating a fast-moving environment.
  • Promoting and advocating for technical best practices

Essential Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proven experience leading and managing engineering teams.
  • Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills.
  • Expert-level JavaScript skills (Node.js or React), ideally with TypeScript experience.
  • Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
  • Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Knowledge of microservices architectures and distributed system patterns.
  • Cloud experience (AWS or GCP) and familiarity with modern infrastructure tooling.
  • Strong capability in debugging, maintaining, and improving existing software systems.
  • Healthcare technology experience, including working with standards such as FHIR, HL7, EHRs, or LIMS.
  • Understanding of Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) principles and regulatory context.
  • Startup experience and a positive, adaptable mindset—comfortable with change, pace, and ambiguity.

Company Benefits

  • Take what you need time off
  • Setup for remote working
  • Macbook pro 14"
  • Private health insurance
  • Pension or 401k contribution
  • Equity in the company
  • Competitive salary

Interview Process

  • 20 min initial call with CTO
  • 60 min technical interview with team
  • 30 min cultural interview
  • Meet in person

Job Details

Company
Hurdle
Location
London, UK
Hybrid / Remote Options
Employment Type
Full-time
Posted