Head of Engineering

Clera

$150K — $200K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience building products at early-stage startups
  • Proven track record of shipping products from conception to market (0 to 1)
  • Experience leading engineering initiatives in fast-paced environments
  • Strong instincts for critical priorities at this growth stage
  • Proficiency in cloud-based product architecture, especially at scale

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical architecture and roadmap direction for the product
  • Build and scale the engineering team while nurturing a strong culture
  • Collaborate with founding team on product direction and iteration
  • Lead engineering efforts in a dynamic, scrappy environment
  • Own infrastructure, reliability, and technical decision-making
  • Engage in user research, data analysis, and experiment design
  • Translate ambiguous product goals into clear technical directives

Benefits

  • Equity package
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO)
  • Remote or flexible work arrangement available
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a founding leadership role at an early-stage neurotechnology company. You will drive the technical roadmap and scale the engineering team while working closely with company leadership on product direction and iteration. You'll own everything from infrastructure and reliability to engineering culture and hiring.

This role requires someone deeply hands-on who can zoom out to set architecture and roadmap direction, and zoom in to ship code alongside the team. You should have lived through 01 product development and have strong instincts about when to build for scale versus moving fast and iterating later.
What You'll Do
  • Set technical architecture and roadmap direction for the product
  • Build and scale the engineering team while maintaining strong culture
  • Work closely with founding team to drive product direction and iteration
  • Drive engineering efforts in fast-paced, scrappy environments
  • Own infrastructure, reliability, and technical decisions
  • Participate in user research, data analysis, and experiment design
  • Translate ambiguous product goals into clean technical decisions
What We're Looking For

Required Experience:
  • 2+ years building product at early-stage startups
  • Track record of shipping products people genuinely love, from 01
  • Experience driving engineering efforts in fast-paced environments with strong instincts about what matters at this stage
  • Product engineer at heart: comfortable with ambiguity and able to engage in user research and data analysis
  • Experience with cloud-based product architecture at scale

Ideal Qualities:
  • High energy, low ego, deeply mission-driven
  • Someone who pushes hard and brings out the best in people around them
  • Equally comfortable in product strategy conversations and code reviews

Nice to Haves:
  • Native mobile development experience (iOS/Android) or experience managing teams who do
  • Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines, agentic systems, or LLM-based products
  • Background in consumer health or wellness technology
Compensation & Details

Competitive salary, equity package, benefits, and flexible PTO.
Location

Remote or flexible work arrangement available.

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