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Head of development

Cardiff
Hurdle
Head of development
Posted: 14h ago
Offer description

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

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