Head of Engineering
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Head of Engineering at clera: San Francisco, United States; On-site; Executive; IT; Engineering Manager. JobGrid adds normalized role facts, source context, and a path to the employer application page so candidates can compare the listing before applying.
- Location and workplace: San Francisco, United States, On-site
- Role classification: IT, Engineering Manager, Executive
- Source freshness: checked by JobGrid on 2026-06-09.
- Application path: candidates continue to the employer application page with non-personal referral tags.
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 0→1 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 0→1
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.