Head of Engineering & Product

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/mindfriend/ Website: mindfriend.com/ MindFriend  ·  Remote (UK/EU hours)  ·  Full-time  ·  We're looking for our senior engineering and product leader who will take MindFriend safely to launch and build the platform, and the team, that come after. MindFriend is a mental-health marketplace connecting people with verified, licensed clinicians for online therapy: search, booking, payments, and live video, audio and chat sessions in one place. The platform is built and largely working, with a capable lead developer and a team. We're now bringing in the senior leader who will set the engineering bar, decide when we're ready to launch, and grow both the platform and the team from there with a level of ownership only the earliest team members ever get. This role carries more weight than most engineering jobs. We handle sensitive health data and host live therapy sessions, so reliability and security aren't features they are the trust the entire category depends on. The person who gets this right will have real authority to do it properly, and will help shape what MindFriend becomes. A word of honestyThis is a founding-team role at an early-stage company, which means it is hands-on. You will get into the code. You will run the QA passes yourself. You will test a video session on a bad connection at 9pm because a launch depends on it. You will make calls with incomplete information and live with them. You'll lead a small team and a freelance bench but you'll lead by doing, not just directing. If you want a purely strategic seat with people beneath you to execute, this is the wrong role. If you want to own the hardest, most consequential technical problems in the company and see them through, read on.