Head of Engineering

Everlab is building the platform to look after people’s health for their entire lives. Not just an app, but the infrastructure to connect every available healthcare service, give people comprehensive data on their health, and deliver truly personalised care. We’re growing extremely fast, the team is still lean, the problems are genuinely hard, and we’re about to scale, locally and globally. This is the moment to join. We’re hiring our first Head of Engineering to help us get there. The Role This is a newly created position, you’ll be the first Engineering leader at Everlab, working directly with the Founder to shape how we build, grow, and operate our engineering function. You’ll take ownership of a team of 12 engineers across five squads (Platform, Supply, Clinical Operations, Patient App, and Core Services) with clear plans to scale to 30+ as we continue to grow. You won’t be writing code every day, but you’ll be close enough to the technical work to contribute to architecture discussions, guiding solution design, and making the trade-offs that matter. We’ll invest in a thorough onboarding and work closely with you in the early months. By 6–9 months, the goal is for you to be driving the engineering roadmap and team operations. What You Will Do Lead and grow the engineering team Own people management across all engineering squads: performance, culture, hiring, and team structure. Mentor and develop future Engineering Managers from within the team, building leadership capability as we scale. Drive headcount planning and hiring to take the team from 12 to 30+ engineers, without losing the culture that makes us good. Stay close to the technical work Participate meaningfully in architecture and solution design discussions across squads. Help engineers navigate complex technical trade-offs, not by prescribing answers, but by coaching better thinking. Maintain enough technical depth to hold a Principal Engineer accountable and earn the trust of the people building. Own delivery and accountability Be directly accountable for the projects your teams are driving, including the Platform DevOps team. Set and communicate clear engineering standards, processes, and expectations as we scale. Partner with Product and the Founder to translate business priorities into a coherent engineering roadmap. Build what scale requires Design the team structures, processes, and systems that let us grow without slowing down. Apply what you’ve learned from previous scale-up journeys: what to build now, what to wait on, and where to invest. Help us expand infrastructure and platform capabilities to support new cities and markets efficiently. What We’re Looking For Scale-up experience: You’ve been through a genuine scale-up journey, either in this exact role, or as an Engineering Manager or Team Lead who lived through it. You understand what scaling actually looks like: the trade-offs, the growing pains, and what good looks like on the other side. This is a critical requirement. Technical credibility: You’re not writing code day-to-day, but you’re still close enough to architecture and system design to hold your own in any technical discussion. You can coach engineers through solution design, challenge assumptions, and make informed trade-offs. Think: somewhere between a Principal Engineer and a seasoned Engineering Manager. People leadership: You have a strong track record of managing and developing engineering teams. You care about the people, not just the output. You know how to give feedback, build trust, and create the conditions for engineers to do their best work. Startup experience: You’ve worked in early-stage or high-growth environments before. You know how to move fast with limited resources, and you’re comfortable with ambiguity. You don’t need perfect information to make good decisions. Ownership mindset: You operate with a high degree of autonomy. You don’t wait to be told what to do. You identify the problems, build the plan, and drive the outcome. Culture fit: You communicate clearly and directly. You care more about team success than personal credit. You disagree when it matters and commit once decisions are made. You genuinely care about building something meaningful. Our five squads Platform: DevOps, performance, and infrastructure. The foundation everything else runs on. Supply: Integrations with clinical services, diagnostics, bookings, and external APIs, distributed systems, reliability at the edges. Clinical Operations: Backend workflows for doctors and ops teams. Complex domain modelling and deep collaboration with clinicians. Patient App: Consumer-facing iOS, Android, and web. Real-time health data, pixel-perfect UI, making complex clinical information feel simple. Core Services: Payments, notifications, events, and the shared infrastructure other squads build on. Why it's great to work at Everlabs: Do work that matters: We’re building the future of preventive health. Use your skills to prevent disease, improve access to personalised care, and reduce pressure on the health system. High-growth environment: 23x revenue growth since our Seed round. We’ve found strong PMF early, and people who thrive on pace and opportunity will love this stage. Work-life flexibility: Hybrid working with 2–3 days in the office, plus flexibility to manage life beyond the 9 to 5 when it matters. Experience Everlab as a customer: Full access to the Everlab health program, provided after successfully passing probation. Share in our success: Employee Share Option Plan included as part of your total remuneration. We grow together. People you’ll love working with: A welcoming, mission-driven team of smart, thoughtful people doing meaningful work.