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Head of Engineering

2 weeks, 6 days ago
Australia
Full-time
Executive
Head of Engineering
Software Development
AWS GraphQL Laravel Next.js PHP PostgreSQL React Serverless
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Eugene

Eugene

Eugene is a Melbourne-based digital healthcare company providing at-home genetic tests and counseling for reproductive and preventive health. Doctor-recommended tests with free shipping and genetic counseling included.

Health Care Providers & Services
11-50
Founded 2017
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Description

  • Own the technical direction and architecture of the product end-to-end, from infrastructure and data models through to the frontend experience.
  • Design, review, and ship production-quality code alongside the engineering team (hands-on ~60–70% initially).
  • Lead AI product delivery, scoping and building LLM-based functionality such as RAG pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and agent workflows.
  • Translate business goals into a technical roadmap and incremental delivery plans, making tradeoffs and sequencing work with the founders.
  • Maintain security, infrastructure, and compliance obligations (SOC2) and sign off on releases, including responsibility for AWS environment, CI/CD pipelines, and identity infrastructure (e.g., Google SSO).
  • Coach, unblock, and raise the bar for a small engineering team; set standards for code quality, review practices, and delivery cadence.
  • Drive hiring, team structure, and ways of working as the engineering organisation scales.
  • Debug production issues, ensure infrastructure reliability, and be accountable for operational delivery and system stability.

Requirements

  • Proven experience building and shipping software with responsibility for system-wide technical decisions (staff engineer/tech lead/CTO-level judgement).
  • Comfort reasoning across the full stack and with modern MVC frameworks; ability to make pragmatic technology decisions without needing prior experience with every specific tool.
  • Hands-on experience shipping AI-powered features in production and familiarity with LLM toolchains, RAG, evaluation frameworks, or agent workflows.
  • Active use of AI-assisted development workflows and expectations that the team will adopt them as throughput multipliers.
  • Experience owning security, compliance, or SOC2-related responsibilities (SOC2 experience is a plus).
  • Experience working in or with regulated/clinical software environments is highly regarded.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical complexity to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Willingness and ability to work remotely anywhere within Australia or from the Richmond, Victoria office; ready to be hands-on in the codebase during the early phase.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package.
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
  • Competitive parental leave policy offering support and flexibility for new parents.
  • Yearly learning & development budget to support professional growth.
  • Monthly wellness budget to encourage self-care and well-being.
  • Remote-first work environment (ability to work anywhere in Australia or in-person at Richmond, Victoria).
  • Challenging, meaningful work that positively impacts customers' lives in a mission-driven company.

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