Role Overview
We are looking for a senior technical leader to design and build Sova's internal platform
from scratch. This is not a traditional Product Owner role. The ideal candidate combines
software engineering depth, database architecture expertise, product thinking and
leadership skills to build technology that will scale for the next 5-10 years.
What You'll Build
- Unified CRM and patient journey platform
- Clinical operations and EMR workflows
- Diagnostics data platform (microbiome, blood tests, food logs, wearable data
- AI-ready infrastructure for research, analytics and ML deployment
Key Responsibilities
- Design Sova's long-term systems and database architecture.
- Build scalable, resilient and future-proof infrastructure.
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Participate in PRD creation and technical validation.
- Build and lead the engineering team from scratch.
- Establish engineering standards and hiring plans.
- Design AI-enabled data pipelines.
- Implement security, access controls and healthcare compliance.
Required Experience
- 8-15 years in Software Engineering, Technical Architecture, Data Engineering or Platform Engineering.
- Prior roles such as Technical Lead, Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, Engineering Lead or Database Architect.
- Experience building internal platforms or operational systems from 0→1.
- Experience leading engineering teams.
- Experience working in high-growth startup environments.
Technical Skills
Database & Data Architecture:
- Relational and NoSQL databases
- Data modeling and schema design
- Query optimization
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB or equivalent
System Architecture
- Distributed systems
- API architecture
- Scalability and resilience
- Backup and disaster recovery
- AI-Native Engineering: Comfortable using AI-assisted development workflows and modern engineering tools.
Nice to Have
- HealthTech experience
- EMR experience
- AI/ML deployment experience
- Thinks in systems, not features
- Designs for 10x scale
- Delegates effectively
- Communicates complex ideas simply
- Balances long-term architecture with business priorities
Skills: database,technical architecture,software