AI Tech Lead

At Atrix, our journey began with a simple belief:
Breakthrough medicines and technologies change lives, and the people making them deserve better tools.

We often celebrate the final moment: a patient receiving a life-saving therapy or a groundbreaking treatment becoming standard of care.
But behind that moment is a complex, coordinated effort that begins years earlier.

Pharmaceutical and med device companies shoulder this responsibility every day:

• Advancing science from lab to clinic

• Navigating regulatory and access barriers

• Ensuring safe, evidence-based adoption in the real world

They’re not just bringing products to market; they’re shaping the future of care.

Yet these organizations are often held back by outdated workflows and siloed data, unable to fully harness the knowledge that already exists across their teams.

Atrix was built to change that.
We exist to support the mission of those who dedicate their lives to creating and delivering innovations that impact global health.

The Role Description

We’re looking for a Tech Lead who’s excited to architect, build, and scale the systems that power Atrix’s Agentic platform to enable Life Science teams to streamline their workflows and drive impact on patient and clinician outcomes.

As Tech Lead, you’ll be the hands-on technical owner across the stack — designing, implementing, and delivering critical product features that shape our AI-native platform. You’ll collaborate closely with the founding team to make architectural decisions, maintain high standards for code quality and reliability, and ensure the product evolves with both speed and technical integrity.

This role is perfect for someone who thrives in early-stage environments, enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, and leads through code and design rather than hierarchy. You’ll help establish the foundation for a world-class engineering culture — one that prizes ownership, technical excellence, and impact.

Responsibilities

Lead Technical Execution

• Design and implement core systems end-to-end across backend, frontend, and infrastructure.

• Translate product and business goals into clear technical plans and milestones.

• Contribute directly to the codebase and model engineering excellence through reviews, mentorship, and high-quality contributions.

• Drive velocity and unblock development by removing technical barriers, not adding process.

Shape Architecture & System Design

• Own early architectural decisions that will define the foundation of Atrix’s platform.

• Ensure scalability, security, and maintainability are built into the system from the start.

• Partner with product and design to make thoughtful trade-offs between speed and long-term robustness.

Establish Engineering Best Practices

• Introduce lightweight but effective processes for planning, QA, testing, and incident response.

• Build visibility and accountability into engineering delivery without unnecessary overhead.

• Contribute to SOC 2 compliance and security frameworks alongside internal stakeholders.
  

Collaborate Cross-Functionally

• Work directly with product, business, and operations to align technical execution with strategic goals.

• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and contextually to non-technical audiences.

• Play a key role in shaping roadmap priorities through technical insight and feasibility assessment.
  

Champion Technical Quality

• Uphold a high bar for performance, reliability, and user experience.

• Implement logging, monitoring, and observability to ensure system health and resilience.

Balance new feature development with ongoing architectural improvements and automation.

Must haves

This role requires in-person for first 6 months, and flex hybrid after.

• 5-7+ Years of Industry Experience: Proven track record as a senior, staff, or principal engineer with deep technical contributions across complex systems and production environments.

• Early-Stage Startup Experience (Seed–Series A): Has operated in 0→1 or 1→10 startup environments and understands the constraints, ambiguity, and velocity of building in early-stage companies.

• Exposure to High-Execution Cultures and can bring a strong executional rigor to startup chaos.

• Technical Breadth Across Stack: Proficiency in Python, TypeScript/React, and strong command of SQL/Postgres is required — can lead technical conversations across backend, frontend, and data.

• System Design & Code Quality Ownership: Demonstrated ability to architect systems that scale, uphold best practices, and instill a culture of engineering excellence from day one.

Nice to Haves

• Exposure to LLM-based architectures, including LangGraph, RAG, vector databases, and agent frameworks.

• Interest in healthcare, life sciences, or other human-centered domains.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, or containerized deployment workflows.

• Experience working in environments that prioritize compliance and reliability (SOC 2, HIPAA, or similar).

Why Atrix as a Head of Engineering?

• Bridge engineering and business impact: Work directly with the CEO to ensure technical decisions drive measurable outcomes for top pharma and med device companies.

• Early eng. team build opportunity: Own the architecture, participate in team hiring, and process design from the ground up; this is a true 0-to-1 tech lead role.

• Real-world mission: Help accelerate how life-saving therapies reach patients by enabling medical teams to turn complex data into action.

• Move fast, build right: Join a proven product and lean team at the perfect inflection point; where speed, quality, and scale all matter.

• Own the future of the org: Shape the culture, standards, and long-term trajectory of Atrix’s engineering function.

What we offer

🚀 Fast-paced startup environment – Move fast, make an impact
🎯 End-to-end ownership – Drive execution, shape the future
📈 Career growth – Scale with us, grow your expertise
💪 Health & wellness support – Stipend + health insurance coverage
🌴 Unlimited PTO – Recharge when you need to