Head of Engineering

Location: Canada (Winnipeg preferred, remote possible)

About Klinrisk

At Klinrisk, we’re transforming how chronic disease is predicted, diagnosed, and managed. Klinrisk is setting a new precedent in prognosis, using clinically validated AI to turn routine lab test results into actionable insights. Built on the groundbreaking research of Dr. Navdeep Tangri, a globally recognized leader in disease risk prediction, Klinrisk bridges world-class science with real-world impact. In the past year, the company has accelerated rapidly, achieving European approval (CE Mark) in partnership with Roche for the Kidney Klinrisk Algorithm, announcing a strategic collaboration with Renvio to embed predictive intelligence directly into kidney care workflows, and completing a successful fundraise to support ambitious team growth. As Klinrisk scales across healthcare systems, this is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing company at the forefront of AI-powered medicine and help shape the future of patient care.

About the Role

Klinrisk is seeking a founding Head of Engineering: a rare combination of visionary technical architect and hands-on builder who will define what this platform becomes over the next decade, starting by writing production code today. In the near term, you will productionize Klinrisk’s state-of-the-art medical algorithmic pipelines into a reliable, auditable, and scalable platform. Over time, you will architect the systems, processes, and team that allow Klinrisk to operate at the pace and rigor that regulated healthcare environments demand.

This hands-on role will work closely with the company founders, data scientists, and domain experts and will report directly to the CEO. The successful candidate will write production code, make architectural decisions, lay the foundations for the future engineering team, and personally own delivery from day one. This is a critical early leadership position at Klinrisk. The Head of Engineering will play a defining role in shaping the platform, engineering culture, and delivery practices for years to come.

The right candidate has done this before in some form: taken a research-heavy or analytically complex product and made it production-grade, in an environment where quality and compliance were nonnegotiable. They are as comfortable in a pull request as they are in a product strategy conversation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build the initial production version of the Klinrisk platform

  • Productionize analytical and research workflows into robust, reproducible systems

  • Make pragmatic architectural decisions balancing speed, quality, and regulatory risk

  • Design and operate integrations with external systems (labs, vendor APIs)

  • Design and maintain production infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code

  • Build secure, multi-tenant systems with appropriate access controls and data segregation

  • Serve as the primary technical leader and decision-maker

  • Collaborate closely with the data-science team to ensure accuracy and reliability of results

  • Communicate timelines, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to non-technical peers and stakeholders

  • Establish engineering standards, documentation practices and delivery processes

  • Hire, onboard and mentor engineers as the team grows; actively shape the engineering team culture and identity

  • Define the early engineering culture and working practices including regulatory readiness

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience

  • Experience as a senior or lead engineer owning production systems

  • Demonstrated experience productionizing analytical or research-driven workflows

  • Experience designing systems in regulated or risk-sensitive environments

  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and modern deployment practices

  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code

  • Proven ability to operate independently and own outcomes end-to-end

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with or supporting data science teams, translating research outputs into production-grade systems

  • Direct experience in healthcare, life sciences or other regulated domains

  • Experience building multi-tenant or role-based SaaS platforms

  • Prior experience as a first or early engineering hire

  • Experience hiring and building engineering teams

Competencies

  • Strong technical judgement under ambiguity and time pressure

  • Ability to balance urgency with long-term sustainability

  • Delivers production ready systems under aggressive timelines

  • Maintains quality without over-engineering

  • Demonstrates ownership, accountability and follow-through

  • Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders

  • Builds trust through transparency and consistency

  • Willingness to design and follow appropriate, compliant processes

  • Leads by example and invests in long-term team health

Klinrisk Core Behaviors

Klinrisk seeks team members with the following traits and expects these behaviors as we build the company together:

  • Obsessed with customer success

  • Willing to own a new challenge

  • Focused on highest impact actions

Compensation & Equity

  • Salary range: $240,000 – $280,000 CAD

  • Equity: Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) participation at senior executive level

  • Benefits: Competitive benefits package

How to Apply

We recognize that the right person may not check every box. If you bring deep hands-on technical leadership and genuine comfort in regulated environments, we encourage you to apply.