Head of Engineering
Trial Library, Inc.About the role
Your Responsibilities:
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Lead and scale Trial Library's Engineering organization, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
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Partner with Product to translate business and customer needs into scalable technical solutions.
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Own software architecture, engineering execution, platform reliability, and technical delivery.
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Lead application engineering, AI engineering, infrastructure, DevSecOps, IT, and platform operations.
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Design and build cloud-native systems supporting AI-powered products, including LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, model evaluation, and production inference services.
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Drive engineering excellence through modern software development practices, CI/CD, testing, observability, and operational excellence.
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Build resilient, scalable infrastructure capable of supporting rapid product growth and evolving AI workloads.
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Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams while creating an environment of continuous learning.
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Partner cross-functionally with Clinical, Customer Success, Commercial, and Operations to deliver reliable customer experiences.
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Ensure platform security, privacy, and compliance with HIPAA and SOC 2 requirements.
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Balance engineering velocity with scalability, reliability, maintainability, and long-term technical health.
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Stay current on emerging AI technologies and engineering best practices to continuously improve our platform.
Your Requirements:
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8+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including engineering leadership in startup or high-growth environments.
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Experience leading engineering teams responsible for building and scaling SaaS platforms.
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Strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, APIs, and modern software engineering practices.
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Experience building and operating production AI systems using large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, machine learning infrastructure, or related technologies.
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Experience designing scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure, including Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and observability.
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Demonstrated success recruiting, mentoring, and growing high-performing engineering teams.
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Ability to balance rapid product delivery with platform reliability, security, and long-term maintainability.
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Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across departments
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Experience within healthcare, life sciences, clinical research, or another regulated industry is preferred.
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Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, HIPAA, and SOC 2 is a plus.
Why Trial Library
- Meaningful impact — helping patients access clinical trials faster through better technology and workflows
- High ownership environment — autonomy to build, test, and influence strategy across the business
- Collaborative team culture — low ego, high trust, and close partnership across functions
- Opportunity for growth — join at an early stage with meaningful exposure to company-building and decision-making
Our Core Values
- Ally is our favorite moniker
- The broadest reach is worth the effort
- Celebrate measurable improvements in access and outcomes
- Fearless advocates for representation in research
- Incentives matter to stakeholders choosing our products
- Taking initiative is actually giving
- We are accountable for the experience of patients and providers
- Empathy and humility are the real dynamic duo
Our Benefits & Perks
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