Founding CTO – New Healthcare Startup

Red Cell Partners

Founding CTO at Red Cell Partners, overseeing MyPattern's health platform development and scaling efforts. Lead engineering initiatives to enhance user experience and expand product capabilities.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $200,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take Ownership of a Live Product
Inherit a working beta with real users and make it better — faster, more reliable, and more capable. You'll assess the existing architecture, close gaps, and build on a foundation that's already delivering value.
Architect the Health Intelligence Engine
Evolve and deepen the backend infrastructure, APIs, and data models that power personalized health insights. Design systems that synthesize lab results, wearable data, symptoms, and medical history into actionable intelligence at scale.
Develop and Extend Data Integration Pipelines
Build on and expand robust ETL pipelines ingesting data from diverse sources: lab providers (Quest, LabCorp), wearables (Oura, Apple Health, Whoop, Garmin), medical records, and user-entered data. Ensure data integrity, security, and HIPAA compliance.
Build AI-Powered Features
Implement and refine the conversational AI health check-ins, treatment recommendation engine, and predictive models that surface insights and guide users through their health journey. Work with Claude and other AI tools to accelerate development.
Own Security and Compliance
Build with HIPAA compliance as a first-class concern. Implement and maintain encryption, access controls, audit logging, and security best practices for handling sensitive health data.
Leverage AI-Native Development Tools
Use Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI-assisted development tools to accelerate building. Embrace vibe coding and rapid prototyping to move quickly from concept to working product.
Technical Leadership
As we scale, mentor and guide additional engineers. Help establish engineering culture, practices, and standards. This role has a clear path to engineering leadership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of building and shipping complex products. You've worked across the stack and can own technical decisions end-to-end.
Strong backend and infrastructure expertise. Deep experience with system architecture, APIs, databases, and building scalable, reliable systems. Comfortable with Python, Node.js, or similar.
Experience with health data and integrations. You've worked with lab data, EHR systems, wearable APIs, or healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR). You understand the complexity of health data.
Data pipeline and ETL experience. You've built pipelines that ingest, transform, and normalize data from multiple sources. Experience with healthcare data integration is a strong plus.
Cloud infrastructure proficiency. Hands-on experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure. You can architect and deploy secure, compliant infrastructure.
AI/ML implementation experience. You've built products that leverage AI—whether recommendation systems, NLP, conversational AI, or predictive models. Experience with LLMs and prompt engineering is valuable.
Security and compliance mindset. You understand HIPAA requirements and can build systems that protect sensitive health data from the start.
Comfortable with AI-native development workflows. You use Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub, or similar tools to accelerate your work.
Preference on experience with Python and Typescript. Experience with Cloud platforms like AWS, JCP, etc.
Experience in healthcare technology and an understanding of technology health data privacy regulations (HIPAA, state telemedicine laws).
Startup mentality. You've thrived in early-stage environments where you wear many hats, move fast, and take ownership. You're energized by ambiguity and building from zero to one.
Passion for the mission. You care about building technology that improves women's health outcomes. You're motivated by the impact this product can have on real people's lives.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Career track opportunity with potential for rapid advancement with strong performance as the firm grows
100% employer paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
Opportunities for professional development and continued learning.
Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
Mental health benefits are available through Tara Mind.
Cost effective GLP-1 solutions available through Crux.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonNode.jsETL PipelinesSystem ArchitectureAPIsDatabasesAI/MLHealthcare Interoperability StandardsCloud PlatformsTypescript

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoringStartup MentalityOwnershipAdaptability