Head of Engineering

🌍 Build Tech that Actually Saves Lives and Run Engineering at the Company Changing Healthcare Forever.Compensation: $220k-$280k+ super + equity opportunitiesLocation: Sydney CBD · Hybrid (2-3 days in office)Some companies do Friday beers, or an afternoon standup to plan next week.At Everlab, they present a case study or two focusing on the lives their tech saved instead.When you join one of Australia’s fastest-growing healthtech startups as their Head of Engineering, you'll take charge of one of the best engineering functions in the country, and enable the production of technology that literally saves real lives every single week.In time, you'll be able to say that you were an integral member of the team that changed the way humans think of healthcare and disease prevention forever.Backed by Left Lane Capital with a $15M Seed round earlier this year, customers are already receiving preventative care, and demand is exploding - with 20× growth and an oversubscribed waitlist in the tens of thousands.With that said, if you're an exceptional Eng Manager looking for a step up, or a Head of/VP after something better, they'd love for you to join them on the journey.🚀 Why this role will change your careerReporting into the Technical Co-Founder, you'll run Everlab's 15 person engineering team day to day in a non-coding, but highly technical leadership role.Engineering ownership: Lead an exceptionally talented 15-person engineering org, with ownership across both technical roadmap and architecture, as well as people performance.Impact that matters: Every system you and your team launch directly improves real human health outcomes (Everlab literally saves multiple lives every single week).Shape the future: Collaborate with founders, clinicians, and data scientists to pioneer preventive medicine at scale.Grow with the company: Join as either an Engineering Manager with support from the Tech Co-Founder, or jump straight into the HoE role and watch your responsibility scale as the company does.Join at the inflection point: Everlab is post-launch, funded, proven commercially, and ready for rapid growth. This is your opportunity to take charge and ownership of that growth.🧠 What you’ll doOwn day-to-day engineering delivery and ensure the team executes effectively across multiple workstreams.Set the technical direction and lead system design and architecture reviews.Drive code quality and engineering standards through thoughtful reviews, clear patterns, and occasional proof-of-concepts.Build and run people processes - from team rituals and 1:1s to growth plans, feedback, and accountability.Hire, onboard, and develop engineers; collaborate closely with the founders and People team on sourcing and selection.Maintain technical credibility in a TypeScript/React environment - no feature coding required, but always close enough to guide well.🧭 You might be who they’re looking for if…You’re an engineering leader who can own day-to-day delivery for a 15-person team, set technical direction, and grow into the formal Head of Engineering title as the company scales (if you’re taking a step up rather than joining at that level from the get go).You’ll bring strong architectural and system design judgment, a track record of running high-performing teams, and the ability to build clarity through lightweight process, mentorship, and technical excellence.You’ve (ideally) led engineering teams of around 5-30+ and have proven experience running delivery rituals, hiring, and coaching engineers.You’re credible in a TypeScript/React environment - not necessarily an expert, but technically comfortable enough to guide design and review code with confidence.You’ve raised code quality and delivery standards through strong reviews, structure, and example.You’ve operated at startup scale, building process that enables speed without bureaucracy.You’re comfortable resolving conflicts, setting accountability, and driving performance outcomes.You’re likely an Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, or potentially even a Staff/Principal/Team Lead with extreme hunger for the step up.You’re not looking to return to IC-heavy work, and you’re not a pure people manager without technical depth.🧬 About EverlabEverlab sits at the intersection of AI, medicine, and human longevity - a frontier where few companies operate, and even fewer execute at scale. Their platform combines advanced imaging, continuous biometrics, and machine learning to create a comprehensive picture of human health long before symptoms appear.Founded in 2023, Everlab is already trusted by thousands of Australians using its preventive health programs. Clinics are expanding nationwide, with digital systems powering a seamless experience from scan to insight to personalised health plan.Aside from extending human lifespan, they aim to extend healthspan, giving people more years of vitality, not just more years that they can’t enjoy.You will help accelerate that mission.⚖️ What this is (and isn’t)✅ A chance to own the engineering function of a mission-led company changing how healthcare works.✅ A high-autonomy leadership role where you’ll shape architecture, people, and delivery.✅ A springboard to accelerated leadership level career progression as the company continues to thrive and grow.❌ A hands on engineeringrole. You will heavily influence tech, but won’t write code day to day.❌ A people only leadership role - you’ll still have a large focus on technical decision making, architecture and roadmap.❌ A role without ambiguity. Despite their early success, Everlab are still young, and things will change over time - you’ll need to see that as a pro, not a con.💬 Down to save some lives and change healthcare forever?If you want to lead exceptional engineers, build technology that genuinely has an incredibly positive impact, and play a defining role in a company shaping the future of health, we need to have a chat.👉 Apply now or reach out to Luca@scouut.com.au for a confidential chat.