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Head of Engineering

Superpower

San Francisco, CAFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 11mo agoVerified open 6 days ago

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Compensation
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Location
San Francisco, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Job overview

Superpower is hiring a Head of Engineering. Superpower is seeking an Engineering Leader to align, structure, and scale its engineering organization while remaining deeply technical. The company is building the future of preventative health, aiming to put an AI doctor in every person's pocket, and is experiencing rapid growth with a critical inflection point approaching.

Key focus areas include Translate the product roadmap into engineering execution, Drive velocity by parallelizing work and unblocking constraints, and Get into the code when it matters.

Successful candidates bring Consumer Product Experience, Built And Scaled Consumer-Facing Apps, and Startup Leadership. Important skills include Align Engineering Org, Structure Engineering Org, Scale Engineering Org, Deeply Technical, Translate Product Roadmap Into Engineering Execution, and Drive Velocity. Preferred (not required): Product Minded and Understands Product + Engineering Tradeoffs.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

Align Engineering OrgStructure Engineering OrgScale Engineering OrgDeeply TechnicalTranslate Product Roadmap Into Engineering ExecutionDrive VelocityParallelizing WorkUnblocking ConstraintsCoding BackgroundMentor EngineersGrow Engineers Into LeadersPartner With Product and DesignShip With Taste and SpeedScale Engineering CultureOwn Architecture DecisionsBalance Speed, Scalability, and ReliabilitySpec Product WorkManage VelocityRemove BottlenecksShorten Iteration CyclesAccelerate ShippingAttract World-Class EngineersLevel Up World-Class EngineersUser ObsessionReviewing CodeMaking Architecture CallsVelocity MindsetMoves at Extreme PaceUnblocks WorkAccelerates WorkProduct MindedUnderstands Product + Engineering Tradeoffs

Qualifications

Consumer Product ExperienceBuilt and Scaled Consumer-Facing AppsStartup LeadershipBeen Through 0→1 and 1→100 at High-Growth Consumer CompanyEngineering LeadershipScaled Beyond Founding Team Without Losing VelocityBased in San FranciscoEngineering Leader at High-Growth StartupTechnical Product Leader With Deep Engineering BackgroundFormer Startup CTO or Founder

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

Superpower is building the future of preventative health. We help people unlock peak performance and longevity—and we’re working to put an AI doctor in every person’s pocket.

We have product-market fit, are growing fast, and are ~12 months from $100M revenue and a $1B valuation. This is a critical inflection point—scaling beyond the founding team into a world-class engineering organization.

Our team is made up of over a dozen former venture backed founders, 5 technical Y Combinator alumni, and a Thiel Fellow – extremely high horsepower, mission-obsessed, and operating at the edge of speed and ambition.

The Role We’re looking for an Engineering Leader who can align, structure, and scale our engineering org while staying deeply technical. We’re looking to build an org that runs at the speed of physics. You’ll:

  • Translate the product roadmap into engineering execution.

  • Drive velocity by parallelizing work and unblocking constraints.

  • Get into the code when it matters.

  • Hire, mentor and grow top engineers into leaders.

  • Partner with product and design to ship with taste and speed.

What You’ll Do

  • Scale engineering culture – Build and lead an org that operates at extreme velocity.

  • Own architecture decisions – Balance speed, scalability, and reliability.

  • Spec product work – Work directly with the CTO, founders, and product leads to scope, prioritize, and ship.

  • Manage velocity – Remove bottlenecks, shorten iteration cycles, and accelerate shipping.

  • Grow the team – Attract and level up world-class engineers who thrive in this environment.

What We’re Looking For

  • Consumer product experience – Built and scaled consumer-facing apps with taste and user obsession.

  • Startup leadership – Been through 0→1 and 1→100 at a high-growth consumer company.

  • Engineering leadership – Scaled beyond the founding team without losing velocity.

  • Technical depth – Strong coding background, comfortable reviewing and making architecture calls.

  • Velocity mindset – Moves at an extreme pace, unblocks, parallelizes, and accelerates work.

  • Based in San Francisco – Thrives in a fast-moving, in-person culture.

Archetypes We Like

  • Engineering leader at a high-growth startup.

  • Technical product leader with deep engineering background.

  • Deeply product minded who understands product + engineering tradeoffs.

  • Former startup CTO or founder.

Compensation

  • Top percentile salary .

  • Top percentile equity ownership – this is one of the most important hires to unlock speed at Superpower.

About Superpower Superpower is a new health system on a mission to extend and enhance human life.

We started with lab testing, then data aggregation / digital twin, then an AI doctor, and now peptides.

Over the past 6 months, we have grown 10x whilst halving CAC. Now we are gearing up for hyper growth.

You can find more about us below:

  • superpower.com/series-a

  • Superpower Overview

  • Culture at Superpower

Company Philosophies

  • We are all here to genuinely do our life’s best work

  • Insanely high talent bar, never settling. A players only ( see Steve Jobs )

  • We live to work as much as we work to live. But we sustainably espouse the superpower ethos of putting health first

  • We aim to set the gold standard for team health culture on the planet — live the ethos!

Investors

  • Forerunner (Top consumer healthcare VC in the world; early board members of Hims and Oura; Kirsten, founder of Forerunner, led our Series A)

  • 8VC (leading health and bio investor)

  • Evan Moore (Founder of Doordash; Partner at Khosla Ventures)

  • Cyan Bannister (early investor into Uber and SpaceX, former partner at Founder’s Fund, regarded as one of the top angels in the world)

  • Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase CTO and angel, ex-General Partner at a16z)

  • Arielle Zuckerberg (active angel, tech leader, relatively famous brother)

  • Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss

  • Susa Ventures (tier 1 healthcare VC)

  • Bond Capital (General Partner Jay Simons ' early-stage fund within Bond)

  • Long Journey Ventures (investor in Uber, Notion, Loom, Affirm etc.)

  • Influencers

  • Shaan Puri (angel and podcast host of my first million)

  • Brooke Monke (50 million followers across socials)

  • Logan Paul

  • Steve Aoki

  • Justin Mares (founder of Truemed)

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo

  • Kylian Mbappé

We’re proud to be a global team and welcome talent from around the world. We offer visa sponsorship and can support relocation to the United States for the right candidates. Much of our team is international, and we’re committed to building a team of top-tier talent.

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