Vp of Engineering

What we do

The Merantix Venture Studio guides daring talents to build category-leading Artificial Intelligence ventures - from ideation over incubation to scaling We have crafted leading ventures across all industries, from BioTech, HealthTech, Business Intelligence, Sustainability, and more. Our team consists of over 120+ entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers from a diverse set of backgrounds and the world’s leading companies and universities, and we are backed by global investors such as Softbank, Trusted Insight, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Central to our purpose is the belief that to transfer groundbreaking research to stand-out ventures we need to work collaboratively. Therefore, we have not only cultivated a global network of partners but also built a physical home for the AI community in Germany with our AI Campus Berlin where we work and exchange with other bold minds.

Fertility rates in both men and women are significantly decreasing across developed countries. Today, approx. 1 out of 6 couples face infertility issues. Not only are we deciding to become parents later and later, it's also lifestyle and environmental factors negatively impacting our reproductive abilities. At the same time, success rates of assisted reproductive techniques (e.g. IVF) have stayed frustratingly low over the past 20 years.
Addressing this issue, we are building a venture that introduces AI-based medical decision support tools alongside a holistic health approach to the fertility treatment process. Ultimately, we will be able to improve the success rates of applied techniques and enable the creation of a new generation of fertility clinics.

We are on a mission to redefine how reproductive care is delivered to patients. By combining AI-enabled technology with a human-touch, we elevate the patient experience, establish a new standard in quality of care, and create accessibility.

Your role

You will join a high-growth startup that is well-funded by Merantix. As a VP of Engineering, you are responsible for the development and implementation of our AI-driven technological infrastructure for a new generation of reproductive care clinics. This includes developing the technological architecture, overseeing the engineering team, and managing budgets and resources. The VP of Engineering will work closely with the Chief Medical Innovation Officer, ensuring the highest quality of care for patients enabled through the use of cutting-edge technology.
This role is a hybrid role which includes remote work and in-person collaboration in our headquarters in Berlin.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Starting from a product vision, work together with the medical engineering team on the product description
- Lead the development and implementation of the technical product
- Oversee the design of the high-level technical solution
- Hire, lead, and mentor your team of engineers and technical professionals
- Manage budgets and resources for the engineering department
- Work together as part of the company’s senior management team on strategic and product-related topics

**Profile**:

- Master’s degree (or higher) in computer science, software engineering or a related technical field
- 5+ years of relevant work experience in the following domains:

- Information Systems (large-scale databases and data warehouses),
- Cloud technologies
- Data Mining and Statistics, Machine Learning methods and tools
- Several years of experience in leading a full-stack engineering team
- Experience in software product dev in healthcare
- Experience delivering user-centred products
- Fluency in English

**Preferable**:

- PhD in Computer Science
- Experience with software quality standards for health products
- Basic understanding of UX research

What we offer
- Competitive salary package
- Virtual Stock Option Package
- Career development opportunities for C-suite (CTO)
- Berlin-based / hybrid work
- International and dynamic team
- Learning and Development: We provide an annual learning and development budget for attending conferences or purchasing educational resources to further develop our employees’ skills. We also hold weekly and monthly events around AI innovation and implementation
- Engaging Topics and Excellence: Merantix offers unique insights into applied machine learning research and development, working with a group of highly talented engineers and entrepreneurs
- Brand new office space at the AI Campus Berlin where we closely collaborate with other high-growth AI ventures
- Team dinners and yearly offsite getaways
- Your chance to disrupt an industry with technology