Founding CTO (New Healthcare Startup)

About Us

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.

About MyPattern

MyPattern is a women's health intelligence platform that delivers personalized, longitudinal care across every life stage. We're building what the healthcare system has failed to provide: a comprehensive view of women's health that connects the dots between symptoms, lab results, lifestyle factors, and the hormonal shifts that influence everything from mood and energy to fertility and cognition.

The problem we're solving is systemic. Women's health concerns are routinely dismissed, fragmented across specialists, or reduced to one-size-fits-all solutions. The average woman with a complex health issue sees multiple doctors over years before getting answers—if she gets them at all. The healthcare system wasn't designed for the interconnected, evolving nature of women's bodies.

We integrate symptom tracking, lab testing, wearable data, and medical history into one AI-powered intelligence system that helps women see patterns their doctors miss, prepare for life stage transitions, optimize treatments, and advocate for themselves with data that can't be dismissed.

Our primary users are women navigating perimenopause, fertility challenges, postpartum recovery, and conditions like PCOS and autoimmune disorders—women who have been told "it's just stress" or "your labs are normal" without proper investigation. We're giving them the tools to take control of their health.

The Role

MyPattern's beta is live. Real users are in the product. Now we need the hands-on engineering leader who will take it from here.

As Founding CTO, you'll partner directly with our founder to scale and deepen the platform that's already in users' hands. This is a high-impact, founder-level role — you're not starting from zero, but you're shaping everything that comes next. You'll inherit and evolve a live codebase, accelerate feature development, and harden the infrastructure as we grow from beta into our full product launch.

Expect to wear many hats, move fast, and have significant influence over our product, team, and company as we scale. The technical decisions you make now will define MyPattern for years.

What You'll Do

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.

Who You Are  

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 u nderstanding 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.  

Bonus Points  

Experience building consumer health or clinical products  

Familiarity with lab data standards (LOINC codes) and medical terminology  

Experience with wearable device integrations (Oura, Apple HealthKit, Whoop, Garmin)  

Background in building conversational AI or chatbot experiences  

Experience with mobile development (React Native, Flutter) or mobile-first web apps  

Previous  founding engineer or technical co-founder experience

Salary Range :   $200,000-300,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience, skills, and other factors.

#LI-RCP Our Red Cell Partners Benefits:

For full-time roles

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 .  

We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer: You’ll receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

Applicant Data Disclosure    

By submitting an application, you acknowledge that Red Cell Partners, LLC ("Red Cell") uses third-party service providers to facilitate its recruitment and hiring processes. These providers include applicant tracking systems, candidate verification platforms, and fraud detection tools (collectively, "Hiring Platforms"). Your application materials, including your résumé, cover letter, work samples, responses to application questions, and any other information you submit, may be transmitted to and processed by these Hiring Platforms for the following purposes:    

Managing and administering your application throughout the hiring process;  

Verifying the accuracy and authenticity of application materials, including by cross-referencing information you provide against publicly available sources and proprietary databases;  

Identifying indicators of potentially fraudulent, fabricated, or materially misleading application content, including but not limited to discrepancies between submitted materials and publicly available professional profiles, geographic anomalies, and fabricated work histories.  

Applications that are flagged through this process as containing indicators of fraud or material misrepresentation may be declined from further consideration. If you have questions about the status of your application or the evaluation process, please contact  talent @redcellpartners.com .   

Red Cell requires its Hiring Platform providers to process your information solely for the purposes described above and in accordance with applicable law. Your information will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill these purposes and any applicable legal obligations, after which it will be deleted in accordance with Red Cell's data retention policies.

For more information about how your data is used, please refer to our Privacy Policy and Applicant Privacy Notice .