Join a high-growth scale-up as the single most senior engineer accountable for the entire function. You will lead a team of 15+ elite former founders and ICs, pioneering an agent-native 'code dark factory' to ship software 24/7. This role reports directly to the CEO to scale world-class engineering standards.
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VP of Engineering at Anima
We are looking for a world-class VP of Engineering to lead a high-intensity team where 50% of the engineers are former founders. Reporting to the CEO, you'll oversee a function serving 20% of the UK population while building an 'agent-native' code factory. With $24M+ ARR and a cash-flow positive business model, this is a rare opportunity to lead an elite engineering organization without the usual startup burn risks. If you are an exceptional former IC who has scaled high-growth teams and wants to define the future of human-AI collaboration in software, this £200k-£300k base role offers significant impact and equity.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Anima
Healthcare
Hey, I’m Shun, founder and CEO of Anima Health. I left my career as a doctor because I was tired of seeing patients die from delays and misdiagnosis. Our mission is to deliver precision medicine to anyone, anywhere, in under 24 hours. Our platform already serves millions of patients and 10xs the capacity of doctors. But the truth is, we’re just getting started. We’re building toward a superhuman, personalised medicine agent that could go well beyond humans, crunching tens of thousands of low level features at genome and transcriptome level. We’re a tight crew of builders and operations working at the cutting edge of healthcare reinforcement learning and agentic AI, and we’re looking for exceptional people to join us. If you want your skills to have the highest possible stakes, you belong at Anima. Your work here will save lives. Period.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Act as the single accountable operating leader for the global engineering function, directly reporting to the CEO and defining overall technical strategy.
- Build a high-performance hiring engine to scale the team to 25+ all-stars while maintaining an elite talent bar and reducing regrettable churn.
- Transform the engineering culture into an agent-native environment, shifting the default development motion to human-orchestrated, agent-driven execution.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record as a VP Engineering or equivalent at a startup that experienced extraordinary growth and operated with unusually high talent density.
- Former exceptional IC who still possesses the technical credibility to challenge and support elite engineers on complex architectural problems.
- Experienced manager with at least 3-5 years in leadership, possessing the 'management scar tissue' to navigate recruiting, performance management, and organizational scaling.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Lead a uniquely high-talent density team where over 50% of engineers are former founders, operating with extreme autonomy and agency.
- Influence the future of development by architecting a 'code dark factory' where humans orchestrate AI agents to deliver integrated care platform solutions.
- Exceptional compensation package with a base up to £300k and meaningful equity, in a company that is already cash-flow positive and growing rapidly.
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