Engineering Team Lead

Join a mission-driven health-tech startup transforming communication for patients who can't speak.

About EyeControl

EyeControl is a health-tech company on a mission to improve outcomes and protect cognitive health in critical care. Our adaptive communication platform helps ICU patients regain a voice, keeps families connected, and enables medical teams to deliver evidence-based, compassionate care — from sedation through recovery.

About the Role

We're looking for an Engineering Team Lead to own and drive our R&D efforts.

This is a hands-on leadership role - you'll write code, shape architecture, lead a small team, and be a key decision-maker as we evolve our platform. This role is ideal for someone who is equally comfortable writing a database migration and running a sprint planning session, and who sees AI development tools as a force multiplier for a small, fast-moving team.

What You'll Do

• Lead and execute our R&D efforts across the full stack
• Hands-on in development (majority coding role)
• Build and evolve our platform using React, Next.js, Supabase (PostgreSQL), and Node.js
• Drive AI-assisted development workflows - leverage AI coding tools and best practices to accelerate delivery and raise engineering quality across the team
• Design and integrate AI-based product features where they create real value
• Work closely with Product and leadership on roadmap and priorities
• Take part in cross-functional decisions beyond strict R&D scope - startup reality
• Collaborate with US partners and customers - including occasional evening meetings

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of strong Full Stack experience in SaaS products
• 3+ years of proven experience with React + Next.js
• Backend experience (Node.js or similar)
• Solid database experience - both relational (PostgreSQL preferred) and NoSQL (MongoDB or similar); familiarity with Supabase is a plus
• Hands-on, practical use of AI coding and development tools - integrated into your daily workflow, not just experimentation
• Experience building or integrating AI-based capabilities into products
• 2+ years of experience leading projects or small teams (formal or informal)
• Self-driven, ownership mentality, high accountability
• Startup attitude - flexible, pragmatic, solution-oriented, a can-do attitude
• Motivated to grow into broader R&D leadership