Hamburg, Germany · On-site
Head of Engineering Company Overview Mindpeak is a Hamburg-based AI company applying state-of-the-art deep learning to computational pathology, with a clear mission: enabling more effective, personalized cancer treatment…
Skills: Engineering Leadership, People Management, Coaching, Mentoring, Stakeholder Management
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Lead and develop the engineering organization to improve delivery predictability, quality, and accountability. Collaborate with Product, ML, and Clinical teams to align engineering decisions with business and customer needs.
Requires extensive experience leading software engineering teams with a strong track record of building high-performing organizations. Must possess a software engineering background with strong coaching and stakeholder management skills.
Mindpeak is a Hamburg-based AI company applying state-of-the-art deep learning to computational pathology, with a clear mission: enabling more effective, personalized cancer treatment.
We work at the intersection of AI, medicine, and drug development-building regulatory-grade solutions that help pharma, biotech, and clinical partners discover, validate, and translate meaningful biomarkers into real-world impact.
Our technology analyzes H&E, IHC, and multiplex tissue data to support drug development, patient stratification, and clinical trials. What makes this work especially rewarding: our AI is already deployed in routine diagnostics in more than 25 countries, meaning the tools we build are used by clinicians and patients every day.
At Mindpeak, we believe that reliable, clinically applicable AI can change how cancer is treated. If you want to work on challenging problems, collaborate across disciplines, and see your work make a real difference in patient care, you’ll feel at home here.
You will lead and develop our Engineering organization, helping teams operate with greater clarity, accountability, and effectiveness.
Your mission is to ensure our software engineering runs reliably today while building the foundation for future growth. You will help the team deliver predictably, raise quality and ownership, and connect software engineering decisions closely to customer and business needs. You will shape the evolution of our AI-assisted software development lifecycle, driving Engineering to embrace and adopt new ways of building software while ensuring high quality, robustness and reliability, and at substantially increased speed.
You will work closely with Product, Machine Learning, Clinical and QA/Regulatory teams.
Lead, coach, and develop engineers
Establish a culture of accountability, trust, and continuous improvement
Architect a high-performing team; attract, hire, and retain exceptional talent
Establish clear ownership, responsibilities, and improved ways of working
Improve planning, prioritization, and execution
Help teams focus on the highest-impact work
Apply AI-assistance in all steps of the Software-Development-Lifecycle
Increase predictability and transparency of delivery
Ensure issues and risks are surfaced early, communicated clearly and openly to relevant stakeholders
Create an environment where teams consistently deliver high-quality outcomes
Provide coaching, feedback, and career development
Support individual growth and leadership development
Raise the overall capability of the engineering organization, esp. AI-assisted software development
Improve alignment between Engineering, Product, Clinical, Regulatory, and Commercial teams
Remove organizational friction and close communication gaps
Share global context to ensure engineering stays closely connected to customer and business needs
Challenge Product building the RIGHT THING, and Engineering building it the RIGHT WAY
Engineering teams operate with clear ownership and accountability
Delivery is more predictable and transparent
Productivity has increased using AI-assistance while ensuring high quality and full human code accountability
The organization has successfully grown through strong hires
Team engagement and retention remain high
Collaboration across functions is significantly stronger
Engineers spend less time firefighting and more time creating value for customers (<30% unplannable work)
Engineering decisions are strongly connected to customer and business impact.
The team has developed a stronger ownership mindset across functions.
5-10 years of experience leading and developing software engineering teams
Strong coaching, mentoring, and people management skills
A proven track record of building high-performing teams
Experience improving execution, delivery, and organizational effectiveness
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
A software engineering background with sufficient technical credibility to work effectively with senior engineers
A pragmatic, hands-on approach and a strong sense of ownership
A strong ownership mindset and willingness to take responsibility beyond the boundaries of Engineering.
Curiosity to explore the impact of AI-assistance on software development and the will to reshape the tech industry, including your own role.
You are an engineering leader who enjoys and excels building high-performing teams, developing people, and creating clarity in complex and uncertain environments.
You care deeply about helping others succeed and building an organization where talented engineers can do their best work.
The opportunity to build AI systems that power both clinical cancer diagnostics and data-driven drug development.
An open, creative work environment with flat hierarchies and quick decision-making.
Be part of an excellent leadership team that invests in continuous development through regular workshops, peer exchange, and coaching
Diverse, engaging projects that help you deepen both your technical and domain expertise.
A centrally located Hamburg office with a beautiful view over the harbor.
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Note: Direct applicants only. We do not work with recruiting agencies for this position.
Mindpeak's mission is to enable personalised cancer treatment through AI tissue diagnostics Our partners are leading pathology and university labs. Our team consists of world-class industry experts in machine learning and company building. Mindpeak's Impact The demand for medical image analysis is growing rapidly but the number of cancer experts remains the same - this results in growing workloads per specialist. We help cancer experts meet this challenge. We build automation tools for visual diagnosis using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and deep learning. Our tools assist cancer experts in providing reliable and reproducible diagnoses. This frees specialists from tedious, repetitive tasks such as quantification of cells or biomarkers and allows them to focus on tasks where their human expertise is indispensable. If you want to get in touch with us send us an E-Mail via [email protected].
Offices: Zirkusweg 2, Hamburg, 20359, DE
Mindpeak's mission is to enable personalised cancer treatment through AI tissue diagnostics Our partners are leading pathology and university labs. Our team consists of world-class industry experts in machine learning and company building. Mindpeak's Impact The demand for medical image analysis is growing rapidly but the number of cancer experts remains the same - this results in growing workloads per specialist. We help cancer experts meet this challenge. We build automation tools for visual diagnosis using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and deep learning. Our tools assist cancer experts in providing reliable and reproducible diagnoses. This frees specialists from tedious, repetitive tasks such as quantification of cells or biomarkers and allows them to focus on tasks where their human expertise is indispensable. If you want to get in touch with us send us an E-Mail via [email protected].
Offices: Zirkusweg 2, Hamburg, 20359, DE
