# Head of Engineering at Develop Health

- Company: Develop Health
- What the company does: Automate prior authorization and predict medication coverage, cost, and requirements at the point of prescription. 5x throughput, more approvals. Backed by South Park Commons.
- Company website: https://develophealth.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-11-09
- Apply by: 2026-12-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/develop-health/8f2a0815-a0df-481c-87b5-8365486fb57e?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/develop-health-head-of-engineering/

## About the role

As Head of Engineering , you will lead the teams building the technology and workflows that enable us to solve the prior authorization bottleneck challenging prescribers, pharmacies, and pharma - and most importantly, the patients who need medication. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you will run day-to-day engineering execution, grow and develop engineers and tech leads, and stay close enough to the code to make the hard architectural calls. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years managing engineers and 2+ years growing managers or tech leads
- Hands-on experience shipping enterprise-grade systems in an AI-native way
- Demonstrated experience hiring and scaling engineering teams at a high-growth company
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent engineering with customers and fellow leaders alike

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/develop-health-head-of-engineering/
