# VP of Engineering at Unlearn

- Company: Unlearn
- What the company does: Discover how Unlearn uses AI to create digital twins of clinical trial participants, streamlining clinical development and enabling confident decision-making. Backed by Insight.
- Company website: https://www.unlearn.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $260K to $310K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/unlearn/86c559a3-5b7f-488f-814d-3fa5edb34998
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/unlearn-vp-of-engineering/

## About the role

Lead Unlearn's engineering function across technical disciplines, owning the quality, reliability, compliance, and security of the systems that power our work. Ensure AI tools and systems are used heavily for efficiency and impact.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in software engineering with significant experience leading engineering organizations at the Senior Director or VP level, including managing managers and senior technical leaders across multiple engineering disciplines
- A track record of strong execution in highly collaborative and cross-functional environments where engineering has delivered on timelines that mattered to the business
- Experience leading across the stack: infrastructure/DevOps, backend or platform engineering, and application/front-end development, with experience in regulated environments where compliance is a key factor on system design
- Demonstrated ability to translate company strategy into an engineering roadmap, communicate the "why" behind priorities, and hold teams accountable for delivering against commitments
- Experience partnering closely with Product, R&D, and customer-facing delivery teams, you have built internal tools and platforms that made technical teams measurably more effective
- Experience in growth-stage or early-stage companies where you built engineering processes and delivery discipline in small teams while shipping. Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or another regulated, data-intensive domain is a plus

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