Join Soma: Head of Engineering

San Francisco | Full-time

Soma is a neurotechnology company building the world’s first software brain computer interface. Our cognitive fitness tracker (think Strava for the brain) surfaces trends and insights on mental clarity, cognitive load, stress, and more. Our mission is simple & ambitious: to make brain health accessible, measurable, and actionable.

We’re a small but world-class team backed by investors in Oura, Canva, Coinbase, SpaceX and others when they were our size and stage. We're looking for a Head of Engineering to help shape our technical roadmap and scale the team that will enable a new frontier for health and performance.

Ideal candidate

2+ years of experience shipping product that people love from 0→1
Experience scaling product-forward engineering teams that ship fast
Data and ML background, with hands-on experience in complex signal processing and data analysis
Has led cross-functional projects and can translate product vision into technical architecture
Experience building in healthcare or consumer tech
High energy, mission-driven, and energized by early-stage ambiguity

Day-to-day

Partner directly with the Founder to define and evolve Soma's technical roadmap
Make architecture decisions across the stack with a focus on data infrastructure and signal processing
Write and review code alongside the team, staying hands-on as hiring ramps up
Lead engineering hiring and help build the culture from the ground up
Work cross-functionally with product, science, and design to ship features quickly