Founding Engineer

Axia Medicine is building the future of patient-driven Precision Medicine.
Patient data is the foundation of Healthcare and Drug Discovery: our health data is so important that our lives depend on it. Fragmented health data results in millions of preventable deaths every year.

We believe each individual should be able to benefit from their own health data, to make the promise of Precision Medicine - “deliver the right treatment to the right patient, at the right time” - a reality, for ALL patients.

Our mission is to connect each individual to the Precision Medicine industry, to unlock the best opportunities for care delivery and research breakthroughs, based on each person’s specific needs.

This starts with giving patients control over all their personal health data, creating the most comprehensive picture of their health. We unify fragmented clinical, genomic, and real-world data into a secure platform where individuals remain in control, and where researchers and digital health partners can access high-quality, consented datasets, with full transparency and trust.

Axia was founded by a team that has built national-scale, secure health data platforms at Amazon, DNAnexus, and Microsoft. Our first adopters include international patient communities and top pharma research groups.

Now, we’re building the founding team that will take this platform to scale.

Job Description

We are hiring a Founding Engineer to build the foundation of the Axia platform and of our Engineering organization.

You will help design the system that enables patients to unify and control their health data, to unlock its full potential. You’ll collaborate closely with domain experts to define architecture, ship the MVP, and lay the groundwork for a secure, scalable, and user-centered platform.

You’ll be joining at the earliest stage, with significant ownership over both product and engineering direction. If you’ve been looking for a role where your work can reshape an entire industry, you’ve found it.

Responsibilities

Product Development & Architecture

  • Build and launch Axia’s core data platform, lead and deliver from Day One

  • Design secure, scalable infrastructure for managing multimodal health data

  • Integrate diverse data sources, including genomics, health records, wearables, and more

  • Collaborate with product and domain experts to deliver intuitive user experiences

Startup Leadership

  • Define engineering principles and development workflow

  • Make foundational decisions about stack, tools, and team structure

  • Contribute to early hiring and culture-building

  • Collaborate on partnerships, patient UX, and product strategy

Security & Privacy

  • Implement rigorous security and privacy standards (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.)

  • Ensure that users always retain visibility and control over how their data is used

  • Enable secure data collaborations with proprietary oversight systems

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a software engineer building production systems

  • Strong backend and infrastructure skills, especially with AWS or cloud-native stacks

  • Experience with sensitive or regulated data (health, financial, or otherwise)

  • Ability to balance speed with long-term scalability and data integrity

  • Strong product intuition and user empathy

  • Bonus: familiarity with healthcare or biomedical data

  • Bonus: experience in early-stage startups or 0-to-1 platforms

The best candidates will demonstrate

  • Proven track record in building secure, scalable platforms for sensitive data

  • Lifelong learner’s attitude, paired with a “can-do” mindset

  • The Will to build the future of an industry, from day one, from the frontlines

  • Genuine drive to create value for others, colleagues and customers

Compensation & Benefits

  • Equity + competitive salary (founding-level package)

  • Remote-friendly, with preference for US or Europe time zones

  • Flexible, high-trust, high-ownership work culture

  • Global impact: direct access to patient communities, real user feedback, meaningful use cases

  • Join and build a team that combines technical excellence with deep healthcare insight

Additional Information

Axia Medicine Ltd. is incorporated in the U.S. with operations across the U.S. and Europe. We are building the patient-driven infrastructure layer that will reshape how health data is used in research and care.

If you believe patients should be at the center of Precision Medicine, we’d love to talk.