Head of Engineering - Platform & Data

👋 Who are we?

Nordhealth (OB:NORDH) is the leading provider of cloud-based Practice Information Management Software (PIMS) to veterinary and therapy professionals.

Over the last three years, we have grown our Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and team size by almost 10x. Today, more than 30,000 therapy and veterinary professionals use our software everyday to help treat over 20 million patients annually across 35+ countries. It’s been an exciting growth journey so far and we are just getting started. Our mission is to enable healthcare professionals to deliver better patient care through software, with a goal to help serve over 200 million patients by 2030. In support of this growth mission, in May 2021, Nordhealth raised €120M through a public-listing on Euronext Growth Oslo stock exchange.

Nordhealth is a remote-first company, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Our 430+ employees work either remotely or from offices/collaboration hubs. While our market presence is currently strongest in the Nordics, our customer base is rapidly growing in North America and Europe, with clients in the US, UK, Spain and many others. For more information, visit our company’s website at www.nordhealth.com

About the role

We are here to create great healthcare products. That’s at our very core, but it’s the people who make companies great, not the other way around. We spend more time with our co-workers than anyone else in our lives. Being part of an exceptional team is not only important for your personal mindfulness but key for your professional progression.

We’re now looking for a Head of Engineering to own everything related to Platform & Data, supporting the next level of our Growth! Reporting directly to the BU CEO, your main goal is to coach the team, execute fast, set up the foundations and connect technology decisions to business outcomes. We need a hands-on leader and not a pure people's manager.

The profile we need

The ideal candidate has grown from software engineer to platform leader — through tech lead and engineering management — and brings experience from either a highly scalable environment or a regulated industry, ideally both. They have shipped platform work at pace, managed competing priorities without losing delivery discipline, and made architectural decisions they are still proud of years later.

They are hands-on enough to earn the respect of their team from day one, business-aware enough to translate infrastructure decisions into commercial impact, and mature enough to operate without close supervision. In a 125-person healthcare company pursuing MDR compliance and rapid product expansion, they need to understand what it means to move fast and stay compliant at the same time. A background that spans engineering depth, delivery ownership, and people leadership is the combination we are looking for.

What This Person Owns

This role owns the technical foundations that block growth or accumulate risk — security and compliance, quality management, billing, APIs and integrations, and monitoring — while consolidating fragmented infrastructure onto a unified cloud foundation and improving developer experience. It also owns the highest-risk areas: production data and migration tooling, cost engineering with 360-degree spend visibility, and mobile readiness. Longer term, it plans for a modular platform architecture and a mature data platform, while keeping legacy modernization and scalability proactively on the radar.

Architectural Rigour & Delivery Discipline

First, building systems that are designed from the start to handle the pace of our product growth — making architectural decisions that buy us headroom rather than accumulating technical debt. Second, driving platform delivery with — clear milestones, transparent prioritization against product needs, and accountability for outcomes. Platform work must be sequenced in close alignment with product development, not in isolation from it.

People Leadership

The right person is a multiplier — someone who raises the performance of everyone around them. They set a high performance bar, give direct and timely feedback, and build a team culture where engineers grow fast and stay. They make others shine: delegating meaningfully and creating the conditions for their team to do their best work.

Attracting top talent is part of the mandate. This person should be the kind of leader strong engineers want to work for — building the team over time through their network and reputation, not just through job postings. Internally, they operate as a genuine peer to existing product and tech leaders — no translation required. They bring the kind of presence and credibility that makes cross-functional collaboration natural.

What’s in it for you?

At Nordhealth, we do things a little bit differently. We value continuous improvement, diverse teams and autonomy which drive our collaboration. Our global healthcare domain is rapidly developing and we are seeking colleagues who enjoy working in this type of environment. 🌎

In addition, we offer:

• The chance to work in a meaningful industry and in a fast-growing, global company on a path to changing digital healthcare

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Learning and professional growth opportunities

• The tools you need, and enjoy using

• Frequent company events and talented colleagues from around the world

If you enjoy working in a fast-growing and international environment with the possibility to make an impact, this might be the perfect job for you. Apply now! We'll fill the position as soon as we find the right person. 

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