Head of Tech

Overview

We are looking for a Head of Tech to join our leadership team and drive the next phase of our technical evolution. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role responsible for scaling our engineering team, shaping the technical vision, and ensuring execution excellence across backend, frontend, data, machine learning, QA, and DevOps.

About Vita Health

Vita Health is a dynamic startup in the health, nutrition, and fitness industry. Our innovative product has positively affected the lives of over 130,000 people in our core market, and we are now eager to expand our expertise and reach globally. Our mission is to enhance our presence not just in the B2C sector, where we began, but also in B2B by integrating into corporate welfare programs for both large enterprises and SMEs that shape our market. We strive to make individuals more conscious of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, demonstrating that dieting and exercising can seamlessly fit into their daily routines rather than being a chore. By utilising AI and algorithms, we create personalised diet and training plans tailored to user inputs during onboarding, which adapt continuously to reflect their progress. Our dedicated team of nutritionists, doctors and personal trainers is committed to guiding users throughout their journey to help them reach their goals. If you\'re passionate about transforming lives, join Vita Health!

What You’ll Do

• Define and evolve our technical strategy and architecture in line with business and product priorities.
• Lead and grow a cross-functional engineering team, including backend / frontend engineers, ML and data engineers, QA, and DevOps.
• Partner with product and design to ensure high-quality, scalable, and maintainable delivery of customer-facing features.
• Drive technical excellence and engineering best practices across the team (CI / CD, testing, code quality, reliability, observability).
• Own technical hiring, performance management, and team structure in collaboration with People and Product.
• Coach and mentor senior engineers, helping them grow into leadership roles.
• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
• Foster a strong, inclusive, and feedback-oriented engineering culture.
• Identify and lead initiatives that improve team velocity, scalability, and system resilience.
• Promote Vita Health Culture of uncompromising excellence, transparency, results for customers, collaboration and iteration.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role (e.g. Engineering Manager, Head of Engineering, or Tech Lead Manager).
• Strong background in software engineering, with experience building and scaling distributed systems, data pipelines, and production-grade applications.
• Experience leading cross-disciplinary teams, including ML, data, QA, and DevOps profiles.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to influence across functions.
• Track record of growing teams and mentoring senior individual contributors and leads.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on mindset : you can zoom out to see the big picture but are not afraid to dive into details when needed.
• Familiarity with modern development practices (agile, CI / CD, cloud-native infrastructure, automated testing).
• Passion for building teams, systems, and processes that scale.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in product-led, fast-growing environments (startup / scale-up).
• Exposure to B2C / B2B health, wellness, or education tech.
• Understanding of privacy, security, or compliance in tech-heavy domains.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation : €55,000 – €75,000 OTE depending on experience.
• True flexibility : Work from anywhere, or join us in our Milan office — your call.
• Birthday off — because no one should work on their birthday.
• Menstrual leave : Up to 12 additional days off per year, because wellbeing is more than just a buzzword.
• Continuous growth : A personalised Individual Development Plan (IDP) from day one, evolving with your goals and aspirations — plus a dedicated learning budget and weekly learning time.
• Structured career progression : We\u2019re serious about your growth — with 4 formal reviews per year and ongoing 1 : 1s, your development is never left to chance.
• Real impact : Your ideas won’t sit in a backlog — they’ll shape the future of health.
• Supportive leadership : We believe in enabling, not micromanaging.
• Join a team where purpose meets action — a unique opportunity to have a significant impact in the health sector.

Recruiting Process

We believe hiring is a two-way conversation : while we assess your fit for the role, you\'ll also get the chance to evaluate if we\'re the right place for your next career move. Here\'s what you can expect :

• Intro Call with HR : conversation to get to know each other. We\'ll walk through your background, motivations, and expectations, and give you an overview of the company, the role, and our vision.
• Technical Evaluation : technical deep-dive designed around real-world problems. You\’ll be asked to reflect on architectural trade-offs, engineering team structure, scalability challenges, and strategic decisions.
• Technical Review : session with senior engineers and product leaders where we\’ll discuss your solutions and explore how you think about technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and long-term tech vision.
• Cultural &Leadership Interview : we\’ll explore your leadership philosophy, how you manage and grow teams, how you deal with conflict and ambiguity, and how you align tech execution with company goals. We\u2019re looking for alignment in mindset, not just skills.
• Final Interview with our CEO : strategic conversation to align on company vision, values, leadership expectations, and your potential long-term role in shaping our future.

Seniority level

• Executive

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Wellness and Fitness Services

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