Tech Lead - Mental Health & Neurodivergent Technology About Us: Spicy Minds is transforming mental health and neurodiversity support through innovative technology.
We're building AI-powered applications that make evidence-based psychological support accessible to everyone, focusing particularly on young people and parents struggling with ADHD and autism.
Our mission is deeply personal - founded by a parent who experienced these challenges firsthand.
The Role: We're seeking a Tech Lead to drive our technical evolution from early-stage products to regulated medical devices.
You'll be the technical cornerstone of our mission to help millions of people access better mental health support.
Impact You'll Have: - You'll be our 1st full-time in-house engineer, making foundation-level decisions.
- Architect and develop scalable solutions that directly improve people's lives - Lead our technical transition from MVP to medical-grade software - Design systems that maintain the highest standards of security and privacy - Build innovative AI-powered features that make therapy more accessible - Shape our technical culture and help build our engineering team Technical Challenges You'll Solve: - Build secure, scalable and optimised features for our mental health platform - Scale our current application and achieve medical-device grade reliability - Design and implement secure systems handling sensitive mental health data - Architect AI integration systems that meet both clinical and technical requirements - Build infrastructure compliant with ISO 27001, ISO13485, DCB0129 and other medical device regulations - Create robust testing & evaluation frameworks for AI-assisted mental health applications Why Join Us: - Meaningful Impact: Help solve the mental health crisis affecting millions worldwide - Technical Innovation: Blend mobile, AI, and healthcare technology - Growth Opportunity: Shape our technical direction as an early senior hire - Supportive Culture: Work with clinical psychologists and domain experts We're Looking For Someone Who: - Takes ownership of complex technical challenges - Brings a thoughtful, systematic approach to architectural decisions - Values simple, maintainable solutions over complex ones - Wants to make a genuine difference in mental health care - Wants a hands on engineering role, not a team management role.
Our Stack: - Current: Flutter, GCP, Firebase, OpenAI, Anthropic (Note: While our current stack includes Flutter, we value architectural thinking and relevant experience over specific framework knowledge.
We're looking for someone who can help us build the right systems for our users' needs.)
- Expanding into: That's what we'll work out together ;-) Location Requirements: This is a hybrid role based at least 2 days per week with the team in Bristol.
We believe in close collaboration to build the best possible mental health solutions.
About Our Stage: We're a bootstrapped company with 2 yrs runway, some paying users and a clear path to growth.
We're building something meaningful and need someone who can help us do it right.
Requirements Required Experience: - Strong computer science & engineering fundamentals - Experience shipping production web/mobile applications - Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript and React/React Native - Experience with mature databases (eg Postgres/ SQL server) - Experience with cloud services (eg AWS/GCP/Azure) - Track record of owning features end-to-end (from database to UI) We need someone who can - Ship quickly - Make good architectural decisions under uncertainty - Learn new things fast - Care about security and data privacy - Work directly with users/customers Benefits Competitive remuneration package Mission-driven culture with growth opportunities 2+ in-office days (Bristol), flexible hours for 3 days per week 25 days annual leave Paid volunteer days Well-being support