Strategic context

High-risk, high-urgency platform transition, ongoing product delivery must be maintained in parallel. Timeline is compressed by approximately 3 months versus the original plan.

Transformation scope

• Migrate a legacy Java Spring Boot platform (Thymeleaf + Angular) to Rust + Flutter + React.
• Preserve functional parity for critical modules: content management, reporting, and billing.
• Run a related product line (mental health) in parallel without major delivery degradation.

Company and team overview

A Berlin-based digital health company ("Digitale Gesundheit") operating a suite of therapy and patient management products. The broader organization includes Engineering, Product/Design & Content, a Rollout team (key account managers serving ~120 clinics and ~70 therapists), and an internal business team.

Engineering team

• Team size: approximately 12 and growing.
• Experienced team: average age around mid-30s.
• Gender balance: currently ~40% female / ~60% male, improving representation of women in engineering is an explicit hiring objective.
• Strong international culture: team members from South Korea, Tunisia, Argentina, Greece, Latvia, Belarus, Russia, India, and Germany.

Product portfolio

Core platform web

The main B2B platform serving clinics and therapists.

Mental health product line launch Nov '25

Psychosomatic therapy app covering depression, anxiety, PTSD, and related conditions.

Somatic therapy app in transition

Patient-facing home app (legacy) migrating to a new somatic therapy product, covering post-surgery and physical rehabilitation (e.g. orthopaedic recovery, cardiac surgery).

Therapy management platform

Internal hub for therapists and care coordination teams.

Patient portal web + app

Patient-facing portal available as web and mobile app.

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Skillset

• Technical delivery leadership across backend, web, mobile, QA, and DevOps
• Requirements engineering leadership: turning product goals into scoped execution plans and acceptance criteria
• Program-level dependency and risk management
• Strong facilitation and execution cadence discipline

Required

• 7+ years in engineering with multi-team leadership in production organizations
• Proven acceleration of complex, parallel workstreams
• Ability to operate weekly planning, cutline, and escalation cadences

Nice to Have

• Legacy modernization/migration leadership
• Experience in founder-led, fast-scaling environments
• Player-coach capability in high-urgency phases

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Pain Points to Solve

• Management context overload and execution fragmentation
• Slow escalations and unresolved blockers
• Cross-team dependency stalls reducing throughput

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