Founding Engineer - Mobile

Youth Health Tech

Youth Health Tech

Berlin, Germany
USD 5k-8k / month + Equity
Posted on Apr 16, 2025

Founding Engineer - Mobile Lead

Company Size: 5-15
Job Description - Table of contents

About YOUTH soul - “Unlocking prevention for 8 billion people”

YOUth is building a future where everyone can instantly check, understand and improve their health just with their smartphone. We are a Health Tech startup working to democratize detection of biomarkers and risk factors by leveraging data collected from smartphone sensors and machine learning.

The problem we want to solve - 252x faster health screenings to move from SickCare to Healthcare, eradicating late diagnosis

Our mission is to extend healthy lifespans by making prevention easily accessible

Our vision…the universal entry point for all health & wellness services

We are building the most accessible and complete solution to screen your health…a one-stop hub for all the validated smartphone-based health screening solutions

About YOUTH achievements & investors

Achievements

Investors

We are a VC & angels backed startup. We are backed by Health tech experts, Unicorn Founders, and renowned VC funds:
Unicorn founders like Jean-Charles Samuelian (4bn InsureTech Unicorn), Patrick Andrae (IPOed with HomeToGo)
Tesla, Canva, and Android early investor Konstantin Othmer
Michele Grazioli, Founder of Vedrai: 40m+ raised, Top 5 in the list of 100 youngest & most influential innovators in Italy
Renowned angle funds like Index Ventures’ Magnetic Fund and Lakestar Halo Fund

How we work

Our mindset - Strive for the vision!

We strive for greatness and believe just being good is not enough.
If you believe ideas are more important than roles and growing together is always over competing alone. If you are user centric, hate bureaucracy and you are obsessed by speed and action. If you do what you say and want to build the future of healthcare. You are in the right place.
With team members coming from all around the world, we welcome all ideas and talented people who are hoping to improve healthcare for everyone in the world.
We are extremely vision driven, and the work we do is fully aligned with our passion and personal value! We are looking for new YOUthians who are willing to jump onto our journey with the same energy and big responsibilities!

More on our values!

Carefully read our values and reflect if you deeply resonate with them: Values
If yes, we are really looking forward to speaking with you!

About the position

You will work closely together with the founding team and contribute to the direction of the tech development. YOUth is the early stage startup and you will be expected to take initiative and full ownership of important projects for the company. As a Senior developer, you would have the opportunity to shape the vision for the products and make decisions on the technologies to use.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of mobile applications using Flutter.
Bring and reinforce best practices for code quality, software testing and architecture.
Mentor and guide junior engineers, providing technical leadership and code reviews.
Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
>5 years of experience in mobile app development, with 2 years as Senior Mobile Engineer
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Full understanding of the Flutter framework and Dart programming language.
Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile.
Experience with automated tests for Flutter/Dart packages and release procedures for iOS and Android.
Experience developing with strong focus on automated CI/CD.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a regulated industry (e.g healthcare, banking)
Experience with native mobile application development
Previous experience in a leadership or mentoring role.
Experience with Firebase, and associated tools like Firebase Crashlytics
Knowledge of other mobile frameworks and technologies.

Perks

Opportunity to work on innovative projects with cutting-edge technologies.
Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
Professional development opportunities.

Expectations on mindset & attitude

This is not a normal Mobile Lead role. You will be part of the early founding team of a VC backed startup
You will have high degrees of freedom, responsibilities, leadership opportunities and potential to grow the company from pre-seed to IPO.
You should be highly energized and motivated by the vision and having an impact in healthcare and deeply believe in it. You should be in for the long term and motivated by the high potential of the opportunity but also be aware and comfortable of the high risks it entails.
We are trying to redefine how preventive screenings work. It’s a very complex topic which requires hard work to make it happen. You need to fully believe in it and be aware of what does it take to achieve it. We strive for the great and forget good enough

Compensation

As an early stage startup, we cannot compete with tech giant in terms of salary. But we can definitely offer more in terms of fast-growth, fast-paced environment, responsibility, equity upside, vision. You would need to be in for a great long-term journey with high impact, high risks and high rewards!
Salary: $5-8k starting monthly salary + significant early stage startup equity package as a founding engineer. Salary of course scale and evolves as the company grows.
Equity in a fast-growing start-up with significant traction
Opportunity to work on innovative projects with cutting-edge technologies.
Collaborative and inclusive work environment.
Professional development opportunities.
Berlin or remote.

Leadership team info & Contacts

Yuriy Dushin CTO - (Leading Tech & ML):
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Filippo Nigro CEO - (Leading Product, Marketing, Fundraising):
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Johannes Kraus COO - (Leading Operations & Business development):
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