Pika Health
Technical Co-founder / Founding CTO
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Pika Health is looking for a Technical Co-founder and Founding CTO to help build the patient-facing health intelligence layer, starting with dentistry.
This is an equity-only opportunity. Pika is currently pre-funding and cannot offer a salary at this stage.
About Pika Health:
Dental practices collect valuable clinical information, but patients often leave without a clear understanding of their oral health, what has changed or what they need to do next.
Pika is being built to turn recorded clinical information into a clear, personalised dashboard that patients can understand, track and act on. It is designed to support better communication and continuity between appointments while keeping the dental team at the centre.
Pika was founded by Soha Rashid, an award-winning Dental Therapist with NHS and private practice experience. We have an existing product and technical foundation and are preparing for our first UK dental practice pilot.
The Role:
We are looking for a hands on technical co-founder/ CTO who can take ownership of Pika’s technology and help shape the wider company.
You will initially work directly with the founder to develop the existing product into a secure and pilot-ready platform. As Pika grows, you will have the opportunity to build and lead the technical team.
This is a genuine co-founder/ CTO position, not simply an unpaid software development role. You will contribute to product strategy, company decisions, partnerships, fundraising and Pika’s long-term direction.
Responsibilities:
- Own Pika’s technical strategy and architecture
- Develop the existing product into a secure, reliable and pilot-ready platform
- Build patient-facing and practice-facing product experiences
- Translate clinical and user requirements into practical technical solutions
- Design secure authentication, permissions and data-access systems
- Develop appropriate AI capabilities with clear safeguards and human oversight
- Plan integrations with dental practice management systems
- Establish testing, deployment, monitoring and documentation practices
- Consider data protection, UK GDPR, clinical safety and healthcare security
- Speak with pilot users and improve the product based on evidence
- Support technical discussions with partners, advisers and investors
- Help recruit and lead Pika’s future engineering team
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Current technology:
The current product uses:
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- PostgreSQL
- Prisma
- AI model integrations
You will be able to review the current foundation and recommend changes where appropriate.
About you:
You may be a senior software engineer, technical lead, product-focused developer or previous founder who is ready to take ownership of a company’s technical direction.
You should have:
- Strong full stack software engineering experience
- Experience shipping products used by real customers
- Knowledge of modern web applications, APIs and relational databases
- An understanding of authentication, data privacy and security
- The ability to make sensible technical decisions with limited resources
- A product mindset and interest in understanding users
- Clear communication and good judgement
- A collaborative approach to the co-founder relationship
- A willingness to remain hands-on during the early stages
- A genuine interest in healthcare and patient experience
- Regular availability during UK working hours
Experience in healthcare software, dental technology, AI, clinical systems, FHIR, HL7 or sensitive health data would be helpful but is not essential.
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Commitment:
The role will be part-time initially, with an expected commitment of approximately 10 to 15 hours per week.
The intention is for the successful person to move into a full-time role when Pika reaches an agreed funding or revenue milestone.
Compensation:
This is an equity-only opportunity at Pika’s pre-funding stage. The successful candidate will receive meaningful co-founder/ CTO equity based on experience, commitment, responsibilities and intended transition to full-time work.
Equity will be subject to an agreed vesting schedule and formal legal documentation.
Pika cannot currently provide a salary, pension, paid leave or employee benefits. The intention is to introduce a market-appropriate salary and benefits following an agreed funding or revenue milestone, although this cannot be guaranteed.
What you will receive:
- Meaningful ownership in Pika Health
- Genuine influence over the product and company
- Flexible remote working
- An existing product and technical foundation
- Access to clinical expertise and real-world user insight
- An initial dental practice pilot to build towards
- The opportunity to build and lead the future technical team
- The potential to expand the technology beyond dentistry
Pika Health will use application information only to assess candidates and communicate during the selection process. Access will be limited to the founder and any professional adviser directly involved.
Unsuccessful application information will be retained for up to six months and then deleted, unless the candidate agrees to longer retention. Please do not include unnecessary sensitive personal information.
For questions about your application data, contact hello@trypikahealth.com.
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