<div class="show-more-less-html__markup show-more-less-html__markup--clamp-after-5 relative overflow-hidden"> <p>Over the last few days, I’ve spent hours with the engineering leadership and hiring team at a Series A MedTech start‑up digging into what actually makes a senior engineer stand out for them – not in theory, but on their current products, teams and roadmap. One theme came up again and again: proximity to the customer.</p><p><br/></p><p>They’re building AI‑native products that help medical device companies design safer, higher‑quality products far more efficiently, in a heavily regulated environment where “just ship it” is not an option. To do that, they want engineers who are as excited about sitting with a customer as they are about shipping a clean, scalable system.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p><ul><li>Join user interviews and customer visits, turning messy real‑world problems into clear product decisions and technical plans.</li><li>Own features end‑to‑end: discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment and iteration in production.</li><li>Build scalable web applications (Node.js/TypeScript backend, React frontend, or equivalent experience and willingness to switch).</li><li>Think through databases, security, observability and CI/CD from day one, not as an afterthought.</li><li>Help shape the technical roadmap and development practices, and mentor other engineers in a small, senior team.</li></ul><p><br/></p><p><strong>What they’re looking for</strong></p><ul><li>Proven track record delivering and maintaining complex web applications.</li><li>Strong backend experience on modern web stacks and solid frontend experience with a major framework.</li><li>Genuine engagement with AI: at minimum, you follow the space and have built things; ideally, you’ve helped ship ML/LLM‑powered features or serious side projects.</li><li>Product‑minded, communicative and comfortable working closely with product, design and customers.</li><li>Open‑minded, low‑ego, and keen to contribute to a high‑trust, high‑feedback culture.</li></ul><p><br/></p><p>You don’t need prior MedTech or ISO experience; you can learn the regulated environment on the job.</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Practical details</strong></p><ul><li>Location: Vienna or Berlin, with a couple of days a week on‑site.</li><li>Eligibility: You must already be able to work in Europe or the UK (no new visa sponsorship yet).</li><li>They offer competitive salary, meaningful equity and a culture that genuinely values autonomy and ownership.</li></ul><p><br/></p><p>If you’re a senior full‑stack engineer who wants to be in the room with customers and then turn those conversations into valuable, scalable systems, drop me a message and I’ll walk you through the details of the team, roadmap and interview process. If this sounds like your kind of thing, send me an email to <strong>micaela@seekr.inc </strong>titled <strong>'Closer to the customer’.</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>Every email application will be read by a human and will get a response.</p><p><br/></p><p>LinkedIn applications may not all be reviewed.</p> </div>