Technical Co-Founder / CTO MentalHealth Platform

MindFriend is a mental health technology company building a trusted marketplace platform connecting clients with verified mental health professionals, including psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and other licensed practitioners across Sweden, the EU, the UK, and the US.

Mind Friend provides evidence-based insights for individuals and organisations across private and public sectors, uniting licensed psychologists and psychiatrists. The platform collaborates with initiatives such as The Cognitive Exchange to bring psychology to policy making and business decision making. Mind Friend offers expert directories, subscription-based educational content, corporate partnerships, and professional tools, aiming to integrate psychology into society, education, and workplaces.

• Experience building and launching a successful startup, marketplace, SaaS platform, health-tech platform, fintech platform, or transaction-based digital business.
• Direct experience taking a platform from development to launch and revenue.
• Managing developers and technical delivery.
• Building or scaling a marketplace, booking platform, SaaS product, or transactional platform.
• Knowledge of payment systems, checkout, payouts, refunds, and multi-currency flows.
• Expertise in security, privacy, data protection, and technical, legal & governance compliance.
• AI implementation or AI product strategy experience.
• Experience with cloud architecture, APIs, databases, testing, QA, monitoring, and DevOps.
• Writing or reviewing technical documentation.
• Making build-versus-buy decisions.
• Ability to work in a fast-moving startup with limited resources.
• Previous roles as CTO, technical co-founder, VP Engineering, senior engineering lead, or founding engineer.
• Strong full-stack and systems-architecture background.
• Hands-on with modern AI/ML in production or able to direct it.
• Solid grasp of data privacy and regulated environments (GDPR essential; familiarity with healthcare-data, telehealth, and cross-border payments rules across EU/UK/US is a plus).
• Leadership skills with clear direction and high quality standards.
• Willingness and ability to relocate within Europe or to the US.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in mental health, healthcare, telehealth, medtech, or regulated marketplaces.
• GDPR / UK GDPR / HIPAA technical implementation experience.
• AI governance, AI safety, or responsible AI implementation.
• Therapist, clinician, or professional-services marketplace experience.
• Experience with Stripe Connect or similar payment/payout infrastructure.
• Identity verification, license verification, KYC/KYB, or credential-checking systems.
• Cross-border platform scaling.
• Investor due diligence and technical audit preparation.

The Role:

• Take full ownership of MindFriend's technology and lead it from platform to scale.
• Set the technical vision and lead engineering and AI work.
• Drive the platform to a confident, compliant launch and beyond.

International Scaling:

• Prepare technology for expansion across Sweden, the EU, the UK, and the US.
• Implement multi-currency payments, country-specific therapist verification, localisation, scalable infrastructure, privacy-by-design, and adaptable compliance workflows.
• Ensure compliance with EU Digital Services Act and other relevant regulations.

Ability to travel or relocate within Europe and/or the US if required by the business.