Director, Engineering – Care

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical vision, architecture, and delivery for Care, encompassing intake, consultation, clinician workflows, prescribing, care-team and support tools, and pharmacy handoff.

• Develop and implement the engineering roadmap in collaboration with product and design teams.

• Strike a balance between innovation, reliability, scalability, and quality.

• Guide the transition to robust domain models with well-defined boundaries and implemented contracts.

• Transition teams from direct access to cross-domain databases towards the use of APIs and published events.

• Ensure that platforms comply with patient safety, clinical guidelines, security measures, HIPAA privacy standards, and both state and federal regulatory requirements.

• Establish and uphold reliability standards, service level objectives (SLOs), and incident response protocols for critical patient workflows.

• Spearhead the shift to an AI-first engineering culture, setting measurable objectives.

• Develop and mentor engineering managers and technical leaders.

• Oversee staffing and organizational strategy, including recruitment, workforce planning, and team structuring.

• Foster alignment across teams and partners while managing trade-offs among speed, technical debt, and innovation.

• Represent engineering in executive meetings, articulating strategy, progress, and risks to senior stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 12 years in software engineering.

• At least 5 years of experience managing managers or multiple teams within high-growth environments.

• Proven experience in building and operating systems that handle clinical or other regulated health data.

• Familiarity with HIPAA regulations and compliance-driven design principles.

• Experience in owning end-to-end user experiences in collaboration with cross-functional product engineering teams.

• Strong foundation in modern service architectures, including Spring Boot, Kotlin, and PostgreSQL.

• Experience in integrating third-party health and pharmacy systems, such as laboratories, e-prescribing networks, and pharmacy platforms.

• Ability to define and execute technical roadmaps aligned with product vision and business objectives.

• Excellent communication skills and executive presence.

• Proven ability to recruit, nurture, and retain high-performing engineering talent.

• Comfort in making risk trade-offs when patient safety and speed are at odds.

• Preferred: experience in telehealth, digital health, or other regulated clinical settings.

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions for any employer.

• No specific educational credentials are required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity compensation for full-time positions.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Company holidays.

• Quarterly mental health days.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits.

• Parental leave policy.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).

• 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions.

• Offsite team retreats.

• Flexible and remote work options.