Join a pioneering health technology company dedicated to transforming how people manage their well-being through AI-driven solutions. With a mission to make healthcare more accessible, proactive, and personalized, they leverage cutting-edge technology to empower individuals with real-time health insights and support. Their innovative platform is designed to enhance user engagement and improve health outcomes at scale.
We are seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering to lead and scale a multidisciplinary engineering team spanning backend (Java, Python), frontend (Angular/React), and mobile (React Native) technologies. This role combines deep technical leadership, architectural ownership, and people management. You will be responsible for delivering high-quality, secure, and scalable systems while developing a high-performance engineering culture. This position requires strong cross-functional collaboration and direct involvement in product delivery and technical direction.
What You'll Do
- Lead, grow, and mentor a team of full-stack and mobile engineers, driving technical excellence, accountability, and team cohesion.
- Own the technical delivery roadmap across backend, frontend, and mobile platforms—ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable.
- Provide hands-on guidance in architecture, system design, code reviews, and high-priority technical challenges.
- Partner with Product, Data, Clinical, and other company teams to deliver cross-functional features that support patients, providers, and internal operations.
- Build and enforce modern software development best practices (CI/CD, testing, observability, documentation, release process).
- Make critical decisions on technology stack, system design, and team organization as the company scales.
- Lead cloud infrastructure decisions and practices, ensuring cost-efficiency, resilience, and compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.).
- Collaborate on integrating AI capabilities into our products, in partnership with AI/ML engineers and product leads.
- Drive the evaluation and adoption of AI/ML tools and platforms to accelerate engineering productivity and deliver advanced features.
What You Need
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, including 6+ years in engineering leadership roles (e.g., Engineering Manager, Senior Manager, or Director level).
- Proven success leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams in fast-paced, product-driven environments.
- Expertise in designing and scaling distributed backend systems with Java and Python.
- Experience building and shipping production-grade frontend applications (Angular or React) and mobile apps (React Native).
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS (networking, security, monitoring, IaC, container orchestration, etc.).
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to improve engineering workflows or integrating AI into product features.
- Strong architectural skills and a passion for building high-quality, high-impact systems.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of agile development and lean product methodologies.
- Preferred Experience:
- High advantage for candidates with a background in healthcare technology, clinical systems integration, or compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2) environments.
- Familiarity with LLMs, RAG, or other applied AI technologies in a product setting.
- Prior experience scaling from early-stage to growth-stage startup environments.
Salary & Benefits
- Location: Hybrid in Seattle, WA.
- Salary: $180,000 - $220,000 / Year.
- This is a full-time, long-term position.
- The position is immediately available.
- Hybrid.
- Monday through Friday.
- High-Impact Role: Own a core growth channel in a sector of healthtech experiencing rapid growth.
- Mission-Driven: Join a company that’s improving patient outcomes and transforming the way healthcare is delivered.
- Fast-Growing Environment: Thrive in a dynamic, scale-up atmosphere where you’ll have the autonomy to create meaningful change and implement new ideas from day one.
- Cutting-Edge Tech: Work with innovative tools and have the freedom to introduce new solutions, including AI-driven approaches.
- Collaborative Culture: Partner with passionate teams in Marketing, Product, and Clinic Ops to drive measurable results.
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