Director of Engineering

House Rx

Director of Engineering leading technical execution and team leadership at House Rx. Overseeing several engineering pods with a focus on building scalable and maintainable systems.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $220,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the pace and raise the bar. Establish clear goals, cut through ambiguity, and hold the team accountable to shipping meaningful work with high quality.
Partner with product and design to shape the roadmap, make smart trade-offs, and keep engineering unblocking the business.
Build engineering processes that scale: sprint rhythms, incident response, code review standards.
Identify risks early and drive to resolution.
Lead and develop your team across all levels, providing coaching, career development, and performance feedback. Hold managers accountable for the output of their pods while investing equally in every direct report's growth.
Build a culture of high standards and continuous growth, where engineers do some of the best work of their careers.
Own and maintain a high bar for talent; define what great looks like and hold the standard.
Identify and develop future engineering leaders.
Provide architectural oversight across your pods, ensuring systems are scalable, maintainable, and built to last.
Champion best practices across code quality, observability, testing, and system design.
Stay close to the technical work to earn trust, spot issues early, and give grounded feedback.
Lead by example with AI development tools and set clear expectations for the team to do the same.
Evaluate and introduce AI tooling that improves developer velocity, code quality, and product capability.
Build a team culture that treats AI as a genuine productivity multiplier, not a novelty.
Help define House Rx's approach to responsible, high-leverage AI use in engineering.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in engineering management, ideally including experience managing managers or leading multiple teams.
You are a driver. You set direction, move with urgency, hold yourself and others accountable, and don't wait for someone else to solve the problem.
Proven track record building and retaining high-performing teams in fast-moving, product-focused environments.
Strong full-stack background. You can speak credibly to architecture decisions across the stack (Node.js, TypeScript, React, Postgres, AWS).
Comfortable reviewing systems design, giving meaningful feedback, and making architectural calls when needed.
Experience leading teams through hard technical challenges: scaling systems, managing debt, navigating platform changes.
Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work hours and flexible paid time off
Work remotely
Generous parental leave
Comprehensive healthcare, vision and dental benefits
Competitive salary and equity stake

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsTypeScriptReactPostgresAWSSystems DesignCode QualityIncident ResponsePerformance FeedbackEngineering Processes

Soft Skills

AccountabilityCoachingCommunicationProblem-SolvingLeadership

Certifications

Bachelor's in Computer ScienceMaster's in Engineering