
Head of Engineering
knownwell
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $225,000 - $275,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own end-to-end engineering execution—from architecting and building integrations with core healthcare systems (e.g., athenahealth APIs) to writing production code using the latest AI-assisted development tools, to hiring and leading a small, high-impact engineering team
- Partner closely with Product, Clinical, Data, and Operations leaders to ensure our technology meaningfully improves patient care and clinical workflows
- Architect and build core components of knownwell’s healthcare services platform, including integrations with athenahealth’s scheduling, billing, and clinical workflows
- Write production-grade code yourself, leveraging modern AI coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Github Copilot, etc.) to move fast without sacrificing quality
- Make pragmatic architecture decisions that balance speed, scalability, security, and compliance in a healthcare environment
- Own full-stack delivery across backend services, frontend applications, infrastructure, and DevOps; experience with Flutter, React, and Java is required
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent as a hands-on builder
- Experience leading engineering efforts at early- to growth-stage companies, including hiring and managing small, distributed teams across geographies
- Working knowledge of machine learning, RAG, and other AI concepts, with first-hand experience developing production-grade implementations leveraging these
- Strong backend and systems experience, with comfort across the full stack; fluency with Flutter, React, and Java is required
- Deep familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS strongly preferred), automated testing tools (e.g. Playwright, Testrail), logging/monitoring tools (e.g. Datadog, Mixpanel) is required
- Comfort using (and enthusiasm for) modern AI-assisted development tools to increase leverage and velocity
- Experience in digital health, health-tech, or healthcare services environments strongly preferred
Benefits
- 💻 Fully remote opportunity
- 🩺 Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 📈 401K retirement plan with company match
- 🏝️ Up to 20 days of PTO per year + company holidays
- 👶 Up to 14 weeks of parental leave (12 for non-birthing parents)
- 🏡 Annual work from home stipend for remote employees
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringfull-stack developmentbackend servicesfrontend applicationsmachine learningAI conceptsproduction-grade codeintegrationsscalabilitysecurity
Soft Skills
leadershipteam managementcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingdecision-makingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingorganizational skillsmentorship