
Director of Engineering
Parachute Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $240,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Influence company goal setting by representing engineering’s current and future capacity & capabilities.
- Strategically align division teams with the company direction, then communicate the vision and plan to the rest of the engineering team and other stakeholders.
- Understand how to navigate a complex domain area and reconcile market, budget, and competing priorities as constraints.
- Department budget ownership not limited to but including current headcount, team development, education, tooling, hiring and retention.
- Track and evaluate key performance metrics, objectives, dependencies, status, and results of a growing product portfolio
- Shape technical processes with the assistance of engineering leadership.
- Lead engineering managers, mentor next level down leaders, and build engineering teams in a high-growth environment
- Empower developer productivity and set the tone for the culture of the department
- Evaluate technology partners, where appropriate
- Collaborate with other departmental leaders (Product, Design, Technical Program Management, Data) to organize initiatives and organizational growth plans
- Manage, track and promote employee engagement by building a mission-driven culture of improving patient’s lives built on teamwork, autonomy, interdependence and creative problem-solving
- Direct key technical decisions related to application and data model design.
- Understanding of data structures, TDD, and software engineering design patterns and principles.
Requirements
- 3+ years of managing and leading high growth engineering organizations
- 5+ years experience in a scaling SaaS organization with opinions on how to grow engineering specifically
- 3+ years leading 2+ engineering teams
- 7+ years prior programming experience
- Experience in healthcare: HL7, FHIR, HIPAA and other healthcare compliance constraints.
- Experience building and supporting multi-tenant solutions in a SaaS model
- Experience delivering in agile and other modern development methodologies
- Experience with cloud infrastructure services such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with other departments and leadership
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be located in the continental US for the duration of the employment.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Remote-First Company with a NYC office, offering a physical workspace for our greater New York City area employees.
- Equity Incentive Plan
- Annual Company-Wide Bonus (up to 15%)
- Flexible Vacation Policy
- Summer Fridays - 5 Fridays Off During Summer (Separate From PTO)
- Monthly Internet Stipend
- Annual Home Office Stipend
- Co-Working Space Reimbursement
- Annual stipend for education and development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
programmingdata structuresTDDsoftware engineering design patternsmulti-tenant solutionsagile developmentSaaScloud infrastructureAWSAzure
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationleadershipmentoringteam buildingproblem-solvingemployee engagementstrategic alignmentinfluenceculture building
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceHIPAA complianceHL7 certificationFHIR certification