VP of Engineering

Team: IT

Location: US

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Partner with the CEO and functional leaders to define the technical strategy, priorities, and engineering roadmap.
• Identify high-impact opportunities to apply technology and AI to improve operational efficiency and support more patients at scale.
• Design and build foundational technology systems, particularly during the early stages of the role.
• Lead the development of tools supporting patient navigation, communications, research, and healthcare data processing.
• Translate complex business and operational challenges into scalable technical solutions.
• Establish engineering infrastructure, development practices, and technical processes that support future growth.
• Lead and develop the engineering function, including growing the team and establishing an effective organizational structure.
• Balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution, architecture, and problem-solving.
• Evaluate opportunities to build, buy, automate, or redesign technology based on business needs and impact.

Requirements:

• Proven engineering leadership experience, ideally as a VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, or similar leader within a health technology environment.
• Strong experience building and scaling healthcare technology, with a deep understanding of HIPAA, security, privacy, and sensitive health data requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to take complex technical challenges from strategy and architecture through hands-on implementation.
• Experience building technology for tech-enabled services or operationally complex businesses.
• Strong knowledge of modern data infrastructure and cloud-based systems.
• Familiarity with Python and SQL.
• Practical experience applying AI to automate backend workflows, augment human operations, and develop real-world products.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and move between strategic planning and hands-on development.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business functions.
• Experience with medical claims, prior authorization, or other complex healthcare data is strongly preferred.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and stock option package.
• Performance-based incentive compensation.
• Remote-first work with the flexibility to live anywhere within the U.S.
• Company-wide offsites held 2–3 times per year.
• Medical and dental insurance with 80% employer-paid coverage.
• Vision insurance with 100% employer-paid coverage.
• Healthcare and dependent care FSAs.
• Group life and AD&D insurance, with optional additional coverage.
• Unlimited paid time off.