Head of Engineering 342 views0 applications

Job Description

The Head of Engineering will help lead Project Well’s transformative impact on the “food-as-medicine” market, driving the overall technical vision and execution of the company’s platform to build a technology solution that will ultimately impact hundreds of millions of at-risk Americans. With modern technology and a patent pending, Project Well is transforming the way health plans engage and treat targeted high risk individuals.

Responsibilities 

Reporting to the Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Lauren Driscoll, the Head of Engineering will be responsible for defining the engineering function within Project Well, launching and scaling the B2B2C platform from 0 to 1 and building the culture and structure of the technology team and recruiting early technical talent. 

Key responsibilities of the role include: 

• Build and scale a marketplace product that is based on a validated business idea serving health plans, food vendors, consumers, and healthcare systems. 

• Establish, execute, and achieve Project Well’s technical vision and scaling milestones in strategic alignment with business objectives, user and client experience. 

• Develop and execute the technology roadmap for a comprehensive solution that addresses customer needs in a scalable and profitable manner. 

• Identify, compare, select, and implement technology solutions to meet current and future needs.

• Serve as Chief Architect and lead all solution architecture design decisions for Project Well’s digital platform. 

• Work in tandem with the product team to identify and road map digital strategy, both to optimize services and to identify opportunities ripe for innovation. 

• Encourage a data-driven and continuous improvement culture to improve the efficiency, scalability, stability, and security. 

• Champion and ensure engineering and operational excellence, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement. 

• Build and manage a world-class, full stack development team by fostering a culture of excellence, mentoring and developing talent and recruiting strong, well-rounded software engineers.

• Implement a rigorous Quality Assurance function from test-driven development through to User Acceptance Testing 

• Ensure digital security and healthcare compliance of the platform for all members and patients 

Skills & Experience

• A proven engineering leader with experience building multi-sided marketplaces or similar B2B2C technology solutions within a dynamic growth-stage environment. 

• Strong understanding of or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience. 

• Exceptional technical capability, with deep knowledge of and experience with modern software development practices and technologies. 

• Player-coach engineering leader with the ability to commit production code. 

• Experience with modern technology and the latest open source distributed systems and architecture; experience with AWS, Azure, Docker, continuous integration/deployment, data engineering/science and modern development languages such as Javascript, Python, ReactJS, Node.js. 

• Passionate about building and scaling early stage start-ups and leading them through rapid growth.

• Ability to make technical decisions with the lens of what is best for a fast-growing startup.

• Experienced in building complex technical solutions with deep knowledge of key architectural principles found in highly scalable systems. 

• Strong computer-science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, programming languages, distributed systems, and information retrieval.

• Experience building technical strategy and understand technical tradeoffs and risks.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to create alignment with other leaders and decision makers in a fast-moving environment. 

Skills & Experience

• You thrive in fast-paced, chaotic environments. Can cut through the noise to be effective. 

• You inspire a culture of innovation, execution, collaboration, accountability, positivity, and fun. 

• You’re an analytical thinker; someone who thrives in the use of data to drive decisions.

• You’re passionate about developing positioning and redefining space for an industry-leading company. 

• You have an entrepreneurial mindset, drive and skills necessary to build and scale a business. You see ambiguity as opportunity, and obstacles as chances to build. 

• You’re adaptable, willing to take ownership and deal with ambiguity. 

• You have a bias for action and takes a scrappy approach to getting things done, able to drive execution of big initiatives while navigating stakeholder concerns. 

Application Details

Submit a resume and LinkedIn profile to team@wellbetty.com