Vice President, Engineering
Flagler HealthAI-driven Clinical company
New York, United StatesDirector
SignalFire
186 Ventures
Streamlined Ventures Management
MassChallenge
Venture Initiation Program
Leadership & General Management
About the role
TL;DR
Lead and scale the engineering organization for a healthcare technology platform.
- •This is a foundational executive leadership role responsible for scaling the engineering organization, the technical infrastructure, and the company's operational maturity.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed engineering organization across NYC and Vancouver Own engineering recruiting strategy, hiring standards, organizational design, and headcount planning Define and drive technical strategy across backend services, infrastructure, integrations, and platform architecture Guide scalability and reliability initiatives for systems supporting real-time patient communications (audio and SMS) and asynchronous workflow processing Own infrastructure strategy, including cloud architecture, CI/CD, observability, deployment automation, and operational excellence Requirements Proven experience leading, managing, and scaling a distributed engineering organization, including direct ownership of recruiting, hiring, and headcount planning.
- •Expertise in setting technical direction, architectural standards, and driving large-scale infrastructure decisions across backend services and complex integrations.
- •Deep experience establishing and enforcing engineering standards and operating compliant, fault-tolerant production environments, preferably in a HIPAA or other regulated industry.
- •Track record of driving and implementing reliability and scalability solutions, particularly for platforms handling real-time (audio/SMS) and long-running asynchronous data workflows.
- •Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Product and Operations leadership to translate business priorities into a clear, actionable engineering roadmap.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipStrategic PlanningOrganizational DesignAWSCI/CDKubernetesDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisGraphQLNext.jsReact
Nice-to-have skills
HIPAASparkDatabricks
Domain expertise
healthcare
Tech stack
AWSCI/CDKubernetesDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisGraphQLNext.jsReactTypeScriptNode.jsExpressGitJiraConfluenceFigmaSlackAsanaLinearMonday.comAirtableExcelPowerPoint