VP of Engineering

Description
Nearly half of patients needing medical equipment at discharge don't get it in time. The ordering process is too convoluted and is still primarily handled by fax. These inefficiencies lead to higher cost of care and poorer patient outcomes. In the most extreme cases, this equipment means life or death.
At Parachute, it is our mission to make sure that every patient gets what they need, when they need it. We achieve this by driving efficiency through digital connectivity into every aspect of the ordering process, making it delightfully simple.
The VP Engineering, reporting to the CTO, is responsible for aligning the organization's technical implementations with its business strategies and leading a growing team of passionate directors, engineering managers and product engineers. The VPE will build relationships with the executive and department leadership teams and establish strategic alignment being the technology representative. The VPE will also lead the product engineering and infrastructure development teams.
Requirements
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Influence company goal setting by representing engineering's current and future capacity & capabilities.
• Strategically align the engineering directors with the company direction, then communicate the vision and plan to the rest of the engineering team.
• 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
• Work with the executive and finance teams to do capacity planning for future growth.
• Shape technical processes with the assistance of engineering leadership.
• Proven ability to lead a team of engineering managers/directors, 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, 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
• Supporting the CTO, the VPE represents the engineering department at executive / leadership levels.

QUALIFICATIONS
Required:

• 3+ years of managing and leading high growth (50 -> 500 person) engineering organizations
• 5+ years experience in a scaling SaaS organization with opinions on how to grow engineering specifically
• 7+ years prior programming experience
• 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

Preferred:

• Familiarity with our technology: Ruby on Rails, React, Terraform, AWS.
• Experience in healthcare: HL7, FHIR, compliance constraints.
• Knowledge in container technology, infrastructure as code, and cloud-based engineering practices.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Remote First Company
• 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

COMPENSATION
A base salary of $245,000-$300,000 is being offered for this position based on the candidate's qualifications, location and experience.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.