Director, Engineering - Patient

Headway

New York, New York, United States
Base: $264,000 to $330,000; equity: eligible grant...
On-site
10+ years software engineering experience
5+ years managing engineering managers
Led consumer or marketplace product search
Headway is building a new mental healthcare system by automating insurance admin work and connecting patients with therapists through an intelligent matching platform

Job Summary

  • Headway is building a new mental healthcare system by automating insurance admin work and connecting patients with therapists through an intelligent matching platform.
  • The role involves defining the technical strategy to build an ML-powered matching system from the ground up while evolving team topology and ownership boundaries.
  • Candidates will co-own patient funnel metrics with Product and Data Science leaders, establishing a triad operating model where engineering jointly owns outcomes rather than just execution.

Matching Summary

Headway is building a new mental healthcare system by automating insurance admin work and connecting patients with therapists through an intelligent matching platform.

Salary

Base: $264,000 to $330,000; Equity: Eligible grant depending on position; Benefits: Comprehensive health, wellness, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years software engineering experience
  • 5+ years managing engineering managers
  • Led consumer or marketplace product search
  • Scaled engineering org through high-growth phase
  • Experience shipping ML-powered product features
  • Comfort working in regulated industry

Nice-to-have

  • Healthcare or regulated industry experience
  • Marketplace dynamics and multi-sided incentives
  • LLM-based product feature experience
  • Rethinking team structure for AI productivity
  • Experience with bias and explainability in ML

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • 5+ years managing engineering managers
  • Track record of moving business metrics through engineering-product partnership
  • Experience scaling org from 25+ to 50+ engineers

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