Director, Full Stack Engineering

Butterfly Network; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Butterfly Network, Inc. seeks a Director of Full Stack Engineering to lead a distributed team building and scaling the Enterprise Clinical workflows platform.

You will own the technical direction, collaborate with Product/Design, and ensure secure, scalable software across onshore and offshore teams. You will partner with Product, Design, Data, Security and Compliance to shape the roadmap and drive execution while maintaining high standards of quality and observability in a HIPAA-compliant

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering with 3-5 years in engineering management or senior leadership.
• Proven track record of leading distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, and large-scale full stack web development.
• Strong product sense and ability to translate business problems into engineering plans.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; comfortable presenting to senior leadership.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and inspire a high-performing full stack engineering team across onshore and offshore locations.
• Define and drive the technical strategy and architecture for the Enterprise Clinical workflows platform.
• Own engineering roadmap execution with cross-functional partners to translate goals into plans.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent; foster a high-performing culture.
• Establish and evolve engineering processes for code review, on-call, incidents, and cross-team collaboration.
• Serve as a senior technical voice contributing to architectural decisions and new technologies.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships with Product, Design, Data, Security, and Compliance.
• Drive observability, operational excellence, and HIPAA/PHI compliance across the platform.

Skills

Distributed leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Full stack web development

Team development

Communication

Product sensibility

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

GraphQL

Docker

ECS

EKS

Job description

Director, Full Stack Engineering

Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE: BFLY) is driving a digital revolution in ultrasound imaging and sensing with its proprietary Ultrasound-on-Chip™ semiconductor technology and software solutions. Butterfly first proved its technology in the point-of-care ultrasound market - commercializing the world's first single-probe, whole-body portable ultrasound device, which is now on its best-selling, third-generation: Butterfly iQ3™. The Company combines its advanced hardware with cloud software and AI, an enterprise workflow solution (Compass AI™) and other offerings to drive adoption of affordable, accessible ultrasound. Butterfly also enables third-party development of imaging AI apps through Butterfly Garden™, its software development kit and AI partnership initiative.

In addition to its medical imaging products, Butterfly Embedded™ is the Company's Ultrasound-on-Chip™ licensing and co-development program designed to enable a new wave of ultrasound-enabled technologies across non-competitive healthcare markets and beyond. Through Butterfly Embedded™, partners can build and scale novel ultrasound applications powered by Butterfly's proprietary semiconductor chip and software platform. Butterfly's innovations have been recognized by Prix Galien USA, Fierce 50, TIME's Best Inventions and Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, among other achievements.

We're a team of bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and innovators ready to shape the future of medical imaging. Let's build something extraordinary together!

Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to lead our Full Stack Engineering team, responsible for building and scaling our critical Enterprise Clinical workflows platform. The Butterfly Cloud provides a secure and robust connection to user's health information - powering tools and services that help doctors and clinicians make informed, intelligent diagnostic decisions with the help of their peers.

As Director, you will lead a distributed team of engineers across both onshore and offshore locations, setting the technical direction for our enterprise platform - including user and organization administration, feature and entitlement management, global search, audit logging, and scalable platform features. You'll partner closely with Product, Design, and other engineering leaders to shape roadmap priorities and drive execution across the full stack.

As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be to:

• Lead, grow, and inspire a high-performing full stack engineering team spanning onshore and offshore engineers - fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Define and drive the technical strategy and architecture for the Enterprise Clinical workflows platform, balancing innovation with reliability, security, and scalability.
• Own engineering roadmap execution - partnering with Product and Design to translate business goals into clear, well-scoped plans, and holding the team accountable to delivery.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent; build a healthy team culture where people grow and do their best work.
• Establish and evolve engineering processes - code review standards, on-call practices, incident response, and cross-team ways of working - to maximize team effectiveness across time zones.
• Serve as a senior technical voice across the organization, contributing to architectural decisions, evaluating new technologies, and raising the bar on engineering quality.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships with Product, Design, Data, Security, and Compliance stakeholders to ensure alignment and unblock the team.
• Drive a culture of observability, operational excellence, and HIPAA/PHI compliance across the platform.

Qualifications

Baseline skills/experiences/attributes:

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3-5 years in engineering management or a senior technical leadership role.
• Proven track record of leading distributed engineering teams, including managing offshore or nearshore teams across multiple time zones.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, and full stack web development at scale. Experience hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineering talent; track record of building strong, cohesive teams.
• Strong product sensibility - ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear engineering plans and drive execution with minimal direction.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; comfortable presenting to senior leadership and partnering across functions.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Ideally, you also have these skills/experiences/attributes (but it's ok if you don't!):

• GraphQL and related frameworks (e.g., Relay, Apollo, URQL)
• Experience with LLMs and MLOps Containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, ECS, EKS Web apps with live updates - pub/sub solutions