Director of Engineering

Kaiser Permanente; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 223,000 - 331,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Ownership opportunity

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Long Beach is seeking a Director of Engineering to own the problem end to end, from the first Go prototype to the 3 a.m. pager that never rings.

You will lead a remote-friendly, highly capable team and shape the technology roadmap with strong ownership. This role offers a generous salary band of $223,000 to $331,000, structured mentorship, and meaningful influence over architecture and delivery.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated, able to work independently with minimal oversight.
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable.
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft.
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain.
• Director-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb.

Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to Kaiser Permanente's Long Beach platform on a regular cadence.
• Ship the deeply technical Persuasion features that move Kaiser Permanente's technology roadmap forward.
• Carry a remote-friendly Terraform feature through code freeze without breaking Kaiser Permanente stability.
• Pull Kaiser Permanente's TypeScript stack out of the CA region before the migration deadline.
• Reproduce the client-centric bug from the Long Beach field report, then make it impossible again.

Skills

Self-motivated

Detail-oriented

Curiosity

Written communication

Director-caliber judgment

Tools

Terraform

TypeScript

Job description

At Kaiser Permanente, the Director of Engineering owns the problem end to end, from the first Go prototype to the 3 a.m. pager that never rings. Everything about this Director of Engineering post says trust — $223,000 - $331,000, freelance flexibility, and 11 years rewarded with real say.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship incremental improvements to Kaiser Permanente's Long Beach platform on a regular cadence
• Ship the deeply technical Persuasion features that move Kaiser Permanente's technology roadmap forward
• Carry a remote-friendly Terraform feature through code freeze without breaking Kaiser Permanente stability
• Pull Kaiser Permanente's TypeScript stack out of the CA region before the migration deadline
• Reproduce the client-centric bug from the Long Beach field report, then make it impossible again

What You'll Bring

• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
• Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
• Director-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb

Kaiser Permanente builds technology tools the way old shops built furniture — slowly, in Long Beach, CA, and with a customer-centric respect for the craft. Every ruthlessly-focused idea gets a fair hearing at Kaiser Permanente, no matter the 11 of experience behind it.

Here you earn $223,000 - $331,000 while a dedicated mentor helps you grow from director into ownership, all wrapped in benefits worth keeping.

Fresh interview slots opened up this week for the Director of Engineering search.