Director of Engineering

Harnham; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Job summary

Harnham is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering team during a rapid growth phase in healthcare technology. The role centers on shaping the engineering organization, platform strategy, and culture to improve disease detection and patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will architect scalable backend systems, establish CI/CD and observability practices, and contribute hands-on to critical initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering and leadership experience is required.
• Hands-on development background with focus on modern cloud platforms.
• Expertise in Python, React, and building scalable backend architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale backend systems, applications, and cloud infrastructure.
• Establish engineering best practices: CI/CD, testing, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to production code and lead complex technical initiatives, including AI-assisted development.
• Support hiring efforts and help scale the engineering organization as the business grows.

Skills

Leadership

Python

React

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Observability

Production code

AI-assisted development

Hiring & team growth

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

The client is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead and develop a high-performing engineering team within a rapidly growing healthcare technology startup. This role is pivotal in shaping the engineering organization, technology platform, and team culture, with a focus on leveraging advanced technology to improve disease detection, monitoring, and patient outcomes. The Director will be responsible for fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration, overseeing engineering delivery, and aligning technical priorities with business goals in partnership with cross-functional leadership.

Key responsibilities include architecting, building, and scaling backend systems, applications, and cloud infrastructure to support a growing platform. The Director will establish engineering best practices across areas such as CI/CD, testing, observability, reliability, and operational excellence, while also contributing directly to production code and complex technical initiatives. The role involves driving the adoption of AI-assisted software development practices, supporting hiring efforts, and helping to scale the engineering organization as the business expands.

The ideal candidate will have extensive software engineering and leadership experience, with a strong hands-on development background and expertise in Python, React, and modern cloud platforms. Experience building and scaling distributed systems, as well as a solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and engineering operations, is essential. Additional experience in regulated industries, compliance environments, infrastructure engineering, or AI-assisted development is preferred. This position offers a competitive compensation package, meaningful equity participation, and the opportunity to shape engineering strategy and culture within a mission-driven, collaborative environment.