Elm Team Lead Chapel Hill, NC; Minneapolis, MN; Boston, MA (Newton); New York, NY; Remote in ap[...]

Well; Town of Boston (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as an Elm Team Lead, where you'll engage in hands-on software development while also leading a talented team. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the healthcare experience through innovative technology solutions. Collaborate with diverse teams, ensuring efficient and secure systems that impact thousands of users. If you're passionate about transforming healthcare and eager to work in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to make a real difference in the industry while enjoying generous benefits and a supportive culture.

Benefits

Generous benefits

Bonus potential

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• 3+ years of team leadership experience in software development.
• Expertise in Elm and related web technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on software development and team management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience.

Skills

Elm

Team Leadership

Software Development

Problem Solving

Microservices

Cloud Platforms

REST APIs

Security Principles

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Chapel Hill, NC; Minneapolis, MN; Boston, MA (Newton); New York, NY; Remote in approved locations

Company: The mission of Well (https://www.well.co/) is to transform healthcare through our unique impact on our members' health and happiness. We do this through our differentiated consumer experience and world-class data and analytics engine that drive engagement and behavior change. Our product — a consumer health engagement platform — integrates concierge services, behavioral health, telemedicine, care management and wellness services to drive sustained engagement, lower costs and improve the health of members. In addition to our product, we know our team makes us unique. We’re a highly diverse and engaged organization whose employees are passionate about the mission of the company and whose management is passionate about the employees. We promote an employee- and member-centric culture with generous benefits, which you can learn more about here: https://www.well.co/careers .

Position Title: Elm Team Lead

Reporting To: Director of Engineering

Location: Chapel Hill, NC; Minneapolis, MN; Boston, MA (Newton); New York, NY; Remote in approved locations

Compensation: $150,000-180,000/year, depending on experience and level of expertise as a software engineer (e.g., Senior Software Engineer 3, Senior Software Engineer 4, or Principal Software Engineer 1), plus bonus potential and benefits

Job Summary: Join our team as an Elm Team Lead, where your primary role will be hands-on software development with added responsibilities in technical and people leadership. You will collaborate with backend, frontend (mobile and web) developers, data scientists, and product managers to develop our world-class technology platform. Your contributions will ensure efficient, secure, and maintainable solutions are delivered to thousands of users. Experience in the healthcare industry is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hands-On Development: Actively participate in coding and software development, focusing on new user-facing features and improvements to our existing services ecosystem.
• Technical Leadership: Contribute to platform architectural decisions and enhance the team's ability to make informed decisions.
• Team Management: Lead and manage a team of software professionals, ensuring high developer quality and productivity. Prioritize high-level work and represent the Elm/Web team in organizational discussions and projects.
• Collaboration: Work closely with mobile, backend, and data science teams, as well as product and delivery managers, to create a seamless user experience.
• Operational Excellence: Participate in and lead code reviews, quality assurance, and production monitoring to achieve operational excellence.
• Security: Ensure the security and safety of all Well systems and data, following Well's data and security policies and HIPAA guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in Elm and related web development technologies, with a broad interest in other programming languages.
• Minimum of 3 years of team leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of engineering principles, tools, patterns, algorithms/libraries, and systems design.
• Ability to make informed micro and macro-level decisions in software development.
• Proficiency in coding and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Willingness to learn new patterns, languages, and methodologies.
• Knowledge of microservices and monolith patterns, including their trade-offs.
• Experience with modern cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Understanding of the HTTP stack and REST APIs.
• Knowledge of databases and their trade-offs.
• Experience with backend-for-frontend design, especially for Android and iOS applications.
• Healthcare industry experience is a plus.
• Understanding of security principles in software development, particularly for consumer-facing applications.

Additional Job Information

Well is on a mission to redefine the healthcare experience. This is an opportunity to re-shape healthcare for America. We are developing solutions to improve the quality and affordability of healthcare. We welcome team members who are passionate about that mission.

We embrace diversity and are committed to building an inclusive team. All qualified applicants will be eagerly considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.