Lead Software Engineer

Icon Health co; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible scheduling

Medical, dental and vision Day 1

Fully Remote

Job summary

Icon Health is seeking a senior software/data leader to guide a remote team of engineers building healthcare software on GCP. You will mentor engineers, set growth plans, and ensure HIPAA-compliant systems while delivering reliable cloud-based services.

You'll partner with clinicians, product managers and security teams to translate clinical needs into scalable tech, maintain code quality, and drive CI/CD practices across the stack, including Python, TypeScript and SQL.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software or data engineers in healthcare or regulated environments.
• Strong Python and SQL, plus JavaScript/TypeScript development.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (GCP).
• Experience with agile delivery, CI/CD, and code reviews.
• Knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare data security.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and hire engineers with clear growth plans.
• Ensure data handling and software comply with HIPAA.
• Collaborate with clinicians, product managers and security teams.
• Lead architectural decisions and cloud infrastructure.
• Oversee projects milestones and budgets.
• Write production code in Python, TypeScript and SQL.
• Review PRs and set the bar for code quality.

Skills

7+ years exp

Python

SQL

TypeScript

GCP

CI/CD

Remote leadership

Tools

Python

SQL

TypeScript

GCP

Job description

Who We Are

Icon Health is a leading provider of value-based musculoskeletal (MSK) care, collaborating with payers and providers to enhance outcomes and experience for individuals. The company partners with health plans and risk-bearing providers to assume accountability for reduced total cost of care. By combining technology-enabled MSK providers with proactive care coordination and decision support services, Icon Health delivers multidisciplinary, evidence-based care.

We founded Icon Health on the conviction that every patient should be genuinely delighted with their care experience. By prioritizing patient-centered practices, ensuring clear care goals across the entire clinical team, and placing clinicians at the heart of care delivery, we aim to transform a fragmented system into one that truly serves patients. Our model uses a team-based approach to care, integrating musculoskeletal expertise and primary care to achieve better patient outcomes.

Above all, we value individuals who are eager to roll up their sleeves, tackle obstacles head-on, and create innovative solutions that improve the lives of our patients and our clinical partners.

What You'll Do:

• Manage, mentor, and hire software or systems engineers while setting clear performance expectations and growth plans.
• Ensure all technology, data handling, and software products strictly follow healthcare laws like HIPAA and safety standards.
• Partner with clinicians, product managers, and security teams to turn clinical or operational needs into technical solutions.
• Continue to build a healthy remote team culture with strong verbal and written communication and ownership mindset
• Oversee complex technology initiatives, manage resource allocation, and track project milestones and budgets.
• Guide architectural decisions, support cloud infrastructure and SAAS integrations, and maintain high standards for system reliability.
• Ensure teams build accessible, intuitive, and responsive UI components that staff can navigate quickly and efficiently during critical patient care.
• Maintain and optimize the team's engineering stack
• Write production code in Python, TypeScript and SQL, and contribute to DBT models and data pipelines
• Review pull requests and set the bar for code quality, testing and documentation
• Lead technical design for new services, integrations and data flows
• Step in on incidents, debugging and on-call escalation when needed
• Manage automated testing, continuous integration, and deployment pipelines to push application updates without disrupting clinical operations.
• Report progress, risks and metrics to the CTO and Business Leadership
• Other Duties As Assigned

What You'll Bring:

• 7+ years in software or data engineering, including 2+ years managing engineers
• Still writing code: strong in Python and SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform, ideally GCP
• A track record of putting engineering processes in place (agile delivery, code review, CI/CD) that held up as a team grew
• Experience automating manual workflows and building internal tools
• Experience with regulated or sensitive data, and a working understanding of security fundamentals
• Clear written communication and comfort leading a remote team
• Sound judgment on build vs. buy, technical debt and trade-offs

Nice to Have:

• Healthcare experience, including HIPAA, and PHI handling
• Healthcare data experience such as claims, member, provider or clinical/EHR data, and standards like HL7 or FHIR
• Experience with SOC 2 or HITRUST controls

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based upon age, color, handicap or disability, ethnic or national origin, race, religion, religious creed, gender (including discrimination taking the form of sexual harassment), marital, parental or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Job Type: Full Time. M-F

Benefits:

• Flexible scheduling options (to be discussed in interview)
• Benefit package including medical, dental and vision effective on Day 1
• Work Location: Fully Remote

Important Notice: Protect Yourself from Recruitment Fraud

To ensure you are communicating with a legitimate Icon Health representative, please not

• Verified Communication: All official emails from our team will only come from an @iconhealthco.com email address.
• Live Interviews: We never hire based on text or chat alone. Our multi-stage interview process always involves several live conversations with our team members via phone and/or web conference.
• Your Privacy: We will never ask for sensitive financial information, home office equipment fees, or payment at any point during the hiring process.

If you receive a suspicious request or an email from a different domain claiming to represent Icon Health, please do not engage