Engineering Manager

Our Mission: Make healthcare the gold standard in customer service.

What We Deliver: WELL TM Health is a SaaS digital health leader in patient communications and the 2021 Best in KLAS winner in Patient Outreach .

WELL Health’s intelligent communications hub is the only two-way digital health solution engaging patients throughout their entire care experience.

WELL Health enables conversations between patients and their providers through secure, multilingual messaging in the patient’s preferred communications channel: texting, email, telephone, and live chat.

By unifying and automating disjointed communications, WELL Health helps healthcare organizations drive more patient visits, build exceptional patient loyalty, and reduce staffing costs, frustration and turnover. 

Our Impact: WELL Health helps 200k+ healthcare providers facilitate more than 1 billion messages for 30+ million patients annually. 

Our award-winning culture: In 2021, WELL Health was named #10 on the Forbes list of America’s Best Startup Employers and was also recognized as one of the Best Midsize Companies to Work for in Los Angeles by Built In LA .

In 2020, WELL Health was named among the Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare and ranked #170 on the Inc.

5000 list of fastest growing private companies. 

SUMMARY

WELL’s Engineering team is looking for a talented Engineering Manager.

You will report directly to our Senior Director of Software Engineering.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical part in mentoring, developing, and recruiting at WELL.

You will play a key role in attracting and retaining engineering talent, defining and improving team processes, mentoring and developing the career growth of team members, and generally ensuring that our engineering teams are operating with high morale to quality products with high velocity.

The core responsibilities of this position are on the “people manager” rather than “technical manager” end of the engineering manager continuum, but there is opportunity to contribute technically as well.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage a mix of software engineers (Backend, Frontend, and Full Stack) across varying experience levels.

Develop people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and management support.

Partner with Recruiting and HR to attract and retain a diverse team of engineers through hiring, mentoring, feedback, and career development.

Facilitate collaboration across the organization with other teams and departments.

Remove blockers and impediments to team members performing at maximum efficiency and satisfaction.

Steer the resources, training and processes to grow the technical expertise of your team around quality, scalability, performance, and high availability.

Attend Scrum ceremonies and help iterate our Agile processes to be most effective for our team members.

Conduct regular 1:1s and performance reviews.

REQUIREMENTS
BS degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent.

Strong technical foundation in software engineering design principles.

3+ years experience managing or leading software engineering teams developing SaaS products.

Have a strong track record of mentoring and growing high performing people and teams.

Deeply knowledgeable and passionate about both software development and people development.

A critical thinker and frequently spot risks and problems that others fail to catch.

Understanding of either modern backend (microservices, cloud, distributed systems) or front end (React/Angular) development.

Proficient in one of the core languages (Java, TypeScript, Python, Golang, etc.) Experience building enterprise SaaS products in highly regulated environments with low risk tolerance is highly preferred.

Must work well under pressure, be sensitive to deadlines, be able to interact in a team environment, and able to adapt quickly to change Hands-on experience working with Agile teams, preferably with Scrum.

BONUS
Experience working with remote teams
LOCATION

WELL is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with a second office opening later this year in Los Angeles, CA.

Today, all WELL positions are remote, and we are looking forward to when our offices reopen.

Most of WELL’s Engineering team is located on the West Coast, specifically in Southern California.

The ideal candidate is someone that currently resides in Southern California, though we are open to candidates based anywhere in the US.

Weekly or monthly travel to one of our locations is required when it’s safe to do so.

We are happy to discuss the cadence of visits with the right candidate. 

WORKING AT WELL
Fantastic company culture – frequent Zoom company events (Lunch & Learns, trivia, yoga, etc.) and daily fun brought to you by many creative Slack channels.

Employee equity groups – 11 groups available for all to join.

Black & Latinx, Women, LGBTQ+, Disability, and many more!

Learning and development – frequent events and tools available to help our employees #PursueGrowth.

Career mobility – we promote from within and have opportunities for employees to transfer between teams.  Santa Barbara office perks – dog-friendly office, healthy (and unhealthy) snacks, Kombucha and beer on tap, light-filled space, standing desks, and the occasional taco truck.

Company perks and benefits – MacBook Pro provided, unlimited PTO, generous equity package and full health benefits (medical, dental, and vision).

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

WELL Health Inc.

is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to fair and equitable hiring practices.

All hiring decisions at WELL are based on strategic business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications.

All candidates are considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexuality, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other protected status. 

We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace, where everyone feels safe to be themselves and diversity is a strength.

WELL is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment; WELL will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.

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