What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Software Engineering position at Alto Pharmacy?
Job Summary
Job Description
Accelerate Your Career as You
Lead and scale engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
Develop and execute engineering strategies aligned with business objectives, driving performance and efficiency.
Oversee the design, development, and deployment of scalable, high-performance software solutions.
Manage and mentor engineering managers, empowering them to build strong, high-performing teams.
Implement and maintain engineering processes that ensure high-quality code and efficient development cycles.
Provide technical guidance on architecture and systems design to ensure the scalability and reliability of Alto's technology stack.
Collaborate with product, design, and operations teams to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.
Act as a key liaison between engineering and business stakeholders, translating technical needs into actionable plans.
Drive continuous improvement in the engineering organization by adopting industry best practices and promoting technical innovation.
A Bit About You
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
15 years of experience in software engineering, specializing in building scalable, loosely coupled services with low-latency data stores.
Proven leadership track record with at least 10 years of experience managing and scaling engineering teams.
Experience managing managers and leading large, cross-functional engineering teams.
Extensive experience with modern programming languages, preferably React, React Native, Ruby, Go, Python, or similar technologies.
Strong experience in product engineering, working with both internal and external products.
Deep understanding of multi-tenant solutions and their design and implementation.
Exceptional technical acumen, with the ability to evaluate and make decisions on complex engineering challenges.
Ability to establish and enforce engineering best practices and foundational engineering processes to ensure long-term scalability and maintainability of systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in healthcare or pharmacy-related technology.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Experience with DevOps practices and tools, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Additional Information
Additional Physical Job Requirements
Reading English, comprehending, and following simple oral and written instructions.
The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
Frequent repeating motions required to operate a computer or phone that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
Environmental Conditions: occasional exposure to low temperatures or high temperatures, outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind, and noisy environments.
Physical Activities:
Occasionally ascending or descending stairs, ramps and the like.
Moving about to accomplish tasks and/or moving from one worksite to another.
Adjusting or moving objects up to 20 pounds in all directions.
Operating motor vehicles.
Occasional sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing/driving/flying
Salary and Benefits
Salary Range : $198,400 - $248,000
Commission Eligible: No
Equity Eligible : Yes
Travel : Yes - Required up to 15% of the time . Engineering on/off-sites OR Leadership on/off-sites ~2x a year.
Location Requirement: Employment at Alto is limited to individuals residing in the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington (WA), and Wisconsin.
Employment Authorization Requirement: Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. At this time, Alto is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.
Benefits : Full-time employee benefits include: Multiple group medical, dental and vision plans to choose from, 401(k) plan, group life, AD&D, FSA/HSA, employer paid STD/LTD, Take-What-You-Need vacation time, accrued paid sick time, 11 paid holidays (7 for Pharmacy and Care teams), 8 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees.
Application deadline : Jan 7, 2024
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Alto Pharmacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation during any portion of the application or hiring process, please contact us at CandidateHelp@alto.com .
Alto Pharmacy considers qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment and conducts background checks consistent with applicable law, including the California, Los Angeles County, San Francisco, and New York City Fair Chance laws. We are an E-Verify participating company.
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Salary : $198,400 - $248,000
