Vice President, Engineering

PayZen is on a mission to bring financial health to healthcare. Our products improve both access and affordability for patients and cash flow & administrative complexity for medical providers. We are trusted by a rapidly growing number of health systems, hospitals, and physician groups and are backed by leading venture capital investors. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Vice President of Engineering to lead the development and scaling of PayZen’s FinTech software solutions in our San Francisco office. We work a hybrid schedule, onsite 3 days per week. As the Vice President of Engineering, you will be pivotal in shaping PayZen’s product's future and driving the company’s growth trajectory. What you will do Lead and grow the engineering team in our San Francisco office, setting up the team for success in a microservices environment, operating on Kubernetes.Collaborate with the existing overseas engineering team to ensure consistency in the product development processes.Drive development, testing, and deployment of robust, scalable software solutions in JavaScript, focusing on Node.js and React.Create and oversee the entire software development lifecycle, ensuring adherence to best practices and high-quality standards.Empower the engineering team to excel in their roles while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and customer focus.Collaborate closely with Product Managers, DevOps, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with company goals.Spearhead innovative strategies to enhance system performance, reliability, and scalability while managing multiple cross-functional projects, ensuring efficient and effective execution.Act as a technical mentor and coach to a team of engineers of varying skills and experience.Create high-level systems, subsystems, and services with clearly defined interfaces, data models, and documentation.Adopt, refine, and operate various solutions, open-source and commercial software such as Amazon AWS.Follow emerging trends in cloud, serverless technologies, machine learning, and data science.Create and maintain a technology roadmap to handle product development and customer needs while reducing tech debt.Collaborate closely with other teams and support various financial, budgeting, and cost justifications. Ensure efficiency in costs related to operating needs, licenses, staff, and training needs.What you will bring Passion for success and the ability to foster a culture of enthusiasm and accountability.Unquestionable ethics and integrity are essential.6 years of development experience in JavaScript, specifically with expertise in Node.js and React.At least 3 years of experience managing and building high-performing engineering teams, including experience setting up new teams or offices.Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent is preferred. MBA is a nice to have.Strong experience in microservices architectures and Kubernetes.Proven ability to lead large-scale technical projects and initiatives.Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI / CD pipelines.Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure.Strong understanding of web technologies, databases, and networking concepts.Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment is highly desirable.Excellet problem-solving, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.Demonstrated success building new processes from scratch and transforming processes, data, systems, and practices in complex, global, multi-stakeholder environments.Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with management.What we offer An opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of patientsA flexible lifestyle that fits the modern work-life balanceA chance to join a high-growth company at an early stageHighly skilled co-workers with whom you can grow your skill-setBe a part of a team that revolutionizes medical payments in ways never seen beforeThe ability to impact company values and culture in a collaborative environment - we value all comments and suggestionsCompetitive pay, benefits and stock options#J-18808-Ljbffr