What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Engineering position at Nymbl Science?
Nymbl is the leading fall prevention and balance training platform that partners with Medicare Advantage health plans to improve mobility, reduce falls, and lower healthcare costs for older adults. Our platform delivers measurable cost savings, boosts Star ratings, and enhances member satisfaction. Every day we challenge the belief that aging means doing less.
We are seeking a dynamic Director of Engineering to join our lean, fast-paced team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with and report directly to our CEO, contributing to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of our digital platform. The Director of Engineering will be the cornerstone of our development team and will be responsible for managing all internal technical responsibilities. This role will include hands-on coding and software development, managing and directing internal employees and external contractors, ensuring security and compliance, handling administrative tasks, and enhancing the mobile user experience. Your work will be instrumental in improving the lives of older adults while advancing our mission-driven, outcomes-focused organization. This position requires strategic thinking and accountability for engineering objectives, including feature development, analytics management, and prioritization of key initiatives to drive the company’s mission and goals forward.
The ideal candidate will possess an understanding of healthcare requirements and experience working with health plan customers. The Director of Engineering will work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and customer success teams to develop and implement effective solutions.
What We Bring
The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $180,000. Nymbl covers 100% of the premium for our bronze United HealthCare medical health plan for you and your dependents. We also cover 80% of the dental and vision insurance premiums for employees. Additionally, Nymbl covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability. We offer a flexible PTO policy and a 401(k) match.
We prefer candidates based in Denver, CO, to collaborate in person at our office at least once a week.
Nymbl Science is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Nymbl Science makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
We are seeking a dynamic Director of Engineering to join our lean, fast-paced team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with and report directly to our CEO, contributing to the development, maintenance, and enhancement of our digital platform. The Director of Engineering will be the cornerstone of our development team and will be responsible for managing all internal technical responsibilities. This role will include hands-on coding and software development, managing and directing internal employees and external contractors, ensuring security and compliance, handling administrative tasks, and enhancing the mobile user experience. Your work will be instrumental in improving the lives of older adults while advancing our mission-driven, outcomes-focused organization. This position requires strategic thinking and accountability for engineering objectives, including feature development, analytics management, and prioritization of key initiatives to drive the company’s mission and goals forward.
The ideal candidate will possess an understanding of healthcare requirements and experience working with health plan customers. The Director of Engineering will work cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and customer success teams to develop and implement effective solutions.
What We Bring
- A fast-paced, mission-driven, start-up environment where you can learn quickly and broaden expertise by wearing multiple hats to support a rapidly expanding business
- An opportunity to save older adult lives by preventing falls
- An environment where you can do your best work, supported by an inclusive, collaborative and passionate team
- A culture of respect, joy, gratitude, transparency, and 360-degree accountability
- A user- and customer-first attitude rooted in care and empathy
- A collaborative mindset
- A positive, can-do approach that inspires trust and enthusiasm
- Effective communication that fosters clarity and alignment
- A commitment to autonomy and rigor, ensuring ownership and excellence in every project
- An eye for detail and creative problem-solving that drives impactful outcomes
- Take on the responsibilities of Eng #1 in a start-up environment. Lead and manage all internal technical operations, including software development, security, compliance, dev ops and administration.
- Co-own and shape the strategy for the entire technology stack, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Design, document, develop, and maintain robust, high-quality solutions.
- Manage and support a variety of apps and processes, including our mobile application, web application, .net backend, Azure operations, and data science tools (Fivetran, Snowflake, Sigma, etc).
- Maintain and improve existing production services and infrastructure, proactively identifying opportunities for enhancement at all levels.
- Manage internal and external software developers to deliver new features and ensure ongoing success.
- Support tasks that only engineers can do, e.g. data cleansing, file uploads and processing, internal integrations with other software (Braze, HubSpot, Sigma, etc), and external integrations with health plans for data transfer.
- Ensure the security and compliance of our digital health solutions with relevant healthcare regulations and standards.
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, and customer success teams to provide technical expertise and support in solution and product development.
- Monitor technical operations to ensure delivery of SLAs, including monitoring and responding at night and on weekends for severe issues as needed.
- 7 years of software engineering experience with a minimum of 3 years in a leadership role.
- Expertise in:
- Mobile UI (Flutter)
- C# up and down the technology stack
- REST API development, ASP.NET, and business logic
- SQL including transactional databases, ORMs, and data warehouses
- Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services, including Azure App Services, Application Gateway, Front Door, Storage Containers (BLOB and file shares), Container Instances, and Azure Storage.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools in Azure, such as Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, and Application Insights.
- Proficiency in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub.
- Experience in database design and application of data integrity principals, as well as managing and configuring ETL pipelines.
- Proficiency in implementing and strategizing unit and integration testing.
- Ability to create and maintain a process for iteration and quality appropriate for a startup that emphasizes speed, transparency, and alignment while not bogging down the process with un-needed checks and balances or documentation.
- Experience developing and maintaining security postures including SOC2 and HIPAA.
- Experience in managing, hiring, and scaling a team in an early-stage startup environment.
The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $180,000. Nymbl covers 100% of the premium for our bronze United HealthCare medical health plan for you and your dependents. We also cover 80% of the dental and vision insurance premiums for employees. Additionally, Nymbl covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability. We offer a flexible PTO policy and a 401(k) match.
We prefer candidates based in Denver, CO, to collaborate in person at our office at least once a week.
Nymbl Science is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Nymbl Science makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Salary : $160,000 - $180,000