What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Engineering position at Photon?
Company Mission
Photon gives patients ownership of prescriptions. Our platform enables clinicians to send prescriptions to patients via text, which saves them time by allowing their patients to shop between pharmacies. The vision is to help consumers save money by increasing transparency.
Who are we looking for?
Photon is looking for an experienced and hungry engineering leader interested in running a technical product-driven organization. Initially, this leader will start by overseeing all engineers and will be responsible for scaling the team from 5 to 12 engineers. You will be focused on scaling the team, both in size and capability, ensuring high quality technical decision-making from engineers within the organization. Pharmacy or healthcare technology experience is a big plus, but not required.
This is your opportunity to join at the ground floor and build the technical team at a rapidly growing early stage startup!
What will you be doing?
- Overseeing the architecture, development, and deployment of frontend systems and their integration with backend services and cloud infrastructure
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including design, sales, and operations
- Mentoring and lead a high-performing team of engineers, fostering innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
- Driving best practices for software engineering, emphasizing code quality, performance, scalability, and a user-centered design approach
- Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements, particularly in healthcare
What experience, skills, and qualifications are necessary?
- 8 years of experience building scalable, high performance systems
- Proven track record of 5 years in engineering leadership, managing and scaling teams responsible for high-traffic, customer-facing applications
- Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments, with a focus on innovation
- A self-starter mentality; you have started something on your own before — a startup, an open-source project, something else.
- Live in NYC metro area
- A passion for working closely with customers
- Creativity, empathy, and a drive for continuous improvement
Benefits
- Salary Commission Equity compensation package
- Comprehensive health, vision & dental insurance
- We provide the equipment needed for the role
- Opportunity for rapid career progression
**Pay Transparency**
The estimated starting base salary range for this position is $220,000 to $260,000 USD. The listed range is a guideline from Carta, and the actual base salary may be modified based on factors including job-related skills, experience/qualifications, interview performance, market data, etc. Given Photon Health’s funding and size, we heavily value the potential upside from equity in our compensation package.
Salary : $220,000 - $260,000
