About Allara:
Allara is on a mission to transform the health of millions of women by
bringing effective, solutions-driven hormonal healthcare into every decade of
adult life. Our convenient care management platform offers a mix of medical
and lifestyle interventions to help patients achieve their health goals.
Allara is led by an experienced women’s healthcare founder and backed by
leading venture capital firms, including Google Ventures (GV).
About the Role:
We are looking for a Director of Engineering to join our growing engineering
organization. In this role, you'll lead a team of talented product and
platform engineers and will be responsible for driving technical vision and
key architecture decisions behind our digital experience. You will lead our
efforts to bring innovative features to life, collaborating closely with
product, design, and stakeholders across the business. The ideal candidate is
a strong leader who is as passionate about creating seamless user experiences
as they are about solving complex technical problems.
This role is based in New York City, with in-person work at least two times
per week.
Responsibilities:
* This role is for someone who thrives in a fast-paced growth stage
* Cultivate a high-performance culture, optimizing for both retention and results as our business grows in scale and complexity
* Hire and develop technical talent within the organization, refining our recruiting process to hire engineers with varying backgrounds, levels of seniority, and domain knowledge
* Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship, fostering a culture of respect, transparency, continuous learning, and improvement
* Ensure our engineering practices, such as CI/CD, code reviews, and QA processes, meet our needs and can evolve as we scale
* Collaborate closely with teams across the business to build strong relationships and deliver on product initiatives
* Ensure that development processes are streamlined and efficient, balancing process and flexibility to deliver impactful and quality work at scale
Qualifications:
* 7+ years of software engineering experience including 3+ years of experience building and managing teams
* You’ve shown technical expertise as a software engineer, built and scaled teams and systems, and made complex engineering decisions (ideally in the digital health, consumer, and/or regulated industry space)
* Experience in a leadership role, with a proven ability to attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent
* A team player who loves to collaborate, thrives on team wins, and is viewed as a dependable partner for your team. You provide clear, actionable feedback and encouragement
* You have a strong technical background that includes experience working with REST APIs, GraphQL, Javascript, web frameworks, and relational databases like Postgres
Details:
Compensation: $200-250k base + equity
Medical/Dental/Vision
401(k)
Unlimited PTO
At Allara, we believe in celebrating everything that makes us human and are
proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We embrace diversity and are
committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds,
perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the
better we can serve our members. We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer and do
not discriminate against candidates or patients based on race, color, gender,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, disability,
national origin, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by
applicable federal, state, or local law.