Director of Engineering

Company Overview

At Particle Health, our mission is to unlock the power of medical records in an intelligent platform that focuses healthcare back on the patient. We do that through connecting our customers to national and state medical record exchanges, which facilitates medical record sharing and interoperability.  That also gives us access to arguably some of the best fully longitudinal data on millions of patients.  Our energy is then spent organizing and processing that data, making that data useful in different settings. Powered by this data, we are building a data platform offering important clinical insights to our customers.  Our customers are Healthcare AI companies building solutions, digital healthcare providers, payers, EHR, & condition-specific platforms. 

About the Role

Particle Health is on a mission to enable a more connected, intelligent, and patient-centric healthcare ecosystem. As our Director of Engineering, you will play a critical role in shaping and developing our APIs, data products and analytics offerings, helping Particle Health continue to develop its data platforms and pipelines. In this role you will manage a team of 4-7 engineers and will work closely with Product to guide the company's roadmap and strategy.

This is a hybrid role based in New York City. The team works in-office two days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays), so applicants must be located within commuting distance and comfortable with in-person collaboration.

What You’ll Do:

This is a player-coach role: you'll manage engineers and projects the majority of the time, but remain hands-on with tasks like code reviews and architectural decisions.

• Provide leadership, mentorship, and day-to-day support for a high-performing team of engineers
• Collaborate with Product and Data Science to shape the product roadmap, both in planning and execution 
• Lead key initiatives across software development, infrastructure, Site Reliability, and Security
• Review code and architecture with a focus on quality, security, and scalability
• Assess team capacity against business goals and be prepared to make value-based arguments to allocate capacity to the highest priority work
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure technical efforts align with customer needs and company objectives
• Guide the design, development, and deployment of new data models and production-grade data pipelines

What We Seek:

• 7+ years of total experience in software or data engineering roles as an individual contributor at product-driven companies
• 4+ years of experience as an engineering leader with people management responsibilities, with proven ability to develop high-performing teams
• Experience with AI Developer Productivity Tools (i.e. Github Copilot, Cursor, etc)
• Experience in Golang or Python programming and ecosystems
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes 
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and complexity to achieve challenging goals.

Nice To Haves: 

• Experience working in the healthcare industry, especially with Provider or Health Insurance use cases, health data security and privacy
• Experience with medical data sets - medical records, claims, ADTs and / or Healthcare data standards such as FHIR and / or CCDA
• Experience working in data-centric environments, (i.e. a lot of data processing, data science teams, large-scale pipelines, etc.) 
• Strong grasp of experimental design and advanced statistical analysis 
• Experience with Data Modeling and Data Governance 
• Experience with technologies such as Big Data tools, GCP, Spark, Prefect, Airflow (or similar), and Kubernetes

Why Particle Health?

• Purposeful Work: Contribute to projects that directly improve healthcare access, empower providers, and enhance patient outcomes.
• Collaborative Culture: Thrive in a mission-driven, curiosity-fueled environment where ownership and bold ideas are celebrated.
• Flexibility & Balance: Enjoy unlimited PTO and a hybrid work schedule, giving you a mix of energizing, in-person collaboration, and remote work time. We also provide free lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays when our team is in office!
• Bonus Program: Get rewarded for great work—our twice-a-year bonus program reflects both your contributions and our overall success.
• Comprehensive Benefits:
• ~ 95% employer-paid health benefits for you and generous coverage for your family.
• Employer-funded 401(k) contribution to help you build a secure future.
• Mental health benefits to support your well-being.
• Invest in Your Future: Receive employee equity, ensuring you share in the company’s success.
• Family Support: Access 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, so you can focus on what matters most.

At Particle Health, your contributions don’t just impact the company—they shape the future of healthcare. Join us, and let’s make a difference together!

Compensation Range: For this role, we’re targeting a salary range of $200,000–$260,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications. If your background aligns more closely with a higher or lower level than the scope outlined here, compensation may vary accordingly.