Vice President of Engineering

MediCircle

. Develop and execute a multi-year engineering strategy aligned with MediCircle’s business model, product roadmap, customer commitments, regulatory obligations, and national expansion .

Posted 9/15/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesLead💰 $225,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in engineering leadership, including developing and executing engineering strategies, managing complex production platforms, and scaling engineering organizations. Proficient in modern backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, and regulatory compliance within healthcare or similar environments.

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Engineering LeadershipSoftware Engineering ExperienceAI Strategy DevelopmentCloud Infrastructure ManagementRegulatory Compliance Expertise

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringBackend ArchitectureAPIsCloud InfrastructureCybersecurityApplication DevelopmentTechnical OperationsPerformance ManagementData IntegrityIncident Response

Soft Skills

Decision-MakingAccountabilityCollaborationCommunicationContinuous Improvement

Industry Keywords

HealthcarePharmacy OperationsRegulated EnvironmentsComplianceTechnical Debt

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute a multi-year engineering strategy aligned with MediCircle’s business model, product roadmap, customer commitments, regulatory obligations, and national expansion
Design the engineering organization’s structure, leadership model, hiring plan, career framework, and operating practices
Recruit, manage, and develop engineering leaders and senior technical talent
Establish a culture of high ownership, accountability, thoughtful decision-making, and continuous improvement
Establish transparent planning, prioritization, and delivery processes
Align engineering resources with the company’s highest-impact opportunities and commitments
Oversee the evolution of application architecture, integrations, infrastructure, and technical foundations
Ensure systems support national scale and increasing operational complexity
Own systems and practices for availability, data integrity, cybersecurity, privacy, incident response, disaster recovery, and regulatory compliance
Advise founders and executive leadership on technical strategy, organizational capacity, investment priorities, delivery risks, customer requirements, and business implications
Build partnerships across product, pharmacy operations, patient operations, growth/partnerships, and customer-facing teams
Identify and implement AI opportunities across product development, pharmacy and patient operations, internal workflows, and engineering productivity
Establish responsible standards and decision-making frameworks for evaluating and deploying AI capabilities
Make build-versus-buy decisions, oversee technical debt, manage engineering budgets and vendors, and balance near-term execution with long-term platform durability
Represent engineering with customers, partners, investors, regulators, and prospective hires

Requirements

What you’ll need

9-12+ years of software engineering experience, including substantial experience building and operating complex production platforms
4-6+ years of engineering leadership experience, including experience managing engineering managers or multiple engineering teams
Previous experience serving as a VP of Engineering, Head of Engineering, senior engineering director, or comparable leader during significant company and organizational growth
Demonstrated success scaling an engineering organization, including recruiting leaders, designing team structures, establishing management practices, and developing technical talent
Experience owning engineering strategy and execution across architecture, application development, infrastructure, reliability, security, and technical operations
Track record of scaling a mission-critical platform through substantial increases in users, customer complexity, and/or regulatory requirements
Strong technical depth in modern backend architecture, APIs, cloud infrastructure, security, and software development practices
Experience establishing effective planning, prioritization, performance management, and execution across an engineering organization
Strong business and product judgment, including evaluating technical investments based on customer value, company strategy, risk, cost, and speed
Experience partnering with founders and executive leaders and communicating technical opportunities, constraints, and risks to nontechnical stakeholders
Ability to balance rapid execution with reliability, security, compliance, and long-term architectural quality
Active awareness of emerging AI technologies and their application to engineering productivity or product capabilities
Healthcare/pharmacy exposure and familiarity with regulated operations, or experience in regulated or compliance-heavy environments preferred
Engineering leadership experience at an early-stage startup or similar fast-paced, high-growth environment preferred
Experience progressing from founder-led or early technical development to a structured, scalable engineering organization preferred
Experience developing and executing an AI strategy across customer-facing products and internal operations preferred

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