Director of Engineering, Data Products

About the role

At Counterpart Health, we are transforming healthcare and improving patient care with our innovative primary care tool, Counterpart Assistant. By supporting Primary Care Physicians (PCPs), we are able to deliver improved outcomes to our patients at a lower cost through early diagnosis and longitudinal care management of chronic conditions. We're looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our Data Products pillar, serving as the technical engine for Counterpart Health's (CPH) clinical-data foundation.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and execution for the Data Products roadmap—encompassing clinical data ingestion, canonical data modeling, and ingestion scalability.
• Build scalable, reusable data capabilities that serve as a foundational platform for driving clinical insight generation.
• Own the technical strategy for our Data Products platform—ensuring our clinical data foundations (using standards like FHIR, LOINC, and RxNorm) effectively drive business outcomes.
• Serve as a critical leader and partner to the VP of Engineering and cross-functional leaders in Product, Data Science, and Design.
• Manage and optimize the clinical data ingestion pipeline.
• Oversee the scaling of customer data onboarding processes and the continuous improvement of data hygiene, canonical storage standards, and observability and monitoring of the data pipelines.
• Enable shared funnel visibility across the organization and support the development of a robust enterprise reporting framework.
• Drive the adoption of an AI-powered Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), leveraging AI tools to accelerate coding, testing, and deployment processes while maintaining stringent code quality and security standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience with a deep focus on building high-scale data platforms, distributed systems, and interoperability standards (e.g., FHIR, CCDA).
• Proven track record in managing and scaling engineering teams that handle data-heavy workloads and complex clinical data pipelines.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams of engineers to deliver complex software in regulated environments.
• Experience implementing and scaling AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., AI code assistants, automated testing, or AI-driven SDLC) to improve engineering productivity.
• Demonstrated experience building and managing engineering systems in highly regulated healthcare environments, with a strong operational understanding of HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance requirements.
• Motivated by intricate technical challenges and dedicated to architecting pragmatic, high-quality engineering solutions through continuous intellectual exploration.
• Action-oriented leader who assumes full ownership of system sustainability, willing to address operational gaps to ensure the team achieves its delivery milestones.

Qualifications

• Passionate about the healthcare sector and committed to utilizing technical expertise to drive meaningful improvements in patient outcomes.
• Deeply familiar with the inherent complexities and lack of standardization in clinical datasets, with a proactive focus on enhancing data integrity.
• Proven track record of directly hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering managers, Tech Leads (TLs), and Principal Engineers (PELs).
• Experience leading organizational change, including structural re-orgs and process evolution.
• Strong proficiency in strategic resource allocation, capacity planning, and managing technical debt in a fast-paced product environment.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear, actionable business strategies (e.g., impact on HEDIS/RADV outcomes) for non-technical leadership.

Skills

• Experience with FHIR, LOINC, and RxNorm standards.
• Strong understanding of clinical data models and canonical data modeling.
• Proficiency in AI-assisted development workflows.
• Experience in HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance.

Benefits

• Financial Well-Being: Competitive base salary and equity opportunities, performance-based bonus program, regular compensation reviews.
• Physical Well-Being: Comprehensive group medical coverage including hospitalization, outpatient care, optical services, and dental benefits.
• Mental Well-Being: Initiatives such as No-Meeting Fridays, company holidays, access to mental health resources, and a generous annual leave policy.
• Professional Development: Learning programs, mentorship, professional development funding, regular performance feedback and reviews.
• Additional Perks: Reimbursement for office setup expenses, monthly cell phone & internet stipend, flexibility to work from home, paid parental leave for all new parents, and much more!

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is: $223,100—$290,000 USD.

Schedule

Counterpart Health offers a flexible schedule to support collaboration and flexibility, enabling our team members to thrive from any location.