Senior Director, Engineering
About Hopscotch Primary Care
At Hopscotch Primary Care, we believe great healthcare should be accessible to all people across all communities. Today, almost 20% of Americans live in a rural community, yet only 11% of physicians practice in those same communities. We are on a mission to transform healthcare in rural America. We provide high-quality primary care tailored to meet the needs of our patients through our robust care model and comprehensive care team, delivering care in our clinics, and across settings, and wrapping resources around the patients who need them most.
Our patients and the care teams who serve them sit at the center of everything we do at Hopscotch. Hopscotch Primary Care takes a team approach to serve patient needs and provide the best care possible. Our goal is to provide the care each of us would want for ourselves or for our family members, in the right setting, and at the right time.
Today, we are serving thousands of patients in our value-based care model and the number is growing every day. If you want to bring your experience, skill and passion to make a lasting impact in healthcare, we’d like to meet you.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Hopscotch Primary Care is looking for a hands-on Senior Director of Engineering to lead our Platform and Data Engineering teams at a pivotal moment in our growth. The ideal candidate will blend strategic vision with technical execution, overseeing developers, increasing development velocity without compromising quality, and building out our internal engineering capabilities. Our data-driven care model relies on a strong technical foundation to power our clinical operations, analytics, and patient engagement. This leader will shape the architecture and execution of scalable infrastructure and data systems, ensuring they scale as we grow across new markets. In our fast-paced, dynamic environment, you will work closely with our Product, Operations, Growth and Clinical teams to define and drive our technology roadmap.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership
- Develop a deep understanding of the current architecture, product strategy and company vision to set a comprehensive technical strategy
- Partner with Product, Clinical and Operations to assess vendors in build / buy decisions balancing the strategic needs and available resources within the company
- Effectively communicate the technology vision with all levels and stakeholders across Hopscotch
Team Management & Development
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing platform engineers and data engineers
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous learning
Technology & Architecture:
- Oversee the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performing infrastructure and data pipelines
- Ensure platform reliability, observability, and performance as we scale
- Drive the adoption of best practices in cloud-native architecture, CI/CD, data governance, and DevOps
Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Partner with Product, Growth, Operations, and Analytics to deliver tools and platforms that support our care model including build or integration with vended solutions
- Enable faster experimentation and decision-making through self-serve data and infrastructure tools
- Demonstrate ability to be customer facing when appropriate (clinicians, patients)
Delivery & Execution:
- Translate company objectives into engineering roadmaps with clear milestones, resourcing, and metrics
- Guide technical delivery while balancing speed, quality, and sustainability
ABOUT YOU:
You would be a great fit for this position if you have:
- 10+ years of technical experience, including 5+ years managing engineering teams
- Healthcare experience, preferably in the services/provider sector or the payer sector
- Experience leading a hybrid model of in-house development and vended solutions
- A track record of developing high-performing technical teams
- Experience in a start-up or high-growth environment, ideally in healthcare
- A results-driven mindset, focusing time and resources against the most impactful priorities
- A concise and articulate communication style, breaking complex concepts down both verbally and in writing
From a cultural perspective, you are:
- Customer-focused with a passion for serving patients and providers who make healthcare possible
- Agile, yet thoughtful, and can work effectively in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Constantly seeking ways to simplify and improve current processes, bringing a positive attitude to challenges
- Accountable, holding yourself and others to a high standard and seeking to support and develop others
- Willing to roll up your sleeves to support the work required and collaborate effectively with people of all backgrounds
- Reliable, driving towards clarity and delivering on your commitments.
- Energized by building relationships and finding creative solutions to arrive at mutually beneficial outcomes
- Comfortable with ambiguity and bring a structured, proactive approach to getting things done
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Familiarity with working with healthcare data sources, different interfaces and clinical workflow software including EHR, population health tools, patient portals, and clinical decision support technology.
- Experience working with backend systems or data tools to shape or transform data (ex. SQL, Python, dbt, or similar)
- Experience with setting up and maintaining AWS infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools a plus
- Experience with Palantir Foundry data platform a plus
In accordance with the Illinois Pay Transparency Act, we’re providing the full salary range for this position. Actual compensation will be determined based on location, relevant experience and qualifications. Most offers will fall within a portion of the listed range.This position has a salary range of $175,000 – $262,000 annually, based on location, relevant experience and qualifications. In addition to base salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Paid holidays + PTO
- Company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance for you + your family
- FREE short-term and long-term disability insurance
- FREE $100k life insurance policy
- 401k plan with 4% company match + no vesting period
- $720 - $1,000 added to employee Health Savings Account annually for eligible health plans
- And more!
At Hopscotch Primary Care, we embrace diversity, invest in a culture of inclusion and positivity and encourage all to apply to join our team. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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