Job Description
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. You will own the technical strategy and execution for the Data Products roadmap—encompassing clinical data ingestion, canonical data modeling, and ingestion scalability—while building scalable, reusable data capabilities that serve as a foundational platform for driving clinical insight generation. You will 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. You will serve as a critical leader and partner to the VP of Engineering and cross-functional leaders in Product, Data Science, and Design.
As a Director of Engineering, Data Products , you will:
- Own the Data Products technical roadmap, canonical data modeling, and ingestion scalability.
- 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.
Success in this role looks like:
- Successfully achieving improved clinical data coverage and freshness targets across all patient populations.
- Predictable and repeatable multi-customer scaling with standardized playbooks for rapid data readiness.
- Broad adoption of the Data Products platform and its capabilities
- Data infrastructure is robust, stable, and serves as a reliable source of truth during rapid organizational growth and customer expansion.
You should get in touch if:
- You possess 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.
- 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.
- Motivated by intricate technical challenges and dedicated to architecting pragmatic, high-quality engineering solutions through continuous intellectual exploration.
- Thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments, demonstrating the ability to navigate ambiguity and align technical priorities with overarching strategic objectives.
- Action-oriented leader who assumes full ownership of system sustainability, willing to address operational gaps to ensure the team achieves its delivery milestones.
Engineering Leadership Skills:
- Proven track record of directly hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering managers, Tech Leads (TLs), and Principal Engineers (PELs).
- Demonstrated ability to cultivate a high-performance engineering culture focused on velocity, quality, and psychological safety.
- 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.
Benefits Overview:
- Financial Well-Being: Our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent begins with a competitive base salary and equity opportunities. Additionally, we offer a performance-based bonus program and regular compensation reviews to recognize and reward exceptional contributions.
- Physical Well-Being: We prioritize the health and well-being of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive group medical coverage that include coverage for hospitalization, outpatient care, optical services, and dental benefits.
- Mental Well-Being: We understand the importance of mental health in fostering productivity and maintaining work-life balance. To support this, we offer initiatives such as No-Meeting Fridays, company holidays, access to mental health resources, and a generous annual leave policy. Additionally, we embrace a remote-first culture that supports collaboration and flexibility, allowing our team members to thrive from any location.
- Professional Development: We are committed to developing our talent professionally. We offer learning programs, mentorship, professional development funding, and regular performance feedback and reviews.
Additional Perks:
- Reimbursement for office setup expenses
- Monthly cell phone & internet stipend
- Flexibility to work from home, enabling collaboration with global teams
- Paid parental leave for all new parents
- And much more!
About Counterpart Health: In 2018, Clover Health set out to do something unprecedented: build a clinically intuitive, AI-enabled solution that fits within physicians’ workflows to help support the earlier diagnosis and management of chronic conditions.
Years later, that vision is a reality, with thousands of practitioners using Counterpart Assistant during patient visits to improve disease management, reduce medical expenses, and drive success in value-based care.
With an exceptional team of value-based care and technology experts, Counterpart Health is driving value-based care at the speed of software.
Counterpart Health is a subsidiary of Clover Health. From Clover’s inception, Diversity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, perspectives, opinions, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people’s lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of one’s identity. All of our employee’s points of view are key to our success, and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.
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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are an E-Verify company.
Final pay is based on several factors including but not limited to internal equity, market data, and the applicant’s education, work experience, certifications, etc.
A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is:
$223,100—$290,000 USD
