Head Engineer | Jasper | Remote (United States)
Posted 2025-09-08
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Who We Are</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><a href="http://hellojasper.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Jasper Health</a> is a digital coaching and navigation experience that improves the lives of individuals affected by cancer and their caregivers. Our team of healthcare, technology, and consumer industry experts are dedicated to making cancer care a more human experience. Jasper Health raised $25M in <a href="https://hitconsultant.net/2022/02/01/jasper-health-series-a-funding/#:~:text=The%20Series%20A%20funding%20round,systems%20that%20provide%20cancer%20care" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Series A funding</a> led by General Catalyst. The round, which was joined by new and existing investors Human Capital, W Health Ventures, Redesign Health, and 7wireVentures, brings Jasper Health’s total funding to approximately $31 million.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Jasper Health has a passionate <a href="https://www.hellojasper.com/team" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">team</a> of world-class leaders in digital health, oncology, customer-centered design, and data science. We are rapidly adding talent to our team – come join us!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About the Role</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Reporting directly to the COO, the Head Engineer will play a crucial role in expanding the Jasper offering to take advantage of recent regulations that allow Jasper services to be directly reimbursed by health plans (including Medicare and Medicaid). This role will help integrate new technologies and oversee all engineering activities for the cross-functional team. This includes the consumer (patient) facing experiences, clinical and administrative interfaces, and building out all capabilities that drive the experiences. Teams are small and agile and the role is very ‘hands-on’.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Role and Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and enhance our powerful platform, web, and mobile applications using cloud-native technologies</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work on all levels of the technology stack (React, Python, Postgres, Redis, Flutter, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design and implement scalable and highly available APIs, services, and systems</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Integrate with third-party platforms to create industry-leading solutions</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lead technical architecture, design, and implementation for new products and enhancements to existing products</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Manage and mentor other software engineers including estimation, code reviews, process improvements, and more.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work closely with your team’s product manager and technical project manager to help drive the success of the team by improving KPIs through OKRs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Own the team’s documentation of code, APIs, architectures, and all relevant technical information as it relates to business/technical operations and the product itself</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Other duties as assigned</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Up to 10% of travel may be requested by leadership (ie., conferences)</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years of professional software and database experience</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience with cloud-based infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">1+ years of being a team lead or managing other engineers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining amazing new end-to-end features</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to perform code reviews and review/approve system architecture and database structures</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Knowledge of software engineering best practices for the entire SDLC including coding standards,code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing .</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant experience driving incremental improvement in engineering team’s processes</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience leading teams that drive business value while maintaining speed, quality, and security</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Detail-oriented, well-organized, strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Team based mentality and willingness to work with others either domestically or internationally</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong written and verbal English skills.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Preferred Experience</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience with Python, React, or Flutter</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience with Django, Flask, or Next.js</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience being a team lead or managing other engineers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant experience in Agile methodologies</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant experience in domain-driven design including microservice architectures/patterns</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant Experience with DevOps tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, JIRA, GitHub, or DataDog</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong experience in managing team members to OKRs and KPIs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Understanding of best practice security processes, procedures, and policies</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Benefits Includes</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Health, Dental and Vision Insurance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Short Term / Long Term Disability</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Life Insurance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">401(k) Retirement Plan</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Flexible Spending Accounts</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Employee Assistance Program</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">And more…</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Conditions of Employment</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You must be authorized to work in the United States</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Applicants will be required to pass a background check as a condition of employment</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Equal Employment Opportunity Policy</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Jasper Health, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#li-remote</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><a href="http://hellojasper.com" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Jasper Health</a> is a digital coaching and navigation experience that improves the lives of individuals affected by cancer and their caregivers. Our team of healthcare, technology, and consumer industry experts are dedicated to making cancer care a more human experience. Jasper Health raised $25M in <a href="https://hitconsultant.net/2022/02/01/jasper-health-series-a-funding/#:~:text=The%20Series%20A%20funding%20round,systems%20that%20provide%20cancer%20care" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Series A funding</a> led by General Catalyst. The round, which was joined by new and existing investors Human Capital, W Health Ventures, Redesign Health, and 7wireVentures, brings Jasper Health’s total funding to approximately $31 million.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Jasper Health has a passionate <a href="https://www.hellojasper.com/team" target="_blank" class="break-all font-medium underline hover:opacity-75" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">team</a> of world-class leaders in digital health, oncology, customer-centered design, and data science. We are rapidly adding talent to our team – come join us!</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">About the Role</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Reporting directly to the COO, the Head Engineer will play a crucial role in expanding the Jasper offering to take advantage of recent regulations that allow Jasper services to be directly reimbursed by health plans (including Medicare and Medicaid). This role will help integrate new technologies and oversee all engineering activities for the cross-functional team. This includes the consumer (patient) facing experiences, clinical and administrative interfaces, and building out all capabilities that drive the experiences. Teams are small and agile and the role is very ‘hands-on’.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Role and Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Build and enhance our powerful platform, web, and mobile applications using cloud-native technologies</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work on all levels of the technology stack (React, Python, Postgres, Redis, Flutter, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Design and implement scalable and highly available APIs, services, and systems</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Integrate with third-party platforms to create industry-leading solutions</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Lead technical architecture, design, and implementation for new products and enhancements to existing products</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Manage and mentor other software engineers including estimation, code reviews, process improvements, and more.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Work closely with your team’s product manager and technical project manager to help drive the success of the team by improving KPIs through OKRs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Own the team’s documentation of code, APIs, architectures, and all relevant technical information as it relates to business/technical operations and the product itself</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Other duties as assigned</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Up to 10% of travel may be requested by leadership (ie., conferences)</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">5+ years of professional software and database experience</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience with cloud-based infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">1+ years of being a team lead or managing other engineers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining amazing new end-to-end features</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to perform code reviews and review/approve system architecture and database structures</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Knowledge of software engineering best practices for the entire SDLC including coding standards,code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing .</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant experience driving incremental improvement in engineering team’s processes</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Experience leading teams that drive business value while maintaining speed, quality, and security</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Detail-oriented, well-organized, strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Team based mentality and willingness to work with others either domestically or internationally</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong written and verbal English skills.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Preferred Experience</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience with Python, React, or Flutter</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience with Django, Flask, or Next.js</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">3+ years of experience being a team lead or managing other engineers</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant experience in Agile methodologies</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant experience in domain-driven design including microservice architectures/patterns</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Significant Experience with DevOps tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, JIRA, GitHub, or DataDog</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Strong experience in managing team members to OKRs and KPIs</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Understanding of best practice security processes, procedures, and policies</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Benefits Includes</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Health, Dental and Vision Insurance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Short Term / Long Term Disability</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Life Insurance</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">401(k) Retirement Plan</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Flexible Spending Accounts</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Employee Assistance Program</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">And more…</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Conditions of Employment</strong></p>
<ul class=" text-base sm:text-lg marker:text-color list-inside list-disc text-gray-500 list-disc list-outside pl-3 mb-6">
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">You must be authorized to work in the United States</span></li>
<li class=" leading-snug mb-2 pl-2"><span class="text-gray-200">Applicants will be required to pass a background check as a condition of employment</span></li>
</ul>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3"><strong class=" font-semibold">Equal Employment Opportunity Policy</strong></p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">Jasper Health, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.</p>
<p class=" text-gray-200 text-base sm:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-3">#li-remote</p>