Director, Software Engineering

GoodRx is the leading prescription savings platform in the U.S. Trusted by more than 25 million consumers and 750,000 healthcare professionals annually, GoodRx provides access to savings and affordability options for generic and brand-name medications at more than 70,000 pharmacies nationwide, as well as comprehensive healthcare research and information. Since 2011, GoodRx has helped consumers save nearly $75 billion on the cost of their prescriptions.

Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.

About the Role

The Director of Software Engineering will lead a strong engineering team and build a culture of innovation and outcome-oriented execution. The leader will work closely with Product and Design to define strategies for evolving the customer experience and achieving business goals.  This leader will create a data-driven approach to measure the success, reliability and performance of the app releases. This leader will be able to roll up their sleeves and actively problem solve with their engineers when needed.

Responsibilities:

• Be an inspirational leader to a group of highly talented engineering teams. Ask the right questions and guide the teams to solve business problems with a consumer focus. 

• 6+ years of experience managing engineers, leads and managers. Demonstrable career progression from IC to management is an important indicator of success.

• Create a collaborative culture that bridges the gap between design and technical implementation in partnership with the broader Engineering, Design and Product teams.

• Experience building on a variety of tech platforms.

• Ability to roll up the sleeves and actively work with engineers to resolve technical and organizational issues.

• Collaborate and partner with product leaders to develop strategies for long term evolution of apps at GoodRX.

• Set up the hiring process to build a world class team of engineers.

• Set clear expectations and goals for your team, and measure the impact of your team against company goals.

• Provide structured performance feedback and coaching in regular 1:1’s and team meetings.

Skills & Qualifications:

• 15+ years of relevant work experience. 

• 15+ years of experience in technology related roles. 6+ years as a people leader, leading teams and/or operations activities.

• Proven experience integrating internal and external systems using mature service oriented practices.

• Must be comfortable with decision making, executing on plans with flexibility, while keeping the strategic objective/vision in alignment.

• Ability to handle multiple, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills with the ability to work across multiple, cross-functional teams.

• Excellent communication skills, experienced in working with executives.

• Leading geographically distributed engineering teams. Passionate about people development through coaching and mentoring.

• Experience working in an agile (Kanban, Scrum) development environment.

• Experience with AWS technologies.

• Experience leading full stack development and operating in a multi-tier, multi-technology tech environment.

• Organizational competencies and project management skills to keep projects, processes, and engineering teams on track.

Engineering teams are responsible for supporting appropriate security controls, including management, operational, and technical controls in addition to general GoodRx best practices, such as reading and adhering to the security policies and procedures, being vigilant and observant of potential security threats, etc.

At GoodRx, pay ranges are determined based on work locations and may vary based on where the successful candidate is hired. The pay ranges below are shown as a guideline, and the successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and other relevant business and organizational factors. These pay zones may be modified in the future. Please contact your recruiter for additional information.

San Francisco and Seattle Offices:

$283,000.00 - $452,000.00

New York Office:

$260,000.00 - $415,000.00

Santa Monica Office:

$236,000.00 - $377,000.00

Other Office Locations:

$212,000.00 - $339,000.00

GoodRx also offers additional compensation programs such as annual cash bonuses and annual equity grants for most positions as well as generous benefits. Our great benefits offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with a company match, an ESPP, unlimited vacation, 13 paid holidays, and 72 hours of sick leave. GoodRx also offers additional benefits like mental wellness and financial wellness programs, fertility benefits, generous parental leave, pet insurance, supplemental life insurance for you and your dependents, company-paid short-term and long-term disability, and more!

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel.

With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. GoodRx is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage women, people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ communities, individuals with disabilities, and Veterans to apply for positions even if they don’t necessarily check every box outlined in the job description. Please still get in touch - we’d love to connect and see if you could be good for the role!

GoodRx is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please reach out to us at [email protected].

We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @goodrx.com or [email protected] addresses.

GoodRx is America's healthcare marketplace. The company offers the most comprehensive and accurate resource for affordable prescription medications in the U.S., gathering pricing information from thousands of pharmacies coast to coast, as well as a tele-health marketplace for online doctor visits and lab tests. Since 2011, Americans with and without health insurance have saved $60 billion using GoodRx and million consumers visit goodrx.com each month to find discounts and information related to their healthcare. GoodRx is the #1 most downloaded medical app on the iOS and Android app stores. For more information, visit www.goodrx.com.