PRINCIPAL, TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

We're building healthcare tech for a system that desperately needs it.

Each year, millions of Americans deal with confusing changes to their Medicare plans that impact their prescriptions, access to care, and pocketbooks. Independent Medicare advisors play a crucial role in guiding seniors through this complexity and helping them find the right coverage for their needs. But their ability to be effective healthcare advocates has long been hamstrung by broken tools and outdated systems.

We’re the fastest-growing Medicare platform in the country, combining AI, an industry-leading CRM, and client services to transform how 10,000+ brokers acquire, enroll, and support clients in their local communities.

Join a talent-dense team from Square, Ramp, Yext, Oscar, and Cedar — backed by Primary Ventures and Viewpoint Ventures — that is serious about building technology to expand access to quality healthcare. We offer remote work, sabbaticals, company retreats, and other generous benefits that earned us recognition as one of Inc. Spark is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the team behind our broker productivity product. Our web-based broker platform is the best in the industry, and our customer base is growing fast. You'll make sure the platform keeps up with that growth and stays reliable, scalable and easy to maintain.

You'll own engineering for your squad from start to finish. You'll coach and guide a team of software engineers as they design and ship full-stack solutions. You'll also work with other engineering leaders to grow our technical foundation and keep quality and performance high.

This is a fully remote position.

Provide mentorship and career coaching to direct reports, meeting individuals where they are

Balance hands-on work with higher level technical guidance

Coordinate with product to drive planning, prioritization, and execution of the roadmap

Sequence and scope projects to align with business goals

Manage team processes and productivity to ensure alignment and timely delivery of projects

5-8+ years in full stack software engineering in a startup environment

Strong technical foundation in developing software with Python and Django or similar

Experience using javascript frameworks such as Vue or React

1+ years in leading engineering teams in a management capacity

Player/coach leadership style, balancing hands-on work with team management

Experience hiring, growing and managing software engineers

Ability to collaborate directly with product, design, data and cross-functional stakeholders

Strong project management, planning and prioritization skills with a focus on delivery

Our stack is Python, Django, Celery, Vue, Redis and Postgres

We run on AWS and use modern tools for version control, continuous deployment, testing and observability

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Spark. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity. We also believe that your personal needs and preferences should be taken into consideration, so we allow some choice between equity and cash.

By joining Spark, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup where you will have a profound impact on the brokers and beneficiaries we serve. We strive to help you and your family thrive. Equity compensation

Health care, including dental and vision through our PEO Sequoia

Flexible work location; Monthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs)

11 paid holidays

Spark is a proud participant in E-Verify. Furthermore, for security and compliance requirements, we’re unable to accommodate international remote work. While we fully support travel and time off, all work must be conducted from an approved location within the U.At Spark, we are committed to hiring the best team to serve our clients regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of our problems and the population we serve. We look to hire people from a variety of backgrounds, including, but not limited to, race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status.