Manager of Backend Engineering, Garner Health
$220-250k
+ Equity
Data-powered doctor search tool
Be an early applicant
Data-powered doctor search tool
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$220-250k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To transform the healthcare economy, delivering high quality and affordable care for all.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate for this role should have a high sense of ownership, be comfortable mentoring engineers of all levels, have experience with distributed systems, and be able to reliably deliver complex technical solutions
- 5+ years of hands-on experience, with a focus on distributed systems, real-time and batch data processing, data storage solutions, and message-oriented middleware
- 3+ years experience as an engineering leader with a track record of translating ambiguous business requirements into scalable solutions and new product features
- Strong leadership skills with an ability to inspire, motivate, mentor, and retain top engineering talent
- Proven ability to influence without authority (e.g. driving process improvements, spearheading architecture enhancements, etc.)
- Familiarity with medical insurance claims processing or healthcare data standards (e.g. HIPAA, EDI) is highly desirable
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP) and data infrastructure tooling, such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink
- Strong sense of ownership and proactive problem-solving mindset
- A willingness to “roll up your sleeves” and do whatever is necessary to ensure company success
- Experience working in a rapidly evolving startup environment
- A desire to be a part of our mission to improve the U.S. healthcare system
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Engineering Manager to join our backend team and lead the development of mission-critical systems built in Python and deployed on AWS using Kubernetes
- This role reports to the Director of Engineering of Payments, Claims & Eligibility
- Provide technical oversight and drive new features with a focus on Garner’s strategic mission
- Build a high-performance team by mentoring, providing feedback, and hiring
- Continuously strive for quality while maintaining speed of delivery
- Balance between greenfield features and scaling existing systems
- Collaborate across disciplines by identifying bottlenecks and risks, proposing mitigation, and communicating tradeoffs
- Protect our users’ privacy and security through best practices
Our take
An overworked US healthcare system has resulted in long waits and expensive prices. Due to rising costs, the health insurance industry often leads to patients not accessing the care that they need. Garner Health creates digital services that allow patients to find a medical expert that fits their specific needs, whatever their insurance circumstances are.
The startup provides an app that analyses local health-insurance claims history through AI. This data is used to recommend local medical professionals that will work with a patient's circumstances whilst providing direct communication channels for liaising. This helps patients to identify the highest-quality doctors and helps doctors improve how they practice medicine.
Despite other companies providing similar bespoke healthcare services, Garner Health shows a cutting edge by partnering with patient employers. This provides the financial incentive that employers must cover all or a portion of medical expenses, making healthcare financially accessible for all involved. The company has good funding at its back, and in 2022 partnered with Marathon Health towards reducing the inefficiencies of specialty referrals.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2021
$45m
SERIES B
Feb 2021
$12.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $61.3m
Company values
- Mission First - Our mission is to transform our healthcare system. Everything else is secondary.
- Extraordinary or Nothing - Our mission is audacious. We only succeed by producing exceptional results.
- Communicate Courageously - We say what needs to be said even when challenging.
- Supportive Community - Our path is difficult, so we spend extra time supporting each other on the journey. It’s also more fun that way.
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Nick Reber
(CEO)They studied Mathematics at Brown before joining Bridgewater Associates as a Senior Investment Associate in 2006. Left Bridgewater in 2016 to join Oscar Health's Leadership Team. Founded Garner in 2018.
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