Director of Engineering, Overjet
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Competitive Compensation and Equity
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2+ days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
Dental AI platform
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Dental AI platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
Competitive Compensation and Equity
More information about location
2+ days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve oral healthcare for all.
Role
Who you are
- You care deeply about your teams, invest in their personal growth and support them in maximizing their impact to the business
- You are able to make the right prioritization calls, even if hard, based on business requirements, team needs, and staffing availability
- You balance technical vision with pragmatic execution, knowing when to optimize for speed versus architectural perfection
- You have a passion for problem solving and the ability to think outside the box
- You have experience in cultivating a strong engineering culture in an iterative, agile environment
- You are able to work in a fast-paced environment, as we need someone with the energy and drive to stay ahead of the curve
- You communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Regularly scheduled and sometimes ad-hoc on-call rotations is part of the core job
- 8+ years of software engineering experience in developing software solutions
- 5+ years of management experience. Demonstrated success building and scaling engineering organizations of 15+ people across multiple teams
- Proven track record of successful mentorship, accelerating team growth, and being an effective multiplier for the organization
- Experience building 0-1 products and scaling mature platforms
- Experience implementing engineering processes that balance quality, innovation, and delivery velocity
- Mentorship and accelerating reports growth, being an effective multiplier for the team
- Have experience leading cross-team engineering efforts, from analyzing requirements and scoping to shipping and operating in production
- Hands-on experience in full-stack development with expertise in front-end and back-end technologies, software architecture, and design patterns
- Strong knowledge of SaaS architecture, cloud infrastructure (e.g., Google Cloud, AWS), and modern development practices like CI/CD
- Familiarity with Java, Python, JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
What the job involves
- Overjet is seeking an exceptional Director of Engineering to lead 2+ distributed teams of 15 engineers in developing the first AI-driven dental imaging software that dentists and their patients love.
- You will also play a key role in driving product initiatives vital to our long-term growth and strategy
- This is an incredible opportunity to shape the future of dental care, working on innovative AI technology while growing and developing a world-class engineering team.
- Your work will make a lasting impact on the industry and contribute directly to Overjet’s mission of improving oral health for all
- Build and scale high-performing engineering teams across global locations, driving key initiatives that contribute to Overjet’s growth
- Drive alignment between engineering teams, product, and architecture teams to achieve business goals goals
- Define and implement engineering best practices, technical standards, and architectural vision for both short-term and long-term roadmaps
- Lead organizational planning, capacity forecasting, and engineering operations to support business objectives
- Maintain technical credibility by occasionally contributing to the codebase and participating in architectural reviews
- Foster a collaborative, agile engineering culture that balances innovation with operational excellence and aligns with Overjet's values
- Communicate effectively with senior leadership, aligning technical direction with company goals and advocating for your team’s needs
Our take
Overjet is a medical AI company that uses machine learning to analyze dental radiographs and uncover potential causes for concern in patients' oral health. Using data that quantify bone loss, tooth decay, and gum disease symptoms, the visually driven results help dentists and patients visualize their oral health status.
Whilst helping patients with their oral health is a lucrative business, dental insurance is in a whole different realm. In 2021, the dental insurance industry crossed the $80 billion threshold, and dental AI companies like Overjet have a large stake in this surge. Their AI tool, built and developed by Harvard dentistry graduates in 2018, is utilized by leading dental insurance companies in the US to help better value the type of insurance that their customers are eligible for.
This goes some way to explain how Overjet received Series A and B funding within just 4 months of each other in 2021. The dental industry may have been slow to embrace AI technology for practical healthcare purposes before Overjet and similar companies like Adra emerged, but the same products were quickly capitalized on by health insurance providers in the US. This double incentive for investors is a promising step forward for Overjet, which continues to forge partnerships with city and state-leading dental organizations and achieved impressive Series C funding in 2024.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
39% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2024
$53.2m
SERIES C
Dec 2021
$42.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $130.6m
Company benefits
- Remote First - Committed to 100% remote work. Home Office Gear Budget.
- Family First - Eight weeks of paid paternity/maternity leave.
- Employee First - 401k match, and healthcare packages. Professional development training. Diversity and inclusion.
- Solid Foundation - We raised $42.5 million in our recent funding round (Series B) and reached a $425 million valuation.
- Flexible Schedules - “Quiet Tuesdays” to allow for focus to build great products and services.
- Company Momentum - Explosive growth in both insurance and dental segments. Friday Demo Meetings. Hackathons.
Company HQ
South of Washington, Boston, MA
Leadership
Wardah Inam
(CEO)Previously Lead Product Manager at Q bio, Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Co-Founder at uLink Technologies.
Alexander Jelicich
(Co-Founder)Previously MMSc, Certificate in Prosthodontics, Prosthodontics Residency Program at Harvard University.
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