About Plenful

Plenful is on a mission to transform healthcare operations from the inside out. Fresh off our $50M Series B and backed by Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, TQ Ventures, Susa/Kivu Ventures, and other leading investors, we’re building the category-defining AI workflow automation platform that healthcare teams rely on to operate smarter, faster, and more efficiently. Our technology empowers healthcare operators across hospital and health systems, pharmacies and payors to eliminate manual work, reduce administrative burden, and improve compliance, all while unlocking critical revenue to fund programs for their in-need patient populations.

Built by healthcare operators for healthcare operators, Plenful is driven by a deep understanding of the challenges facing today’s care teams. We’re passionate about equipping healthcare workers with world-class tools that deliver real, measurable impact, and we’re proud to serve 60+ leading health systems across the country. If you’re excited to help shape the future of healthcare, we’d love to meet you. Apply now to join our growing team.

About the role

We’re looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our Infrastructure and Backend Engineering teams. This leader will play a critical role in shaping our technical roadmap, hiring and mentoring engineering talent, and ensuring scalable, secure, and performant systems.

The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of technical depth and leadership — with hands-on experience designing backend systems and data models at scale, especially in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred). You will help us scale our engineering practices and product infrastructure as we accelerate growth and expand our footprint in healthcare.

What you’ll do

Leadership & People Management:

• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team across infrastructure and backend discipline
• Set clear technical direction, facilitate architectural alignment, and foster a culture of accountability, learning, and impact.
• Collaborate with other leaders in Product, Data, and Go-to-Market to align engineering execution with company objectives.

Technical Strategy & Architecture

• Drive design and implementation of robust, secure, and extensible backend services and APIs.
• Architect scalable data models and data infrastructure to support complex healthcare workflows and automation.
• Provide deep individual contributor-level guidance on backend and data system design, helping raise the technical bar across the team.

Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps

• Own our AWS-based infrastructure strategy, including deployment pipelines, observability, and incident response practices.
• Champion automation, reliability engineering, and cost-effective infrastructure design.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, SOC 2, and other relevant healthcare security standards.

Execution & Delivery

• Prioritize and manage engineering initiatives with a strong bias toward delivery, iteration, and product impact.
• Define and implement best practices for quality, performance, testing, and technical documentation.
  
  

What we’re looking for

• 10+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in an engineering leadership role managing a team of 8-10 people
• Strong technical background as a backend engineer or architect with IC-level fluency in system design, data modeling, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in AWS-based environments and modern DevOps/infra tooling.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and working in fast-paced, product-driven environments.
• Proven success scaling engineering teams and systems from early stages to maturity

Bonus Points If:

• Experience with FHIR, HL7, EHRs, claims data, or other healthcare standards.
• Experience working in HIPAA-regulated environments or building SOC 2-compliant systems.
• Experience deploying ML models in production systems or working with ML engineering teams.
• Based in or open to working from our San Francisco HQ

Plenful perks

• Great benefits include unlimited PTO, health insurance, meal stipend, health & wellness stipend, team offsites, 401K matching, and stock options
• Join an all-star team with direct access to executive leadership
• Opportunities to further develop and refine your partnership acumen by partnering with our seasoned leaders
  
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