About Us
If you think healthcare is broken, we want you. If you think the solution is marrying old-fashioned clinical expertise and new-fashioned telehealth tech, we need you. At Candid, we’re doctors and data geeks, artists and changemakers, care specialists and tech futurists. As we grow our team, we’re looking for people who are as passionate about their craft as they are about changing lives one smile at a time. On our team, you’ll help make oral health more affordable and accessible than ever before.
We believe a life of candid self-expression is a rich life. And our clear aligner therapy helps people across the country straighten their smiles, grow their confidence, and live as their truest selves. If you're ready to sharpen your skills, have a huge impact, and help solve healthcare, join us.
Role
We’re building a best-in-class, vertically-integrated, consumer healthcare brand and are looking for an exceptional engineering manager who will be responsible for leading and growing their team, and is passionate about cultivating a high-performance and people- and outcomes-centered culture. This role reports directly to the CTO.
What You’ll Do
- You’ll directly contribute to democratizing oral healthcare by leading and developing a highly-skilled team of engineers that are building the technology that makes the magic happen
- You’ll manage a team responsible for mission-critical systems, that is calibrated to Candid’s values, mission, and strategic vision; you’ll contribute technically, as needed, to projects alongside your team
- You’ll partner closely with Product, Quality, and Manufacturing, and stakeholders across the organization to plan and deliver innovative products/features that not only delight our wide array of users, but propel the business forward
- You’ll put the care and feeding (i.e. health, happiness, and productivity) of your team first, working with each of your engineers to help shape their professional development as a continuous process, and aligning workstreams with individual development goals
- You’ll proactively identify areas to improve developer efficiencies, internal processes, rituals, and systems, and be a data-driven change agent leading or advocating initiatives that uplevel team/organizational efficiency/health by formulating thoughtful, robust, executable strategies that anticipate future needs
What We're Looking For
- Mature problem-solver: you don’t rush to solve a problem without fully understanding the necessary context. You thoughtfully diagnose complex problems and help your team and other colleagues develop durable, elegant solutions. You don’t hesitate to seek assistance from others when you need it. You don’t hesitate to roll up your sleeves and get into the trenches to unblock your team as needed
- Pride in the craft: you approach engineering management systematically as a discipline and a journey of continuous personal improvement in service of elevating your team to ever greater heights. You possess a growth mindset that inspires you to constantly hone your leadership skills and that informs how you manage your team
- Putting users first: you naturally consider the implications of your team’s work and how it may impact our patients, doctors, internal teams, and other users of our applications. You understand that your team doesn’t work or build in isolation and that their work has measurable impact, good or bad
- Pragmatic idealist: you understand the practical needs of the business and are able to help your team make well-reasoned trade-offs as needed, when prioritizing work, architecting solutions, or meeting deadlines. You’re not interested merely in building the next cool thing, but are adept at balancing the interplay between speed, cost, and quality in order to help Candid win
- Empathetic communicator: you assume positive intent in all your interactions and communicate complex ideas clearly to varied audiences in an inclusive manner that engenders constructive dialogue or effective delivery of nuanced information. During disagreements, you set aside your personal feelings to engage mindfully with other perspectives and make compromises as needed to achieve greater outcomes
What You’ll Need
- 5+ years of hands-on software development experience
- 2+ years of experience managing, building, and mentoring engineering teams
- BA/BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- Proven track record of leading teams to deliver complex technical solutions on time
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Bonus:
- Experience with frontend technologies and web frameworks such as React, NextJS
- Experience with Python/Django, Javascript/Typescript, GraphQL, NextJS
- Experience with Redux, PostgreSQL, Docker, Terraform, Redis, AWS
Pay & Perks
- Competitive compensation
- Stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in Candid’s success
- Unlimited PTO to give our employees a little extra R&R when they need it
- Work from home stipend
- Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision) and generous parental leave
- Significant discount on our customized treatment plans and aligners
- You will grow a lot here. You’ll be surrounded by employees with deep experience in their field, who have a strong passion for doing great work and constantly learning
Our range for this role is $160,000 - 180,000 USD. Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other perks. To determine our range, we consider as many of the following data points as are available to us: external market salary survey data, experience level, skillset and balancing internal equity relative to our other employees. We include equity in our compensation packages because we believe our employees should have an option to purchase ownership in the company and benefit from what we hope will be a lot of upside growth.
We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at Candid to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors.
Values
- Care Deeply - We succeed when we care about what we do. We go the extra mile for our patients, our partners, and for each other because what we do matters, and the care we put into it matters even more.
- Drive Results - Results matter. From closing a tooth gap to opening a new account—we set clear intentions, align around measurable goals, and take accountability for the outcomes.
- Commit to Growth - To change the face of oral health care, we have to keep growing—as individuals, as teams, and as a company. We approach problems with a beginner’s mindset and continuously pursue improvement.
- Embrace Candor - To create the environment we want to be a part of, we have to stay aligned—that means elevating each other and our partners through honest, respectful feedback, and fostering a culture of inquiry and debate.
- Work as One - Together, we have the ability, experience, and intuition to serve our partners and grow our business. When we work as a team, we draw on each other’s strengths, inspire new solutions, and share in our success.
EEOC
Our patients and colleagues come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We strive to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive environment and hire great talent that is equally diverse; not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but it makes our company, our products, and our culture that much better. If you share our values and passion, apply and see what we’re all about.We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Additionally, this organization participates in E-Verify.
