Director of Engineering

Felix • Toronto, ON

4d • Remote

About The Position

Felix is a patient-driven digital healthcare company founded in 2019, focused on making healthcare more accessible and enjoyable for Canadians through technology and exceptional customer experiences. As the Director of Engineering, you will play a crucial role in shaping and executing the engineering vision, working closely with the SVP of Engineering to define the roadmap and strategic goals. You will oversee a team of 32 developers, ensuring the achievement of company and team metrics, managing timelines, identifying resources, leveraging the latest tools and technologies, and delivering on business commitments. A key aspect of this role involves defining engineering processes and practices, and exploring new technologies, including AI-powered tools like Claude Code, to enhance development speed and quality.

Requirements

• Has 5+ years of leadership experience in software engineering.
• Proven, hands-on experience integrating and managing large teams (30+ developers) that are using AI-powered code generation tools to significantly enhance development speed and quality.
• Deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges in an AI-augmented software development lifecycle (SDLC), including code review best practices, prompt engineering for development, and maximizing throughput with code-generating models.
• Demonstrates the ability to build cohesive, high-performing and healthy teams and has proven relationship management and leadership skills—they don’t shy away from challenging or difficult conversations.
• Effectively manages diverse, simultaneous projects of varying complexities and is an experienced project manager, problem solver and change manager.
• Understands the importance of effective collaboration and can get people on board with their ideas.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the strategy for maximizing velocity, quality, and maintainability of code developed by the team, primarily utilizing Claude Code and the latest LLMs for software development.
• Define and optimize workflows, tooling, and processes to ensure the developer team pushes the envelope on build speed and quality in an AI-augmented environment.
• Mentor and inspire our development team by providing architectural, technical, and AI-development best-practice guidance.
• Design, implement and monitor all operations and key performance indicators, including metrics and operational efficiency, from the engineering team.
• Create and execute successful technological strategies that reflect and are aligned with the vision and mission of Felix.
• Collaborate closely with our SVP Engineering, Product and Ops teams, helping set strategic initiatives.
• Continue to build our amazing Engineering team through the recruitment of top engineering talent.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental and vision benefits
• Maternity/paternity policy
• 4 weeks vacation (3 weeks anytime + 1 week during the holidays)
• Competitive compensation
• Stock option grant
• Remote first, work from anywhere in Canada
• Incredible culture powered by a highly collaborative and high-performing team
• Large impact at a mid-stage technology company
• Professional development opportunities, working closely with founders and the senior leadership team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees