Head of Engineering

Los Angeles (Santa Monica) or Remote (US timezones)

Maximus (https://www.maximustribe.com/)is a mission-driven consumer health company that provides men with content, community, and clinical support to optimize them in mind and body. Maximus has raised $15M from top Silicon Valley VCs such as Founders Fund and 8VC as well as leading angel investors/operators from companies like Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, & Shopify.

Maximus is looking for a Head of Engineering to achieve a fantastic engineering organization, equipped with skills and processes to rapidly deliver high quality software systems needed by our customers, doctors, and support staff.

Please note: Culture is key at Maximus, so we get to know candidates holistically through our questionnaire. You will receive an invite in a separate email upon submitting an application. Please fill it out as honestly and intuitively as possible since it is designed to detect exaggeration, which will cause your application to be automatically rejected. The questionnaire is optional to submit now with your application, but candidates that do so will get strongly prioritized. Note, we do not have access to individual questions’ answers/choices.

Goals and Responsibilities

• Revising and executing our hiring process, including interviewing candidates and ensuring their smooth integration into the team

• Budget and schedule allocation of our personnel to appropriate teams, at appropriate times given executive direction, product roadmap and other plans

• Maintaining a relationship with all developers to maximize their potential by monitoring their strengths, weaknesses, and what’s needed to retain good performers long-term.

• Create a productive, collaborative culture without interpersonal conflict. Resolve personnel issues.

• Proactively budget for cross-cutting needs of our software systems including security posture, any legal or regulatory compliance constraints, performance, SLAs, etc.

• Maintain a culture of quality by facilitating reflection processes of continuous improvement and waste (and defect) reduction.

• Communicate effectively with the C-suite to help them navigate technical or capacity constraints that apply to their desired roadmap of product improvements

• Provide oversight and guidance on critical technical decisions, technology vendor selection and

• Be a liaison between the engineering department and other departments such as marketing, analytics, etc.

Experience and Skills

• Previous experience in a Head of Engineering, VP of Engineering, Engineering Director or CTO roles

• Previous experience in telemedicine or health care.

• At least 10 years experience in the software industry, some of it ideally in VC-backed startups, having facilitated the post-Series B growth

• Prior experience with Event Sourcing technique is strongly preferred, but experience with other event driven architectures may be sufficient.

• Maximus tech stack is Rails and React. Familiarity or experience with those ecosystems is preferred.

Qualities:

• Strong communication and teamwork skills: Proven ability to build strong relationships with technical and non-technical members of the team to solve challenging technical and business problems.

• Relentlessly Resourceful (http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html): highly proactive, does not quit, and finds innovative solutions with little guidance. Bias for action and ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy.

• A dedication to keeping things simple and pragmatic.

• Attitude of shared ownership of the system, frequent integration. Collaborates proactively, in service of the shared highest priority.

• Interest in promoting masculinity and practicing health behaviors.

World-Class Benefits:

• Premium Blue Shield Platinum PPO & HMO Plans (up to 100% coverage)

• Full Suite: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

• Best-in-class 401K options

• Flexible vacation/time-off policies

• Liquidity of options whenever available

• Extended options exercise window for loyal employees (3 months for every year of service; e.g. 1 year for 4+ year employees)

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer, which not only includes standard protected categories, but the additional freedom from discrimination against your free speech and beliefs, as long as they are aligned with company values. We celebrate intellectual diversity.