# Director of Engineering at MediCircle

- Company: MediCircle
- What the company does: Donate your unused medication and help a patient. Backed by Techstars.
- Company website: https://medicirclerx.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/medicircle/2e705e06-c1ea-4e8a-a11e-a0c8f2335bbe
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/medicircle-director-of-engineering/

## About the role

You will work with MediCircle’s Head of Technology to lead the development and expansion of the technical foundation that powers MediCircle's national medication redistribution platform. As MediCircle’s Director of Engineering, you will serve as a hands on engineering leader responsible for both technical execution and team leadership. You will guide system architecture, establish engineering standards, and ensure that MediCircle consistently delivers reliable, secure, and user-centered software.

## What they're looking for

- Software Engineering Experience: You have 6-9+ years of software engineering experience, including experience building and operating complex production platforms
- Engineering Leadership Experience: You have 2-4+ years of experience leading technical projects and/or managing engineering teams. You’ve led teams that have taken a product from 0 → scale
- Builder DNA: You have built and scaled real systems from scratch — APIs, data models, backend services, and production infrastructure. You've taken a product or platform from an early stage through meaningful growth and increased operational complexity
- Strong Product Judgement: You can take loosely defined operational problems and turn them into reliable, user-centered software. You move quickly while maintaining strict engineering discipline
- Architecture & Backend Expertise: Extensive architecture and backend expertise, including experience designing APIs, data models, backend services, and scalable system architectures
- Strong Full Stack Fluency: Proficient across the stack, ideally including Python (Django preferred), TypeScript / React, relational databases, and REST APIs

Tags: Engineering