Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. eHealth is a company dedicated to guiding consumers through their health insurance options. They are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead their Sales App engineering platform, which is critical to their business and future growth. The role involves developing core technologies, building teams, and driving innovation in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the vision, strategy and execution of Sales App engineering in partnership with engineering and product leadership
- Define a strategic engineering vision to build a highly scalable, resilient and secure system as we expand our product lines
- Lead technical strategy and drive innovation to ensure eHealth’s platform continues to deliver best-in-class experience
- Grow and expand your team by hiring great talent, mentoring team members and improving engineering quality, productivity and performance
- Instill an inclusive team culture that is passionate, empathetic, and collaborative
- Build operational excellence to achieve goals across multiple product lines
- Demonstrate eHealth’s values in your behaviors, practices, and decisions
Skills
- 10 years+ in Engineering with 6+ years in a significant leadership position
- Strong leader who has managed, hired and grown engineering teams of 20+ team members across multiple geographic locations
- A strong experience building consumer-facing products, building high-performing web experiences
- Experience building highly scalable APIs and Micro-services preferably in AWS
- Experience delivering products in an agile environment
- Ideally this candidate will be based on Pacific Time as they will be working heavily with the team in China with many collaborative meetings 4 pm - 7 pm PT
Benefits
- Generous benefits include medical, dental and vision beginning on your first day of employment
- 401K with matching
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee stock purchase program
- 12 company paid holidays and flexible time off (PTO for non-exempt)
Company Overview
For nearly 30 years, eHealth has helped millions of Americans find the healthcare coverage that fits their needs at a price they can afford, using data, artificial intelligence and a consumer-first approach to help people quickly and effectively compare insurance options. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://ehealthinsurance.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
eHealth, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 10 in 2026, 21 in 2025, 22 in 2024, 23 in 2023, 49 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 18 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.