Cedar
Cedar is committed to improving the healthcare billing experience for all.
New York, NY
Hybrid

VP of Engineering

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About us:

Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform that elevates the total patient experience beyond clinical care. The platform leverages data science and technology to deliver modern intelligence to providers and simplify the healthcare experience for patients.

Cedar has built a platform that combines data science and machine learning to connect patients with healthcare providers in a way that helps solve the critical challenges of patient billing and payment. Our technology improves the overall experience of patient billing and engagement, enabling providers to thrive in a rapidly changing environment while helping patients understand and manage the cost of their care.

Cedar’s technical and team needs have evolved in a positive way during our company’s recent growth. We’re seeking a VP of Engineering to help scale our Engineering organization and accelerate Cedar’s progress toward our vision. As VP of Engineering this individual will lead by example, invest in developing our existing team and help to attract and retain top talent at Cedar.

* Cedar is committed to a flexible work environment, so this as well as many of our roles are remote friendly.

Responsibilities:

  • Along with Cedar’s CTO and other leaders, develop and guide the implementation of Cedar’s Engineering strategy, and team design
  • Apply superior technology skills to help the Engineering team unblock and execute at an extremely high level
  • Manage and continue to develop the Engineering Managers and Directors, who oversee multiple teams of high-performing engineers, and support them in the delivery process of Cedar’s products
  • Partner with Cedar’s People Team and company leadership on candidate recruitment and hiring
  • Continue to build and maintain the strong lines of communication between Engineering, Product, Product Design and Data Science teams 
  • Represent Engineering at the company level through cross functional collaboration between Cedar’s Technology and Commercial teams 
  • Maintain a culture that adheres to Cedar’s values of focusing on our vision, using good judgment, staying positive, and disallowing mediocrity

Skills and Experience:

  • Ability to lead engineering teams; has a track record of success working with Product and Leadership teams to push development forward
  • Excellent manager of managers with the ability to mentor and grow senior engineers and engineering managers
  • 10+ years of combined engineering experience; ideally starting as an individual contributor, then transitioning to senior management roles
  • Experience scaling engineering teams and infrastructure at a fast-growing startup
  • Ability to set a high bar for engineering efforts across teams and disallow mediocrity in development efforts.
  • Ability to review code to determine quality and areas for improvement
  • Ability and willingness to drive the day to day operations of an engineering organization
  • Experience fostering an environment of innovation and promoting engineering best practices across teams
  • Ability to engage on architectural discussions and determine tradeoffs and drive discussion towards decisions

What do we offer to the ideal candidate?

  • An opportunity to work on a platform that is scaling very rapidly, engaging with millions of patients per year and growing at a rate of 360% YoY as of January 2021
  • A chance to join a high-growth company at an early stage
  • The ability to impact the growth of our company, we value all comments and suggestions
  • Transparency across teams and interaction with multiple departments
  • Competitive pay, employer-paid healthcare, stock options

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Cedar will not hire any applicants for VP of Engineering who are present in the United States on an F-1 visa.

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What are Cedar Perks + Benefits

Cedar Benefits Overview

Working at Cedar: what’s not to love?

Being part of our team means working together to solve a problem that impacts millions of consumers every year. It’s challenging, exciting and complex. We’re proud to be the only company that truly empowers consumers with an easier, more personalized and transparent healthcare journey.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Cedar offers a very flexible remote work program, both pre-COVID and after.
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Mandated unconscious bias training
We offer annual unconscious bias training for all employees.
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Dental benefits are part of our comprehensive benefits offered through industry brand carriers with multiple options to choose from.
Vision insurance
Vision benefits are part of our comprehensive benefits offered through industry brand carriers with multiple options to choose from.
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Mental health benefits
We offer an experienced EAP counselor 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
At Cedar we want to support all new parents in their expanding family. Therefore, we offer our full time team members who are expecting or having a new child Paid Leave.
Family medical leave
Cedar offers family medical leave for employees. Our leave partner walks employees through every step of the process.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Company-wide vacation
Cedar offers company wide shut downs around major holidays
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Cedar offers pre-tax commuter benefits for all full-time employees.
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Daily lunches are provided at our NYC HQ.
Free snacks and drinks
Our kitchen is stocked full of snacks and drinks for every desire! Some of our favorites are cold brew, kombucha, rotating craft beers, fresh fruit, yogurt and every kind of chip you can imagine!
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Our NYC HQ has a dog lounge. Bring your dog to work!
Meditation space
Mother's room
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Cedar hosts lunch & learns monthly. This allows employees to present in-depth on projects they're working on or for the occasional guest invitee to teach the team about a topic of interest.
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Our mentorship program pairs folks based on shared interests and goals, from the same team or cross-functionally, and emphasizes building mutually beneficial relationships for professional equity.
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications
Personal development training

Additional Perks + Benefits

We take great pride in making our employees' wellness a top priority, and we create opportunities to talk openly about mental health and wellbeing.

We have a directory with resources for mental and physical wellbeing, emphasizing benefits offered through our health insurance. The directory covers topics such as managing grief, therapist information, nutrition & water intake, and resources on talking to children about current events. We want to take a holistic approach and include resources that appeal to everyone, so we also included information on remote alternative wellness offerings, including reiki, sound healing, meditation and yoga. We even have an onsite meditation room in our NYC HQ!

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