Engineering Team Lead

Hi, we’re Gravie. Our mission is to improve the way people purchase and access healthcare through innovative, consumer-centric health benefit solutions that people can actually use. Our industry-changing products and services are developed and delivered by a diverse group of unique people. We encourage you to be your authentic self - we like you that way.

A Little More About The Role

We’re looking for an Engineering Team Lead to lead one of our core teams. This is a hands-on role that combines technical leadership with people management, requiring someone who can write code, architect solutions, and develop team members.

You Will

• Contribute 30-40% hands-on development work alongside your team
• Drive technical decisions and architecture for your team's domain
• Conduct thorough code reviews and maintain high engineering standards
• Champion best practices: automated testing, CI/CD, security, and performance optimization
• Partner with Product and Design teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and prioritize work
• Manage on-shore and off-shore engineers
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture aligned with Gravie's mission
• Remove blockers and create an environment where engineers can do their best work
• Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and continuous process improvement
• Ensure predictable, high-quality software delivery using a continuous delivery model
• Track and improve team metrics: velocity, quality, and customer impact
• Coordinate with other engineering teams and stakeholders on cross-team initiatives
• Oversee resource capacity planning and allocation to maintain a focused team to deliver on projected demand and budget
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response when needed
  
  
  

You Bring

• 2 years managing software engineers
• 7 years hands-on software development experience
• Strong background in modern web applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Experience with our tech stack or willingness to learn quickly: Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, React, Clojure, ClojureScript, Groovy
• Track record of delivering software in fast-paced, agile environments
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build consensus
• Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions
• Comfortable presenting technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong coaching and mentorship skills
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements
• Ability to debug complex systems and lead incident response
  
  
  

Extra Credit

• Healthcare or regulated industry experience
• Experience scaling engineering teams and processes
• Background with microservices architecture and event-driven systems
  
  
  

Gravie

In order to transform health insurance and build a health plan everyone can love, we need talented people doing amazing work. In exchange, we offer a great overall employee experience with opportunities for career growth, meaningful mission-driven work, and an above average total rewards package.

The salary range for this position is $120,150 - 200,250 annually. Numerous factors including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. will be considered when determining compensation.

Our unique benefits program is the gravy, i.e., the special sauce that sets our compensation package apart. In addition to standard health and wellness benefits, Gravie’s package includes alternative medicine coverage, flexible PTO, up to 16 weeks paid parental leave, paid holidays, a 401k program, cell phone reimbursement, transportation perks, education reimbursement, and 1 week of paid paw-ternity leave.

A Little More About Us

At Gravie, we're on a mission to reinvent health benefits for small and midsize businesses—making high-quality, affordable healthcare accessible to employers and their employees. We believe better benefits lead to better lives, and we’re building the future of health benefits to reflect just that.

We’re proud to be the only company offering both innovative level-funded health plans and a market-leading ICHRA solution, giving employers more choice and flexibility than ever before.

And guess what? Our customers love us. With member and employer satisfaction rates consistently trending above 80%, we know our health plans are working the way they should. Backed by some of the most sought-after investors in the country, we have the resources and long-term support to build something truly transformative—and we’re just getting started.

At Gravie, we do things differently. We’ll challenge you, and we’ll welcome you challenging us. Good ideas are everyone's job here. You’ll join a team that’s smart, mission-driven, and unafraid to push boundaries if it means making a bigger impact for the people we serve.

If you're energized by a high-performance, high-trust environment where your voice matters, Gravie might be just the place for you.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.