OUR MISSION
Calibrate is on a mission to change the way the world treats weight. We’re defining a new category in metabolic health that mirrors what the research shows—that weight reflects our biology, not our willpower. Our program was designed by world leaders in obesity and nutrition science to improve metabolic health and drive long-term weight loss that’s impactful, realistic, and sustainable.
Obesity is America’s underlying pandemic and largest category of chronic disease, and Calibrate is closing the gap in care for 175mm adults in a $600bn market where we spend millions of dollars each year and do not lose millions of pounds.
To bring Calibrate to everyone who needs it, we’re building the first value-based model in obesity treatment, aligning incentives for patients, providers, payors, and pharmaceutical companies. We’ve built a suite of products that combine medication with our proprietary intensive lifestyle intervention to deliver results that last.Calibrate launched in 2020 direct-to-consumer and has since expanded into enterprise channels to increase access to effective obesity treatment.
Calibrate’s programs bring decades of clinical research directly to consumers, immersing members in a biweekly 1:1 coaching program and curriculum that educates and encourages them to build enduring healthy habits across the four areas essential to lasting metabolic health: food, sleep, exercise, and emotional health. A purpose-built app enables daily tracking of food, energy levels, weight, and bi-weekly goals and helps members interact with their Coaching and Medical teams, while a members’ group and events calendar create additional opportunities to engage with the Calibrate community.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
You will lead a team of talented engineers in planning, architecting, and building scalable systems that meet current demands and align with our long-term technical vision. As a leader, you’ll foster a culture of innovation, creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, empowering your team to develop solutions to complex challenges.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Think through high-level technical challenges and mentor the team to explore the problem space and develop effective solutions.
- Help shape and prioritize the team’s roadmap, balancing exciting new features with the need to tackle technical debt.
- Identify potential risks and dependencies early, collaborating with the team to develop thoughtful solutions that keep projects on schedule and maintain high-quality outcomes.
- Balance short-term delivery goals with long-term technical strategy, ensuring alignment with the company’s overall architecture and growth.
- Champion agile practices and encourage early proof-of-concepts (POCs) while leading the development of applications from inception through multiple iterations, collaborating closely with product and design teams.
- Connect engineering work to larger business objectives, helping the team understand its broader impact.
- Collaborate with other Engineering Managers to address organizational challenges, improve processes, and enhance engineering culture.
- Foster an environment where engineers can grow professionally, develop their skills, and feel supported in their career paths.
- Inspire a culture of learning by encouraging growth mindsets and providing opportunities for training and development.
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership or management role.
- Strong communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Extensive backend development experience, with a solid understanding of frontend technologies.
- Strong expertise in relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
- Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud platforms, with a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and services.
- A strong commitment to implementing and advocating for security best practices in software design, development, and deployment.
Products you will work on:
- A consumer-facing mobile and web application designed to engage users and promote behavior change for improved weight management and overall health.
- An internal platform for doctors and coaches, enabling our team to deliver personalized care efficiently to the right members at the right time.
- A robust, microservices-based internal framework that integrates seamlessly with external healthcare and non-healthcare data sources, ensuring reliable and scalable data connectivity.
The salary range for this role is $195,000-225,000.
BENEFITS
At Calibrate, we’re committed to our vision of putting our members and our teammates in control of their health. Some of our benefits for 2025 include:
- Competitive salary with opportunity for equity in an early stage, high growth business
- Generous paid time off, including an all-company holiday over Thanksgiving week
- Medical, dental, and vision benefit offerings
- Calibrate-paid disability and basic life insurance to give you peace of mind during unforeseen events
- Therapy on your time with free access to Headspace and HeadspaceCare
- An employee assistance program through Guardian to provide counseling across a range of personal topics
- Remote-first team
- Competitive Paid Parental Leave for parents
OUR VALUES
We’re in it together: We have an audacious mission, and we’re building a lot of things for the first time — from the first DTC pharma business within the healthcare ecosystem to the data infrastructure for providing real-world evidence in the largest category of chronic disease. It takes superpowers to build something simple and intuitive within the complex healthcare market, so we identify and work as a team from our individual points of strength. Not everyone has to be good at everything, but we know that when we harness what we’re each great at, we’re unstoppable.
Small wins create big wins: We ground every experience in optimism, recognizing and celebrating successes along the way. We break projects down into smaller components. And we focus on where we have momentum. We always plan for larger goals with the knowledge that our plans will evolve as we achieve smaller milestones.
You’re in control: We don’t let location stand in the way of the best talent — and from coaches to engineers, we are a remote-first team. Our business is multi-faceted, so each Calibrater is hired to be an expert in their piece of it — in control of their own initiatives, in control of their own impact, and in control of driving their own (real) results.
Real results matter: We’re obsessed with outcomes because when our members win, we win, and the data proves that we’ve built the best metabolic health program on the market. We’re purposeful, optimistic, and relentlessly confident that we can solve the biggest medical issue of the 21st century.
Calibrate is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to all team members. To achieve our mission of changing the way the world treats weight, we are building an environment where every Calibrater can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do the best work of their careers. We value diversity and recruit, hire, and promote individuals solely based on talent, qualifications, competence, and merit. We evaluate candidates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristics as required by law and as a matter of our company values.
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