Strive Health

VP, Engineering

Strive Health · Denver, CO
Denver, CO $173K–$231K Posted 2026-07-02
Salary
$173K–$231K
Type
Full-time
Experience
8+ yr

How You’ll Make An Impact

At Strive Health, patients come first. We’re on a mission to transform chronic conditions by identifying risk earlier, coordinating thoughtful care, and supporting people through every stage of their health journey.

Our work reduces emergency visits, improves outcomes, and helps patients live fuller lives. You’ll work alongside passionate Strivers who care deeply about making an impact, show up for one another as One Team, and find ways to elevate the everyday.

If you’re looking for meaningful work where your contributions truly matter, you’ll feel right at home at Strive!

Benefits & Perks

  • Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
  • Comprehensive Benefits  – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
  • Financial & Retirement Support  – Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
  • Time Off & Leave  – Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
  • Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.

To learn more about our offerings, click here .

What You'll Do

We are seeking a VP of Engineering to lead Strive’s software engineering organization through its next phase of scale, operating rigor, and AI-enabled modernization. This leader will ensure that product vision is realized through excellent execution, while building the systems, standards, and culture required for predictable delivery, strong cross-functional partnership, and durable technical quality. As a key member of the engineering organization and product development leadership team, you will help shape our team’s practices, talent, and architecture as Strive modernizes its platform, scales AI-enabled workflows, and improves the experiences of clinicians, patients, and internal stakeholders. We are looking for a candidate with strong leadership judgment, an entrepreneurial spirit, and excitement for the challenges that come with building and scaling a category-creating healthtech solution.

The Day to Day

  • Recruit, develop, and manage top engineering talent capable of delivering high-quality, reliable, secure, and effective technology.
  • Coach engineering managers and senior individual contributors to become stronger leaders, operators, and technical partners, while building clear growth paths across the organization.
  • Build and continuously improve the engineering operating system across planning, estimation, sprint execution, release readiness, incident management, and post-launch follow-through.
  • Improve delivery predictability, throughput, and transparency so that engineering commitments are realistic, measurable, and well-communicated to stakeholders.
  • Develop and drive standards across software design, testing, code review, observability, security, privacy, compliance, and production support.
  • Partner closely with Digital Product, Analytics, Data Science, Clinical, Operations, Security, Legal, and executive leadership to  help  translate business priorities into executable roadmaps and high-impact technical plans.
  • Help define the architecture and delivery approach  required  to move Strive from fragmented point solutions toward a cleaner, more composable, and more AI-ready platform stack.
  • Support major modernization initiatives, including EHR and workflow platform evolution, data integration, interoperability, and engineering patterns that enable faster iteration without sacrificing reliability.
  • Build practical AI leverage inside engineering by  standardizing where  tools like coding assistants, summarization, documentation generation, debugging support, and architecture support improve quality and speed.
  • Put thoughtful guardrails, review expectations, and measurable outcomes around AI usage so that engineering gains real leverage rather than noise or rework.
  • Work effectively with external partners and consultants when helpful, while  retaining  clear internal ownership of architecture, prioritization, standards, and long-term maintainability.
  • Define the  optimal  engineering organization structure, leadership bench, and talent mix needed to support growth, delivery flexibility, and long-term platform evolution.
  • Help teams understand product vision and walk in the clinician’s shoes, delivering workflows and capabilities that make Strive Health programs more seamless, effective, and efficient.
  • Meet in person with internal and/or external stakeholders to  facilitate  team and business priorities and opportunities. Business travel may be  required  for opportunities to connect with stakeholders, serve patients, and attend Strive-sponsored team events.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 14+ years combined of related education and software engineering experience, with  significant time  leading engineering organizations through scale, complexity, and organizational change.
  • 8+ years as a people leader, with a proven  track record  of attracting, hiring, managing, developing, and aligning an engineering organization, including managing through engineering managers and directors.
  • Demonstrated success improving delivery predictability, execution rigor, and engineering quality across multiple teams or product areas.
  • Experience building, delivering, and  maintaining  multi-year technology roadmaps that support company strategy, product roadmaps, and platform modernization.
  • Experience building and evolving engineering operating mechanisms, including planning, estimation, sprint or flow management, release processes, quality controls, and incident response.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to  represent  engineering credibly at the executive level and across highly cross-functional stakeholder groups.
  • Strong  systems  thinking, sound judgment, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to simplify complexity and make practical tradeoffs under ambiguity.
  • Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
  • Ability to travel and be onsite to meet business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Significant experience  as a technology leader in a growth-minded corporation, with at least 8 years in an engineering management role.
  • Experience in healthcare,  healthtech , value-based care, or another regulated environment where privacy, compliance, and operational reliability materially shape engineering decisions.
  • Experience modernizing legacy systems or leading engineering through major platform transitions, interoperability-heavy environments, or complex integration work.
  • Experience introducing AI-enabled ways of working in engineering or digital product organizations, with a focus on measurable productivity and quality gains rather than novelty.
  • Experience partnering with product leadership and business stakeholders to deliver increasing value while balancing speed, quality, risk, and long-term maintainability.
  • High level  of integrity and dependability with  a strong sense  of urgency, accountability, and  results  orientation.
  • Strong communication , negotiation, and influence skills, including the ability to lead with professionalism and sound judgment in sensitive cross-functional contexts.
  • Action-oriented and innovative, with the ability to translate broad goals into achievable steps and execution systems.
  • A commitment to quality that incorporates not only immediate delivery requirements, but also long-term reliability, scalability, and strong user experience.
  • Consistent  track record  of working across team boundaries to deliver excellent user experiences and durable technical outcomes across the stack.

Annual Salary Range: $173,000 - $231,000. This position is also eligible for a target annual bonus of 30%

Final compensation will be determined based on location, experience, and qualifications.

Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to  [email protected].

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Strive Health will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.

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