Director of Engineering, Health OS

About Oura

Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We’ve helped 2.5 million people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles. Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team.

Job Summary

As Director of Software Engineering, you will shape and execute the roadmap and strategy that fuels Oura’s growth and great user experience. Reporting to the SVP of Software Engineering, you’ll grow and lead several distributed engineering teams, drive the development and execution of our engineering strategy, and focus on delivering delightful user experiences and innovative health intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the team – Grow a high-performing software organization ranging from mobile to backend engineers and engineering managers.
• Set direction for the product – Together with the Product and Design leaders, set direction for the Health Intelligence platform and Core UX.
• Build the Health Intelligence platform – Evolve the platform powering Oura Insights and Advisor with AI and machine learning-powered tech stack.
• Build delightful and consistent user experiences – Together with Design, build and evolve the Oura user experience and build system capabilities for other teams to innovate on.
• Drive a data- and AI-driven culture – Measure what matters, build hypotheses, validate with data and leverage AI for innovation and efficiency.
• Operate the software systems – Ensure the product is available when the people need it with efficient operations.
• Collaborate at the highest levels – Partner with other product and business leaders, as well as other stakeholders, to deliver exceptional value to Oura members.
• Bring your leadership to the software team – As part of the software leadership team, shape the direction of the technology strategy and organization.

Requirements

• Proven Software Leadership