Director of Product Engineering – Remote

About Blackbird

Blackbird Health is clinician-founded, owned, and operated by dedicated professionals. We believe that in order to fulfill our ambitious mission of supporting children with the very best care, we must build the best possible team.

Blackbird Health offers virtual and in-person mental health services for children and young adults in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey, with plans to expand to new states in 2026. Blackbird services include comprehensive evaluations and assessments, medication management, and a wide range of therapy services.

Clinicians at Blackbird Health take the time to truly understand what is causing a child’s challenges. By looking at how their brain, body, and behavior interact, Blackbird Care Teams see connections that are often missed when these areas are assessed separately. Nearly nine out of 10 young people who need support have more than one factor affecting them, which is why our whole-child model excels at identifying how conditions overlap.

This deeper understanding allows Blackbird clinicians to create precise care plans that address the underlying cause of challenges, not just manage the symptoms.

If you care deeply about helping others and are eager to join a collaborative, innovative community where you will be encouraged and supported to thrive both personally and professionally, Blackbird is a great place to advance your career. Our teams are integral to the success of our patients and our mission, and we are excited to welcome more compassionate, inspired thought leaders to our growing organization.

We want your time here to be the most meaningful of your career. Join us and help change mental health care for children for the better.

Blackbird Health is looking to hire a Director of Product Engineering to join our growing Technology Leadership team. This role will own the end-to-end delivery of our core full-stack applications—from patient-facing mobile experiences to provider-facing clinical experiences. You will lead multiple product engineering areas, defining the architectural vision for our platform while fostering a high-performance culture of rapid execution (e.g., ship in a few days on occasions) and rigorous reliability (e.g., 99.9% availability, 95% code coverage).

You will serve as a bridge between our cutting-edge AI research and our production software, ensuring our systems are scalable, secure, and intuitive.

• High Standards:
  You strive for high standards within constraints in code and user experiences, constantly raising the bar for the organization.
• Clarity of Thought:
  You can translate complex technical concepts into clear strategies for non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Empathy & Integrity:
  You lead with heart, caring deeply about the growth of your technical and clinical colleagues and the well-being of the patients we serve.
• Big Tech DNA:
  You understand the operational rigor of world-class engineering organizations (like Microsoft, Meta, Google) and can right-size those practices for a growth-stage company.
• Product-Minded:
  You don’t just build to spec; you will own the spec as product engineering. You understand the business context and use data to drive engineering decisions.
• Growth Mindset:
  You view failures as learning opportunities and foster a psychologically safe environment where innovation can thrive.

• Technical Strategy:
  Define and execute the architectural roadmap for our web and mobile platforms, transitioning to a scalable, service-oriented architecture.
• Platform Engineering:
  Architect the application layer that integrates our foundational services like the EHR that houses our clinical workflows with our novel services, ensuring low latency and high reliability.
• Delivery Excellence:
  Adopt a move fast delivery cadence to break down complex initiatives into shippable, high-value milestones.
• Team Leadership:
  Manage and mentor 2-3 cross-functional squads, implementing career frameworks that foster growth and retention.
• Operational Rigor:
  Own the live site health by establishing SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) practices, incident response…