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These aren’t just inconveniences - they are potentially life-altering changes that leave seniors medically and financially vulnerable.\nIndependent Medicare advisors play a crucial role in guiding seniors through this complexity and helping them find the right coverage for their needs. But their ability to be effective healthcare advocates has long been hamstrung by broken tools and outdated systems.\nSpark is fixing that. We’re the fastest-growing Medicare platform in the country, combining AI, an industry-leading CRM, and client services to transform how 10,000+ brokers acquire, enroll, and support clients in their local communities.\nJoin a talent-dense team from Square, Ramp, Yext, Oscar, and Cedar - backed by Primary Ventures and Viewpoint Ventures - that is serious about building technology to expand access to quality healthcare. We offer remote work, sabbaticals, company retreats, and other generous benefits that earned us recognition as one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces of 2025\nHealthcare is overdue for innovation. Let’s redefine what its future looks like - together.\nSummary\nSpark is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to lead engineering across our broker productivity product and core platform. You'll make sure our platform keeps up with a fast-growing customer base, and you'll keep our web-based broker platform sustainable as it scales.\nIn this role, you'll own engineering delivery for multiple squads, along with the practices that span all of software engineering. You'll partner with product leaders on roadmaps, own our infrastructure roadmap, and be the point person for the security of our software platform. Today you'll manage engineers directly through strong tech leads. As the organization grows, you'll build and manage a layer of engineering managers. Reporting to our SVP of Engineering, you'll be the default owner for software engineering problems that don't have a clear home, so teams can stay focused on what they do best.\nMore about our stack and the role\nOur stack is Python, Django, Celery, Vue, Redis, and Postgres, deployed on AWS with modern tooling for version control, continuous deployment, testing, and observability\nYou'll manage around six engineers across three squads at full headcount, and own the hiring plan as we grow\nWe operate in a HIPAA-regulated environment, and security and compliance are part of how we build\nEvery leader at Spark stays hands-on in some way. In this role that means design reviews, specs, code reviews, and spikes, while staying on the critical path for no more than one project at a time\nWhat You'll Do \nDrive engineering delivery for our broker productivity squads, partnering with product on sequencing, scoping, and delivery commitments\nOwn and communicate our infrastructure roadmap, including platform migrations, vendor integrations, sustainability work, and AI enablement\nLead security for our software platform, including pen test and audit remediation, in partnership with our IT, DevOps, and data teams\nOwn engineering-wide practices across all squads: cross-squad coordination, onboarding, QA and testing, and bugs and support processes\nHire senior and staff engineers, develop tech leads, and design a team structure that scales\nTake ambiguous problems from definition to resolution, deciding what to own, what to delegate, and what to decline\nRepresent software engineering in company-wide planning and cross-functional work\nWhat We're Looking For\n8+ years in software engineering, including meaningful time in a startup environment\n3+ years managing engineers, including leading multiple teams or managing through tech leads. Experience managing managers is a strong plus\nStrong technical foundation in web applications (Python/Django or similar, and JavaScript frameworks like Vue or React), with the judgment to review designs and code credibly\nExperience owning a platform or infrastructure roadmap and explaining it to non-technical leadership\nExperience delivering large migrations or third-party integrations\nWorking knowledge of application security and compliance in a regulated environment (HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar)\nProven track record hiring and developing senior engineers and tech leads\nComfort working across many kinds of problems at once, with good judgment about where to spend your time\nStrong written and verbal communication, especially with leadership and cross-functional partners\nCompensation\nOur salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Spark. In accordance with New York City, Colorado, California, and other applicable laws, Spark is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is listed below. We expect most candidates to fall in the middle of the range. We also believe that your personal needs and preferences should be taken into consideration, so we allow some choice between equity and cash.\nBase Salary\n$230,000—$260,000 USD\nWhy you should join our team\nBy joining Spark, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup where you will have a profound impact on the brokers and beneficiaries we serve. And you'll learn, grow, be challenged, and have fun with your team while doing it.\nWe strive to help you and your family thrive. We're committed to supporting your happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing a comprehensive benefits program. In addition to your base salary, we also offer:\nEquity compensation\nHealth care, including dental and vision \nFlexible work location; co-working available\n401k\nPaid Time Off\nMonthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs)\nPaid Parental Leave\nUp to 14 weeks for birthing parents\nUp to 8 weeks for non-birth parents\n11 paid holidays\n2 week sabbatical at 5 years of employment \nWellbeing Perks through SpringHealth, Calm, and more!\nCompliance\nSpark is a proud participant in E-Verify. As part of our commitment to compliance, we use the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all employees working in the United States. For more information about E-Verify, please visitwww.e-verify.gov.\nFurthermore, for security and compliance requirements, we’re unable to accommodate international remote work. While we fully support travel and time off, all work must be conducted from an approved location within the U.S.\nAt Spark, we are committed to hiring the best team to serve our clients regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of our problems and the population we serve. 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