We're Looking For:
- A Director of Engineering to lead Nitra’s rapidly growing engineering organization. You will shape the technical direction, scale the team, and deliver robust fintech and healthcare technology products. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who thrives in startup environments, drives high-impact execution, and fosters a collaborative and mission-driven engineering culture.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team (20–50+).
- Establish best practices for architecture, system design, and technical excellence.
- Partner with Product and Design to ensure strategic alignment and timely delivery.
- Implement scalable processes that enable rapid development and high-quality releases.
- Hire, develop, and retain exceptional engineering talent and future leaders.
- Provide technical direction on architectural decisions and system scalability.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation.
- Collaborate effectively across time zones, ensuring strong alignment with U.S.-based teams.
You have:
- 7+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years managing teams of 20+ engineers (ideally scaling to 50+).
- Proven experience as a hands-on engineer with strong system design expertise.
- Demonstrated success leading and scaling teams in fast-paced startup environments.
- Excellent English communication skills and ability to collaborate across geographies.
- Experience building engineering structure, mentoring leads, and driving organizational growth.
- Strong partnership skills with cross-functional stakeholders (Product, Design, Executive).
- Willingness to work flexible hours to ensure alignment with global teams.
- Fintech, marketplace, or healthcare industry experience is a plus.
- A growth-oriented mindset with a focus on impact, adaptability, and results.
We offer:
- Equity - Everyone at Nitra is an owner. When the company wins, you win.
- Competitive Salary - You’re the best of the best, and your salary will reflect your experience and reward your contributions to Nitra.
- Health Care - Your health comes first. We offer comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance options.
Top Skills
What We Do
Nitra’s mission is to overhaul the healthcare industry with radically efficient and transparent solutions. Nitra empowers providers to find the right balance between supporting their patients and running their practice – starting with tools that deliver a simpler, smarter way to manage their spending.
Nitra solutions integrate seamlessly with the complex business processes of the industry. Our goal is to provide an ecosystem that helps doctors better manage their practices, so they can focus on their patients.
Starting with the first business card built specifically for doctors, Nitra will expand to bring physicians and medical clinics around the country the loans, accounts, payments, and expense management products they expect, in an all-in-one platform powered by machine learning and blockchain technologies.
The company was created by unicorn founders who have successfully scaled to thousands of customers. They are joined by an ambitious and experienced team from Amazon, American Express, Citi, Dropbox, Facebook, Mastercard and PayPal.
The team is supported by an expert group of Advisors such as the cofounders of Square and Xendit, executives from Intuit, Governors and White House senior staffers, and is backed by some of the world’s leading VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz and NEA.
Interested? We are growing fast and actively building our team. Look at our job postings and let us know where you fit!
