Note - this is a remote position. We are open to remote candidates located in the US.
ECP is a market-leading SaaS solution that enables senior living communities to better care for their residents. ECP is used in over 8,000 communities around the world. We're looking to further expand by increasing the number of customers that use our software and increasing the scope of how we serve our customers by developing and releasing new products.
As an experienced tech lead / manager, you will jump right in and play a lead role as we build new applications, enhance and expand our product, improve our processes, and continuously tune and modernize our tech stack. You will lead a talented and committed team, and you will have constant opportunities to learn about our business and build solutions that fuel our growth.
Overview:
We’re looking for an experienced Tech Lead / Manager to join our agile product engineering team. This role will manage a team developing a mobile-responsive offline-capable web application leveraging React, NodeJS (NestJS), and modern Progressive Web App (PWA) technologies. We are building this application to migrate customers over from an existing application, which we will connect to via iFrame as part of a strangler-fig approach to modernization.
The ideal candidate has managed high-performance engineering teams, has deep expertise in React, TypeScript and NodeJS architecture, and thrives in a collaborative, high-impact environment focused on improving healthcare workflows. Experience with offline-first systems and PWAs is a strong plus.
Responsibilities:
Team Leadership:
- Lead and develop a team of 5-6 engineers; hire, coach, and manage performance.
- Design processes to enable high-velocity delivery, quality, and collaboration.
- Manage and mentor developers on best practices for modern web development, testing, and continuous integration.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
Technical Leadership:
- Architect scalable, performant applications using React, NodeJS (NestJS), and supporting technologies.
- Design offline-first and PWA capabilities, including caching strategies, data synchronization, and background data handling for critical workflows.
- Connect our new application to our existing application (e.g. via iFrame) as we migrate customers over to our new PWA.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, UX designers, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into elegant technical solutions.
- Drive technical decision-making, ensuring architectural consistency and alignment with long-term product goals.
- Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry best practices relevant to PWA, offline apps, and scalable NodeJS systems.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to optimize deployments and ensure high availability and reliability of cloud-hosted applications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of professional software development experience, including 2+ years in a technical leadership role (managing engineers, tech lead, or similar).
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience delivering feedback and mentoring.
- Expert-level proficiency with NodeJS and frameworks such as NestJS.
- Strong front-end experience with React, modern JavaScript (ES6+), and responsive web design principles.
- Proven experience architecting and implementing complex, scalable web applications with focus on performance and reliability.
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven architecture.
- Experience with SQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL).
- Experience developing in an agile environment using modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar).
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with offline-first architectures and Progressive Web Applications (PWA), including Service Workers, IndexedDB, caching strategies, data synchronization, and conflict resolution.
- Experience with mobile web optimization and cross-device responsive design.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of FHIR/HL7 standards or experience in healthcare software is a plus.
Top Skills
What We Do
ECP is a cloud-based software program for the senior living industry. The program has many unique features including electronic medication administration record (eMAR) that interfaces with pharmacies to sync med orders and reorder meds. It also has a complete care management program including integrated assessments, care plan wizard, point of care charting, alerts and reminders including emails and text messages, state mandated reports, marketing and billing.
ECP is touch screen friendly and can be used on PC, Mac, netbooks, tablet, and iPad operating systems. ECP supports thousands of communities world-wide.
ECP easily interfaces with LTC pharmacies. Resident information and medication orders are synced with the pharmacy improving communication and reducing medication administration errors. ECP is priced as a SAAS (software as a service) model reducing start-up costs for senior living communities. Users pay only for their current active occupancy level. ECP's customized settings meet the unique need of each company without custom programming. ECP allows quick creation of custom assessments and care plan libraries that automatically generate daily tasks for point of care charting.
