We’re Doccla, the virtual ward company. We provide patients and clinicians with the transformative power of remote patient monitoring.
Our existing customers are Hospitals, Community Services, and NHS Commissioners that we partner with to deliver tech enabled virtual wards. With our technology, logistics, and support patients can be discharged from a hospital ward to a virtual one and recover in the comfort of their own homes. Patients love our care pathways and health services become more efficient; it’s a win-win.
We are a young company with big aims and a lot of momentum. In the summer of 2022 we raised $18M in an oversubscribed A round led by General Catalyst, a top tier global VC fund and have gone from strength to strength since: we’ve won a series of large multiyear NHS contracts, extended 100% of our existing client contracts.
This is your chance to join us at a key stage of our growth. Our ambition is to be a category leader for virtual healthcare. You will be joining a highly entrepreneurial team that combines technical, clinical, operational, and commercial colleagues.
We're solving real problems for patients and health systems. we’re looking for dedicated people with a passion for healthcare.
Summary
Doccla is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to support and contribute to our mobile engineering team. As an EM, you will be responsible for overseeing the development of our mobile applications, enabling the team to deliver high-quality software solutions iteratively and incrementally . You will work closely with product managers, other stakeholders and your team to drive the execution of the mobile development roadmap. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mobile development, great leadership skills, and a passion for building innovative healthcare technology solutions.
Giving space to Engineering Managers to individually contribute to the product and practise their technical skills is important. This position includes line management duties, providing a great opportunity to mentor and support the professional growth of our engineering team.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of mobile engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Demonstrate empathy and encourage a strong feedback culture.
- Technical Strategy: Work closely with the team to define technical requirements and develop a roadmap for mobile application development. Prioritise user-centric, product-led development.
- Execution: Drive the execution of the mobile development roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions. Be action-oriented and ensure the team gets things done efficiently.
- Code Review: Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines. Act as a role model in terms of quality and effective development practices.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align engineering efforts with business goals and user needs. Foster strong partnerships and effective communication.
- System Qualities Champion: Drive the team to improve system qualities like performance, security, usability, reliability, and safety. Demonstrate a commitment to excellence and continuous improvement.
- Coaching: Support the growth of the team in terms of core skills, delivery, and technical skills. Show empathy and encourage personal and professional development within the team.
- Innovation: Foster a culture of innovation with a keen focus on delivering user-centric mobile applications. Inspire creativity and forward-thinking solutions.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks related to mobile development projects, ensuring timely resolution of issues. Be proactive in addressing challenges and ensuring project success.
Requirements
- Proven experience (5+ years) in application development, with a strong understanding of React Native (or React)
- Demonstrated experience (2+ years) in a leadership or management role, preferably in a technology-driven environment.
- Proficiency in Agile methodologies and tools
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Solid understanding of software development best practices, including design patterns, code quality, and performance optimization.
- Experience with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Passion for healthcare technology and improving patient outcomes through innovative solutions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the healthcare industry or working on healthcare-related projects.
- Experience in the mobile app development
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Familiarity with secure coding practices and data encryption techniques.
- Previous experience working on telemedicine or remote patient monitoring solutions.
Don’t worry if you don’t have all of these, we value diverse skill sets, and recognise that no one candidate will match all of these - we’d love to hear from you if this role seems like an interesting opportunity for you.
We empower everyone to take ownership and responsibility for the company and their role within it. We act ethically and think of helping patients and protecting their safety first.
Whatever your role is, to thrive at Doccla, a can-do and action oriented attitude is essential. As is being a clear and open communicator who is receptive to feedback.
Our team is hybrid with offices in London, Denmark, Germany & Stockholm. Most of the team lives in and around London and visits the office one to three times per week to enjoy in person meetings, free lunch with the team, and the general perks of a WeWork with a glorious barista. The extent of remote vs office working will depend on your role, as some roles have the flexibility to be fully remote.
We have an employee equity pool that you can be part of so that as the company continues to grow you’ll have a share in its success.
Some of our employee benefits include
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Annual Leave & Holidays:
- 🌴 25 days of annual leave plus up to 8 bank holidays per year.
- 🔄 Flexibility to buy or sell holidays back to the company.
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Remote Working:
- 🏡 Flexible Remote Work: Options to work remotely, giving you the freedom to balance work and life.
- 💻 Home Office Setup: £200 remote working stipend to enhance your home office.
- 🧘🏽♂️ Monthly Remote Wellness Allowance: Access to well-being services like in-home massages and healthy food deliveries, even when working from home.
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Financial Benefits:
- 📈 Employee stock options.
- 💸 4% pension on full basic pay.
- 🛡️ 4x basic pay for Life insurance.
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Health & Wellness:
- 🩺 Private health insurance.
- 🧘🏽 Monthly well-being allowance for services like in-home massages and healthy food deliveries.
- 🫄 4 months full pay for the birthing person.
- 👶🏽 4 weeks full pay for the non-birthing person.
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Workplace Perks:
- 🍝 Daily lunch provided at HQ.
- 📚 £500 Learning & Development budget per employee.
- 🚲 Cycle to work scheme.
- 🐶 Pet-friendly office.
What do you get for all your hard work?
- A competitive compensation package (base + options) with half year and annual performance reviews.
- Work at one of the most patient focussed and client centric healthtech startups, backed by top VC firms, General Catalyst & Speedinvest.
- Growth. We want you to keep growing. That means trying new things, leading others, challenging the status quo and owning your impact. Always with our complete support.
Diversity at Doccla
We embrace diversity at Doccla. To build a product that is valued we need a team with all kinds of different perspectives, experiences and backgrounds. That's why we're committed to hiring people from different backgrounds, race, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability.
We understand that applying for a new job takes a lot of work and we really value your time. We are really looking forward to reading your application!
Safer Recruitment
Doccla is committed to the principles of safer recruitment, ensuring that safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults is central to our recruitment processes.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for all posts with access to children or vulnerable adults. Please note that it is an offence to apply, offer or accept to do any work with children (paid or unpaid) if disqualified from working with children.
