Director of Frontend Engineering

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At Vida, we help people get better- and we're helping the healthcare system get better, too.

Vida is a virtual, personalized obesity care provider that uses evidence-based treatment to help patients manage obesity and related conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety and depression. Vida's team of Obesity Medicine-Certified Physicians, Registered Dietitians, Expert Coaches and Licensed Therapists takes a whole-person approach to care, helping people lose weight, reduce stress and improve their overall health.

By combining advanced technology with top-notch healthcare providers, Vida is breaking down the barriers that have historically kept people from getting the best care. It's trusted by Fortune 100 companies, major national payers and large providers to enable their employees to live their healthiest lives.

**Vida is authorized to do business in many, but not all, states. If you are not located in or able to work from a state where Vida is registered, you will not be eligible for employment. Please speak with your recruiter to learn more about where Vida is registered.

We are seeking a Director of Frontend Engineering who brings strong technical depth, product sensibility and leadership maturity. This role is ideal for a player/coach—someone who leads by example, is hands-on when needed and thrives on growing talent while building mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate has extensive cross-platform expertise in React and React Native application development and demonstrates strong project management skills to keep the team on track to deliver high-quality results on ambitious projects. This person will also play a critical role in driving our AI strategy forward across clinical, operational and development applications.

• Lead the migration from native member mobile apps to a unified React Native platform across mobile and web.
• Architect performant, modular frontend systems that enable AI-driven features like real-time personalization, behavior adaptation and conversational UX.
• Act as a player/coach, contributing directly to the codebase during key initiatives or technical spikes.
• Own the frontend engineering for Canvas Medical EMR integration and internal tools that power care delivery, scheduling, messaging and member service coordination.
• Drive integration strategy to integrate React-based applications across multiple provider types, Medical Assistants and member services personas that orient around the member’s care plan.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Clinical and Data teams to embed AI-driven clinical decision support and care automation into provider workflows.
• Deliver integrated member experiences for covered populations that unlock growth from employer, payer and PBM partnerships such as onboarding SSO and stripe payments integrations.
• Support Marketing and other GTM stakeholders for enhancements on website and other onboarding flows for members and plan sponsors.
• Build flexible, scalable frameworks for rapid deployment of client-specific configurations that optimize for different populations and business objectives.
• Drive a unified, scalable design system with tokens, theming, breakpoints and accessibility baked into every layer—from typography and animations to dark/light mode and responsive behavior.
• Build and maintain a cross-platform component and experience infrastructure that includes loading states, progressive disclosure, A/B testing hooks and performance instrumentation.
• Partner with design to build design-to-development workflows, including exploration of AI-assisted workflows (e.g., design-to-code translation) to accelerate handoff and reduce friction across product teams.
• Raise the bar on technical operations: CI/CD, test coverage, incident response, performance monitoring and AI-assisted SDLC/QA practices.
• Champion best practices in engineering productivity, release management and developer experience.
• Deliver performant, high-quality features across iOS and Android, optimizing for user experience, maintainability and long-term scalability.
• Build and lead a team of full-time and contract engineers with strengths across web, mobile and AI-integrated experiences - managing within healthcare compliance and governance regulations.
• Develop a culture of cross-training, learning and innovation; helping engineers expand into new platforms and technologies including AI agents and copilots.
• Establish clear career development paths, with an emphasis on growing both IC and tech lead roles.

• 8+ years of experience in frontend engineering, with 3+ years leading teams in a high-growth, product-driven environment.
• Hands-on expertise in React Native, React, TypeScript and mobile/web frontend architecture for performance and scalability.
• Experience with native iOS and/or Android development, especially with integrating native modules in React Native.
• Strong product instincts and proven ability to deliver AI-enhanced experiences, such as intelligent chat, real-time personalization or adaptive UI flows.
• Experience leveraging AI development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.) to accelerate frontend development cycles and improve code quality.
• Familiar with backend webserver frameworks like Django or Flask.
• Experience operating in hybrid onshore/offshore teams and improving engineering maturity in regulated domains.
• Comfortable working in a player/coach capacity—mentoring and managing while remaining hands-on for key initiatives.
• SF based is a plus!

Vida is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Diversity is more than a commitment at Vida—it is the foundation of what we do. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We don’t just accept differences — we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our platform and those we serve. Vida is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures.

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