Product Engineering Lead

What we're looking for

Aviary is seeking a talented individual with technical experience, deep curiosity and a strong desire to grow. You'll partner with the Head of Engineering, Head of Clinical Operations, Head of Product and other domain experts to create groundbreaking technology and infrastructure to power better cardiac care and heart health for thousands of members, overseeing complex, multi-team projects while driving technical development and stakeholder alignment. The role requires both technical fluency (capable of prototyping, technical designs, and writing engineering tickets) and product ownership (requirement gathering, roadmapping, stakeholder management).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of technical products and features, managing multiple projects in parallel.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders—including business, design, and engineering—translating needs into actionable technical specifications and Jira tickets.
• Own product vision and roadmaps, partnering with engineering leadership to drive delivery and unblock the team.
• Prototype features and solutions where needed, ensuring product feasibility and fast experimentation.
• Bridge the gap between high-level business needs and deep technical execution.
• Facilitate agile processes and project tracking, ensuring on-time delivery and effective collaboration.
• Oversee product QA, release processes, and technical documentation.

Skills

• Strong technical background with the ability to prototype, review code, and understand APIs or system architecture.
• Experience as a Product Manager, Tech Lead, or Technical Program Manager within a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Proven ability to manage large projects and multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Prior hands-on experience in software engineering a strong plus.

Your Past Experience

Note: we consider applicants of all backgrounds. The below is simply a list of useful experiences. If you are excited about what we're building but don't meet some of the criteria below, please don't let that discourage you from applying!

• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or similar field.
• 3+ years technical product management or tech lead experience.
• Demonstrated success driving product from concept through launch in a technical environment.
• Good to have: experience working in health tech or at an early stage startup.
• Proficient in at least one of: Ruby on Rails, Go, PHP, Javascript or other server side language.

Tech We Use

This is some of the tech we use to power better cardiac care for our members. There's no requirement to be familiar with all of these, but being familiar with some is helpful.

• Ruby on Rails
• Go
• Typescript
• React
• Flutter
• PHP
• GraphQL
• AWS
• PostgreSQL
• Elasticsearch
• Apache Kafka

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Unlimited PTO / sick leave / health benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Free lunch and snacks in NYC Office
• Bring your dog to work 🐶