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Elk Grove, California, United States
Remote only
At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.
Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!
LifeStance Health Values
Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.
Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.
Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.
One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.
Benefits
As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.
ROLE OVERVIEW
As the Senior Director of Product Engineering, you will lead the end-to-end engineering organization responsible for building and scaling our digital product ecosystem. This is a senior leadership role accountable not only for delivery, but for the operating model, technical strategy, and long-term engineering effectiveness of the organization.
You will partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and executive leadership to translate business strategy into scalable, high-quality software systems that power exceptional user experiences. You will define how engineering operates — from architecture and quality standards to team structure, execution rigor, and technical decision-making — ensuring the organization can deliver with speed, reliability, and precision.
A key aspect of this role is driving continuous improvement in engineering efficiency and leverage, ensuring the organization scales its impact without linear increases in cost or complexity. This includes thoughtfully incorporating modern tooling and automation, including AI, into the software development lifecycle where it meaningfully improves productivity, quality, and speed.
COMPENSATION: $189,000 - 236,000/annually in addition to a competitive bonus plan
RESPONSIBILITIES
Own the product engineering strategy and operating model, translating business and product strategy into a scalable, high-performing engineering organization
Lead and evolve the engineering organization’s structure, culture, and leadership bench to sustain excellence, accountability, and growth
Enable predictable, high-quality software delivery at scale through clear ownership, execution rigor, and disciplined delivery practices
Drive engineering efficiency and organizational leverage so impact scales faster than cost or complexity
Improve developer productivity and effectiveness through modern tooling, automation, and thoughtful application of AI across the SDLC
Establish and own engineering metrics and KPIs, using data to guide decisions and continuously improve outcomes
Provide senior-level technical and architectural leadership to ensure systems are scalable, resilient, and aligned to long-term strategy
Define and enforce quality, reliability, and performance standards across the engineering lifecycle
Serve as a deeply trusted cross-functional partner to Product, Design, Data, Platform, Security, and executive leadership
Translate technical strategy and tradeoffs into clear business insights that inform prioritization and investment decisions
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
12+ years of engineering experience
Proven leadership at scale
Demonstrated experience improving engineering efficiency
Experience with modern tooling and AI-enabled development workflows
Strong architecture and systems design expertise
Experience defining and using engineering metrics
Strong communication, leadership, and executive presence
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, bend, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee must be able to lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
LifeStance provides the compensation range and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. LifeStance reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
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LifeStance is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are fully committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our employees. Learn more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at LifeStance.
LifeStance Health complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our Human Resources Team at ADA@lifestance.com. Please note: This contact is intended solely for accommodation requests. Inquiries regarding applications, resumes and applicant status should not be sent to this email address as they will not be reviewed or responded to. To apply for a position, please use our official careers page.