VP, Engineering

PayZen is on a mission to bring financial health to healthcare. Our products improve both access and affordability for patients and cash flow & administrative complexity for medical providers. We are trusted by a rapidly growing number of health systems, hospitals, and physician groups and are backed by leading venture capital investors.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Vice President of Engineering to lead the development and scaling of PayZen’s FinTech software solutions in our Tel Aviv office. As the Vice President of Engineering, you will be pivotal in shaping PayZen’s product's future and driving the company’s growth trajectory.

What you will do

• Lead the Tel Aviv engineering team in a microservices environment on Kubernetes, ensuring scalability and success, and directly manage existing management structure
• Collaborate with engineering teams in San Francisco and LATAM to standardize development processes, and drive strong global communications and connection.
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle—design, development, testing, and deployment—ensuring high-quality standards and best practices, with a focus on scalable JavaScript solutions (Node.js, React).
• Architect and optimize high-level systems, services, and data models with clear documentation, while improving performance, reliability, and scalability across cross-functional projects.
• Leverage and refine open-source and commercial technologies, including AWS, to enhance operations and drive efficiency.
• Work closely with Product Managers, DevOps, and stakeholders to align engineering efforts with company goals, and drive an engineering culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Develop and maintain a technology roadmap in partnership with colleagues in technology leadership to support product growth while reducing tech debt and optimizing costs.

What you will bring

• Passion for success and the ability to foster a culture of enthusiasm and accountability.
• Unquestionable ethics and integrity are essential. 
• 6+ years of development experience in JavaScript, specifically with expertise in Node.js and React.
• At least 3 years of experience managing and building high-performing engineering teams, including experience setting up new teams or offices.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent is preferred. MBA is a nice to have.
• Strong experience in microservices architectures and Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale technical projects and initiatives.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong understanding of web technologies, databases, and networking concepts.
• Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment is highly desirable.
• Excellent problem-solving, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated success building new processes from scratch and transforming processes, data, systems, and practices in complex, global, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with management.

What we offer

• An opportunity to positively affect the lives of thousands of patients.
• A flexible lifestyle that fits the modern work-life balance.
• A chance to join a high-growth company.
• Highly skilled co-workers with whom you can grow your skill set.
• Be a part of a team that revolutionizes medical payments in ways never seen before.
• The ability to impact company values and culture in a collaborative environment - we value all comments and suggestions
• Competitive pay and stock options.