Director of Engineering

About Forma

The market for employee benefits is broken. Companies spend millions annually on employee benefits that employees neither value nor regularly use. Founded in 2017, Forma set out to build a better model by challenging traditional one-size-fits-all approaches.

Forma’s flexible benefits software helps companies offer competitive benefits packages while reducing costs and inefficiencies, by giving employees more choice and flexibility in how they spend their benefit allowances. The platform also saves HR professionals countless hours managing and supporting various point solutions.

Using Forma, companies can select from a suite of products that include Lifestyle Spending Accounts, Health Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Flexible Spending Accounts, and more to design and deliver customized benefits programs–all through a single platform. Employees then have three choices to spend account funds: The Forma Store with discounted products and services, The Forma Visa Card, or claim reimbursement backed by Forma’s world-class member support team.

Forma has helped hundreds of the world’s most admired companies, including Stripe, Zoom, Lululemon, and Affirm, design and support flexible, inclusive benefits programs for nearly a million employees. And, we are seeing great success with 75 NPS, and 98 CSAT ratings from members.

Forma is backed by Emergence Capital and Ribbit Capital and has received numerous awards for its exponential growth, its software innovation, and as a “Great Place to Work.” 

About the Role

Forma is looking for an engineering leader to drive our core and  platform teams  which will directly support Forma’s best in class benefits experience to allow customers and members to access an easy-to-use and cutting-edge employee benefits platform. 

This role requires expertise in building out mission-critical systems at scale that can evolve quickly with our rapidly growing business. This is a fully remote position and will report to Forma’s VP, Engineering.

You Will 

• Advocate for your team emphasizing career growth and personal development

• Scale your organization by partnering with recruiting to attract and retain top talent 

• Define and lead the technical roadmap for our core platform

• Guide your team to make sound architecture decisions and create an environment where technical innovation thrives

• Drive engineering excellence by inspiring and empowering engineers

• Collaborate with cross-functional  peers such as Product and Design to set goals and define business strategy 

• Prioritize execution and support your team in delivering high-quality results 

• Drive goal-setting with your team and how them accountable for results

• Create and iterate on processes to increase the effectiveness of your teams

Preferred Skills

• Have 7+ years of engineering leadership experience

• Have experience architecting and executing large-scale, performant systems that are critical to the business

• Skilled at working to build alignment, drive decision making, and communicate transparently

• Able to marry long-term thinking with short-term action

• You have a genuine passion for building platforms in a rigorous, measurable and scalable way

• You have a strong understanding of security and compliance best practices in software development, especially from a money movement perspective

• You are committed to cultivating an inclusive team culture

• You have a deep understanding of Agile fundamentals and the mental models that promote strong execution

• You have managed geographically distributed teams

Benefits and Perks

• Remote-first working environment

• Medical, dental and vision insurance plans

• Employee wellness program

• One-time home office stipend

• 401(k) savings plan

• Flexible PTO policy

• 12 weeks Parental Leave + 4 additional weeks for the Birthing Parent

At Forma, we value diversity, and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Duties and responsibilities may not all be covered in the description, or may change over time at the discretion of Forma. You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. At Forma, we welcome diverse perspectives, and people who think rigorously / aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions. Join us!