About us

Do you believe that every individual deserves affordable and reliable access to their health information? So do we. Function Health was founded with a singular focus: to empower you to live 100 healthy years. A Function membership starts with routine whole-body lab testing (100+ tests) and personalized evidence-based insights from the world's top doctors. It puts your health in your hands and eliminates layers of noise and complexity. Function is an annual subscription designed to serve people throughout their lifetime.

This is the first layer of a new type of digital health system built around you, growing towards a future of AI-enabled ownership and understanding of your health, now and in the future.

Our team is led by seasoned technology founders and renowned doctor Mark Hyman MD (Cleveland Clinic, 15x NYT Best Selling author). As a pragmatic Technical Product Manager, you're probably interested in knowing about our tech team.

The product team is lead by engineers behind machine learning systems built and deployed at scale, including a former tech lead from Google Research. We're a scrappy team of about 45 full-time engineers/designers/PMs and we're looking to add a few more exceptional people to our team to help us scale our systems and impact.

The role

We are seeking confident, competent, and gritty Technical Product Manager to join our dynamic team. As a TPM at Function, you'll be part of a team that's dedicated to using technology to improve healthcare. You'll work on a cutting-edge platform that enables our members to access their health data in real-time, and you'll be challenged to make a difference in people's lives. You will work with our product and engineering teams to create scalable and robust solutions that are user-friendly and highly secure

The ideal candidate will be meticulous in their attention to detail, self-motivated, resourceful, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment. As an early member of our tech team, your contributions will play a critical role in shaping the future of our systems as we scale from tens of thousands of members to millions. There is no ceiling for growth or impact in this role.

Applicants seeking an easy job, a big corporation, a slow pace, or predictable 9-to-5 hours need not apply. This role requires energy, talent, and a genuine passion for Function's mission.

Responsibilities

You must provide clarity across engineering, design, marketing, and operations when no one else can.
You'll be working directly with engineering leadership as well as engineers to deliver high impact projects. Every project you're involved in will move the needle.
Identify and resolve technical issues, sometimes you'll be the only person with context to solve project-specific issues, so you'll be expected to own those or provide engineers with the necessary context to fix them.
You will act as the owner of delivery on key projects that will include data engineering, 3rd party API integrations, UI/UX, and mobile apps.
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, tools and trends, and apply them to solve business problems.

Requirements

Bias toward action. Every call should end with next steps of action.
Understand leverage points of our business and how to the highest impact outcomes there.
Clear and direct communication. It's your responsibility to ensure there is no ambiguity about the desired outcomes.
A passion for improving people's lives and desire to empower them to own their health.
Strong background in software engineering, preferably with experience as a lead where you had to communicate up, down, and across the organization.
Strong knowledge of at least one programming language like Python, GO, Rust, or Java.
Experience with cloud-based platforms, such as AWS or Google Cloud, and containerization technologies, such as Docker.
Strong understanding of software engineering principles and best practices, including Agile methodologies, test-driven development, and continuous integration and deployment.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to understand complex systems and break them down into manageable components.
Comfortable with remote work.
Willing to question assumptions and committed to continuous improvement.

Nice-to-haves

Experience designing & building systems at-scale.
Data Engineering experience
Start-up experience. We especially love former founders or early Eng hires.
Knowledgeable about popular health technologies (e.g., Oura, Whoop, Apple Watch, CGMs).
A background with some of the following technologies - Python, React, React Native, GCP, and Postgres.

Location - Anyone is welcome to apply regardless of location as this is a remote position. However Fluent English is a requirement in order to be considered.

Your first 3 months

Month 1
- Rapid onboarding and ramp up. You'll work directly with our lead TPM to absorb all existing business and system context.
- You'll tag-team PRDs for key projects.
- Be introduced to other key team members in engineering and operations.
- Shadow most cross-function meetings that involve current or future projects you'll be involved with.
Month 2
- At this point, you will own a full project and work directly with engineering leads on delivery.
- You'll be expected to own a piece of our development process, likely handling inbound bug reports, and triage them into actionable steps for engineers and engineering leads to look into.
- You'll begin to work more autonomously, but continue to interface heavily with engineering leadership.
- By the end of this month, you will be fully aligned with business goals and understand how our product organization delivers against them.
Month 3
- You'll be expected to operate more autonomously, but continue to have regular check-ins with leadership.
- By the end of this month, you will understand the components of our micro-service system that relate to your projects, and how to provide product input to technical system designs

Some projects you'll be involved with, or lead

Integration of wearables data
Conversion optimization
Product analytics
Integration of medical history
AI-based health products
Biological Age
New diagnostic test integrations
Integration of R&D projects as they migrate from incubation to production

We value our team at Function and offer a competitive salary and benefits package, flexible working hours, and a dynamic work environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged. If you are a highly motivated and experienced TPM who is passionate about using technology to improve people's lives, we would love to hear from you. Join us on our mission to revolutionize the health technology industry!

FAQ's

What is Function's approach to remote work? Function is 100% remote across the United States, from Austin to New York to San Francisco. We meet up in person on occasion.
Who works at Function? We're small but growing! The team includes: Mike (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikenemke/), Dr. Hyman (https://www.instagram.com/drmarkhyman/), Sean (https://www.linkedin.com/in/seano314/), Max (https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?fetchDeterministicClustersOnly=false&heroEntityKey=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABRM-IABMLpErHcRwF3SiG8RwYFpLkrpJSo&keywords=maximiliano%20castrucci&origin=RICH_QUERY_SUGGESTION&position=0&searchId=a2307e14-f98a-4d74-a9ff-850e91986fc5&sid=aop), Shea (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shea-sulkin/), Jonathan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanswerdlin/), Pranitha (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranithapatil/), Sara (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-blenkhorn/), Tova (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tova-morgan-gelfond-66a64028/), Amy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-crees-rd-cdces-8354b165/), Kiara (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiara-conde/), Whitney (https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneyherline/), Erika (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikabrickley/) and many more.
What's the interview process like? First, you'll interact with our recruiters as an initial screening. Then, we'll have a quick intro call with our Lead Product Manager, John Elam. Then, you'll meet with our Cofounder & CTO, Mike Nemke. On these calls, we're looking to understand your interests, experience, and if you're a culture fit. After that, you'll meet with the product leadership team to figure out your technical experience and capacity. Finally, we'll send an offer. If we don't give an offer, we'll provide feedback.
Do I need to match all requirements (e.g. x years of experience, healthcare background)? Function Health welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. While it is not necessary for candidates to possess expertise in all areas, we are seeking individuals with exceptional talent in building and managing software. At Function, we prioritize continuous learning and growth for all team members. We strongly encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented communities, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities, to apply.

At Function, we celebrate diversity and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity, ancestry, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status, Veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.

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