Manager, Software Engineering

I. Job Summary

About The Opportunity

At Medifast, our team members are relentless in our mission of driving Lifelong Transformation, One Healthy Habit at a Time. When you join Medifast, you become part of a dynamic, fast-growing community of highly motivated, like-hearted people who share a passion for promoting health and wellness. Just as OPTAVIA Coaches inspire Clients to reach their personal wellness goals, at Medifast, we inspire each other to bring our best to work each day to further our shared mission. If you want to build a rewarding career that makes lives better on a daily basis, Medifast may be the perfect place for you.

Medifast is a company focusing on wellness and lifelong transformation for the customers. Due to the business fast growth, Medifast has an immediate need for a Software Engineering Manager to oversee the design, technical implementation, and support of some mission critical applications at Medifast. The role is expected to lead the teams to support accelerated transformational business growth and strategic technology transitions.

II. Job Responsibilities

• Responsible and oversee development of user-centric mission-critical client applications (Web) and API's using modern technologies.

• Work closely with the Digital Product Team to ensure the development team objectives are known and support the larger needs of the business.

• Interact with vendors, and peers to develop and coordinate strategy, architecture, roadmap, and execution of development.

• Drive the technology excellence, resilience, reliability, and scalability by applying the best practices and well thought designs.

• Mentor distributed development teams and adopt the modern software engineering & delivery practices (DevOps, CI/CD).

III. Scope

Responsible for the frontend and backend application development.

IV. Knowledge, Education, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor's Degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Information Management, Engineering or related field.

• 8+ years of experience in software development field.

• 3+ years of managing or leading software engineering teams with focus on web application.

• Strong experiences in developing web apps using any web development frameworks, Java, API.

• Experience in cloud technologies like AWS is a plus.

• Experience in SAP Hybris is a plus.

• Working knowledge of how to construct and manage development pipeline and using continuous integration and continuous deployment.

• Solid understanding and experience in software development lifecycle with Agile methodologies, software architecture, and design.

• The ability to work quickly while balancing many priorities and tight deadlines.

• A proactive approach to problem solving in a rapidly changing environment.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

At Medifast, Relationships Are At The Center Of What We Do!

We thrive by elevating our connections with one another as well as with our Coaches & Clients. We believe that everyone has the potential to be OUTSTANDING. The Medifast culture is built on seven core values: integrity, courage, teaming, accountability, empowerment, partnership and diversity. These values aren't just words on a page - they are celebrated as a core part of the company's philosophy.

We Lead By…

Mastering Relationships: We build trust, promote collaboration and we are reliable.

Being innovative: We strive to improve things in our areas of influence; test, refine and expand within the business strategy; and reach beyond real and perceived boundaries.

Simplifying: We are committed to making things measurable, repeatable and scalable; focusing on outcomes not activities; and eliminating complexity to increase focus.

Anticipating: We predict long-term business and organizational needs; challenge assumptions; and expect and prepare for the unexpected.

About Medifast:

Medifast (NYSE: MED) is the health and wellness company known for its habit-based and coach-guided lifestyle solution OPTAVIA, which provides people with a simple yet comprehensive approach to address obesity and support a healthy lifestyle. OPTAVIA's holistic solution includes lifestyle plans with clinically proven health benefits, scientifically developed products, and a framework for habit creation - all reinforced by independent coach support for customers on their weight loss journeys. Through its collaboration with national virtual primary care provider LifeMD (Nasdaq: LFMD) and its affiliated medical group, the holistic solution now includes access to GLP-1 medications where clinically appropriate. Visit the OPTAVIA and Medifast websites for more information and follow Medifast on X and LinkedIn.

Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Medifast.