Key Takeaways
- Flo Health is a certified Most Loved Workplace® 2024 & 2026 and a Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplace®.
- Flo is the #1 women's health app worldwide, serving over 70 million monthly active users.
- The Director of Engineering role offers a rare chance to lead engineering at scale for a mission-driven, privacy-first health tech company.
- Flo is the only period tracking app with dual ISO privacy and security certifications (ISO 27701 & ISO 27001).
What Is It Like to Work at Flo Health as a Director of Engineering?
At Flo Health, engineering leadership is not about maintaining systems — it is about building something that genuinely changes lives. As a Director of Engineering, you step into one of the most meaningful leadership roles in health tech. You will guide teams building products used by 1 in 6 women in the US aged 13–45. Every technical decision you make ripples out to tens of millions of real people.
Why Is Flo Health a Standout Employer for Engineering Leaders?
Flo Health has earned recognition as a Most Loved Workplace® in both 2024 and 2026, as well as a spot on the Global Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® and the UK Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® for 2025. These are not just badges on a wall. They reflect a company culture where engineers are trusted, respected, and heard. Engineering leadership here means working alongside over 120 medical experts, top-tier product teams, and a mission that has real urgency.
What Does the Director of Engineering Role Involve at Flo Health?
This role sits at the intersection of technical excellence and strategic vision. You will own engineering roadmaps, grow and mentor high-performing teams, and champion engineering best practices across a product that operates at global scale. Flo's engineering challenges are genuinely hard — think privacy-first architecture, AI-driven health insights, and security infrastructure that meets dual ISO certifications. If you love solving complex, high-stakes technical problems, this is your arena.
What Kind of Engineering Challenges Will You Face?
- Privacy at scale: Flo is the first and only period tracking app with both ISO 27701 and ISO 27001 certifications. You will help maintain and evolve that standard.
- AI and personalisation: With a growing AI/ML engineering team, Flo is pushing the frontier of personalised health insights. Engineering leadership here means enabling cutting-edge machine learning in production.
- Global reliability: With 70 million monthly active users, uptime and performance are not optional — they are critical. You will lead teams that keep mission-critical systems running flawlessly.
How Does Flo Health Support Career Growth for Engineering Leaders?
Flo's product sits at the top of the Health and Fitness category globally. That means the engineering challenges keep evolving. Leaders here grow because the problems grow. You will have the opportunity to shape engineering culture, influence hiring strategy, and build the kind of team you always wanted to lead. This is a company where engineering leadership has a seat at the table — and a voice that matters.
Want to understand how Flo's broader engineering and product teams are structured? See the Senior AI/ML Engineer role to get a sense of the technical depth Flo is building across the organisation.
What Makes Flo Health's Mission Unique in Health Tech?
Flo is not just a product company. It is a health equity company. Through the Pass It On Project, Flo has donated over 11 million free Premium subscriptions across 66 countries, with a goal of reaching 1 billion women in need. When you lead engineering here, your work has a direct line to global health literacy. That is a rare kind of purpose — and it attracts talent who want to do more than ship features.
Ready to Lead Engineering at a Most Loved Workplace®?
The Director of Engineering role at Flo Health is open now. If you are an engineering leader who wants to build at scale, lead with empathy, and make a genuine difference in women's health, this is your opportunity.
Apply for the Director of Engineering role at Flo Health and take the next step in a career that truly matters.