Manager - Software Engineering

Experience:

8+ years of software engineering experience

1+ years of people leadership, team lead, or engineering management experience

Role Summary

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality healthcare applications. This role requires a balance of technical depth, execution leadership, and people management, with responsibility for enabling team success, fostering engineering excellence, and driving delivery of business priorities in a fast-paced, AI-first development environment.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of 4-8 software engineers.

• Drive sprint execution and delivery commitments.

• Partner with Product Managers, QA, and platform teams to deliver business outcomes.

• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and career development of engineers.

• Provide timely feedback and performance guidance.

Technical Leadership

• Contribute to system design and architecture discussions.

• Guide implementation of scalable Java/Spring Boot microservices and React-based applications.

• Participate in code reviews and technical design reviews.

• Drive engineering best practices around testing, code quality, observability, and maintainability.

• Support production issue investigation and resolution when required.

   

AI-First Engineering

• Promote responsible adoption of AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Windsurf.

• Encourage AI-assisted development, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.

• Ensure AI-generated code is reviewed for correctness, security, and maintainability.

• Help teams improve productivity through effective AI-enabled engineering practices.

   

Delivery Excellence

• Ensure predictable delivery of features and platform enhancements.

• Drive adherence to CI/CD, automated testing, and release management processes.

• Monitor delivery risks and proactively address execution challenges.

• Maintain high standards for reliability, scalability, and security.

   

Minimum Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 8+ years of software engineering experience

• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture.

• Experience building and supporting React-based applications.

• Hands-on experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture (Kafka or equivalent).

• Experience with SQL databases such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.

• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.

   

Leadership Skills

• 1+ years of people management, team leadership, or technical leadership experience.

• Experience mentoring engineers and leading feature teams.

• Proven ability to deliver complex projects in Agile environments.

• Experience collaborating with globally distributed teams.

   

AI-First Expectations

• Practical experience using AI coding assistants within the software development lifecycle.

• Ability to validate and govern AI-generated code.

• Strong understanding of software quality, security, and engineering best practices.

   

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare technology experience.

• Knowledge of FHIR, HL7, C-CDA, HIPAA, PHI/PII compliance.

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Databricks, Elasticsearch, or Redis.

• Experience working in cloud-native environments.

What Success Looks Like

• Consistently delivers high-quality features and releases.

• Builds a motivated and engaged engineering team.

• Uses AI tools effectively to improve engineering productivity.

• Demonstrates growing leadership capability while maintaining strong technical credibility.

• Drives predictable execution and contributes to a positive engineering culture.