Manager Software Engineering

Are you a collaborative Manager of Software Engineer looking to work for a mission driven global organization?

Do you consider yourself an outstanding leader and motivator of Software Engineers?

This position provides leadership, management, direction, and vision to software engineers and/or development employees including offshore contractors/consultants and interns needed to support, run, and change activities in the software development life cycle. The position works closely with development peers, product and project leaders/managers, and other in-house software developers as well as directs the successful completion and delivery of respective software components and any other related deliverables.

This diverse team of brilliant engineers are working collaboratively to build Next Gen Decision Support products for the Clinical/Medical/Health Care Community.

• Possess current and extensive software engineering experience with at least 2–3 years managing engineering teams.
• Proven experience managing global, cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams.
• Strong technical background in modern web, cloud, and mobile development.
• Hands‑on experience in clinical healthcare systems, EHR integrations, or digital health products.
• Current and extensive experience with the following Frontend:
  React, JavaScript Backend:
  Node.js, Java, Databases: SQL (MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, Oracle, etc.) Cloud: AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)
• Possess fully developed stakeholder management skills. Need to be able to communicate and escape with both Technical and Non-Technical professionals on a daily basis.

• Managing and mentoring globally distributed Agile Scrum engineering teams.
• Fostering a collaborative team culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Supporting career development, performance evaluations, and hiring for engineering roles.
• Ensuring engineering standards, best practices, and compliance are upheld across all teams. Leading technical design sessions, architecture discussions, and code quality initiatives.
• Driving end‑to‑end delivery of complex engineering projects in partnership with Product Management and UX Design.
• Overseeing sprint execution, backlog prioritization, and release planning to ensure on‑time and high‑quality delivery.
• Providing hands‑on technical guidance with modern frameworks and cloud technologies.
• Identifying and mitigating technical risks, dependencies, and delivery roadblocks.
• Partnering with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure engineering solutions.
• Applying clinical and healthcare domain knowledge to ensure solutions align with regulatory, workflow, and interoperability requirements.
• Collaborating with clinical stakeholders to refine functional requirements and validate product outcomes.

• Health Benefits:
  
  Comprehensive, multi‑carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Wellbeing:
  Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time‑off Programs
• Short‑and‑Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
• In addition to annual Paid Time Off, we offer up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

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