Senior Manager, Software Engineering

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to build and lead a new product engineering team in San Diego, developing software for providers in the sleep health diagnostics domain.

• Build the team: lead hiring and onboarding of engineers across levels, focusing on San Diego talent.
• Establish team norms, operating cadences, and a culture of ownership and craft from the team's inception.
• Identify capability gaps early and address them through hiring, development, or cross‑team partnership.
• Drive delivery: own the team's end‑to‑end delivery, including planning, execution, and operational health.
• Partner with Product Management to translate strategy into a sequenced, achievable roadmap for provider‑facing sleep health diagnostics solutions.
• Maintain high standards for quality, security, and compliance while balancing delivery pace.
• Identify and remove delivery blockers, escalating appropriately when required.
• Establish AI‑Native Development as the team’s default approach and continuously refine the methodology from specification through code review.
• Ensure the team builds on enterprise architecture blueprints, shared platforms, and DevX standards.
• Create conditions for disciplined AI‑assisted engineering practices, treating correctness, security, and maintainability as non‑negotiable.
• Conduct or delegate rigorous design and code reviews, making engineering standards visible and consistent.
• Represent the San Diego team in cross‑functional forums with clarity and credibility.
• Build effective working relationships with peer engineering managers, platform teams, and enterprise architects.
• Surface risks, dependencies, and trade‑offs early to enable timely decision‑making.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, calibrations, and growth conversations with engineers.
• Sponsor stretch assignments and create visibility for strong performers.
• Build a team capable of developing its own Staff and Senior engineers over time.

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in engineering management.
• Demonstrated experience standing up a team or function, not solely managing an existing one.
• Track record of hiring and retaining strong engineers in competitive markets.
• Technical depth to make credible architecture and staffing decisions (backend and/or full‑stack preferred).
• Hands‑on experience or strong working knowledge of AI‑native/AI‑assisted software development practices and tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot, Augment Code).
• Experience partnering with Product and Design within an agile, product‑led delivery model; healthcare or health‑tech experience is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively up, down, and across the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to establish structure and process in an ambiguous, early‑stage environment.

• Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Short‑term and long‑term disability insurance
• Sleep care management and Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and commuter benefits
• 401(k) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and tuition assistance
• Flexible Time Off (FTO), 11 paid holidays plus 3 floating days
• 14 weeks of primary caregiver leave and 2 weeks of secondary caregiver leave for new family members