Job description

Role

We’re looking for a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead a senior team of engineers building our development platform on Kubernetes in AWS. The ideal candidate for this role is passionate about developer efficiency through excellent planning, techniques, and architectures and is also able to jump into tough problems to help resolve them. This role reports to the Head of Engineering.

SmarterDx builds clinical AI that empowers hospitals to achieve 100% chart accuracy for revenue integrity. Our solution helps hospitals tell the most accurate and complete story of the patient and the care that was delivered, which helps them recover millions in earned revenue and improve quality of care scores. Become a Smartian and help optimize the way the healthcare system works for everyone. Learn more at smarterdx.com/careers.

**This role is fully remote within the US**

Key responsibilities

Be accountable for all aspects of the team’s performance including velocity of feature delivery, quality, operational excellence, hiring, retention, professional growth, and well-being
Work with the Head of Engineering to drive out the strategy, roadmap, and architecture for the application development platform
Design, build, and launch new platform features to improve the overall quality and experience of software development at SmarterDx
Champion DevOps culture across the organization
Protect patients’ privacy by teaching secure coding practices and ensuring they are woven into the fabric of our architecture
Support our platform in production
Work with the Head of Engineering to improve the broader engineering organization

Your qualities

12+ years of software engineering experience
3+ years as an engineering manager
Expertise running an agile process (preferably Kanban) for a team and fluency with the agile toolkit
Deep experience designing and implementing microservice architectures, especially on Kubernetes
Experience with one or more database systems, especially PostgreSQL
Experience in Python and Typescript or modern Javascript
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working in a security-conscious domain
Experience working at startups, especially in the health tech space
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Nice-to-have qualifications

You're a former startup founder, or have managed a team at a fast-growing startup
Experience supporting data engineering tools like Airflow and dbt.
Experience with Snowflake