About the role

We're looking for an exceptional Engineering Manager to lead one of our Backend engineering teams at Healthie. This role offers a unique opportunity to guide a high-impact team responsible for the scalability, reliability, and performance of Healthie's most critical systems -- including billing, insurance, and payments infrastructure -- ensuring our platform continues to meet the needs of providers, patients, and partners as we grow.

As an Engineering Manager for Core R&D, you'll be accountable for driving execution within your squads, overseeing the design, development, and maintenance of core systems and services. You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional business partners to translate requirements into scalable, performant solutions that power Healthie's infrastructure and product experiences.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, mentoring, and coaching engineers within your squad to foster technical excellence, growth, and collaboration.
• Owning execution of your squad's roadmaps, ensuring clear prioritization, accountability, and delivery of high-impact initiatives.
• Partnering with peers across Engineering and Product to shape architectural decisions, balance trade-offs, and drive long-term system reliability.
• Championing engineering best practices to deliver secure, performant, and maintainable code.
• Creating an environment where engineers feel empowered, supported, and motivated to do their best work.

At Healthie, we are AI-enabled and AI-accelerated in how we build. We are looking for team members who actively leverage AI-powered development tools, embrace automation, and help teams adopt modern, AI-assisted engineering practices to increase velocity and quality.

About you

This is the ideal role for someone passionate about building and scaling high-performing engineering teams while staying close to the technical details. You thrive in a pod-based structure where collaboration, ownership, and accountability are shared. Our ideal candidate is:

• Technically strong: able to engage in architectural discussions and guide engineers through complex challenges.
• A proven leader: experienced in managing engineering teams, driving execution, and building trusted relationships.
• Focused on people and systems: equally committed to supporting engineer growth and building robust, scalable infrastructure.
• Collaborative: effective at partnering across teams and ensuring alignment to company goals.

This role is a chance to make a direct impact on Healthie's core technology, lead exceptional engineers, and ensure our systems remain resilient and scalable as we continue to grow.

• Experienced: 8+ years as a software engineer and 2+ years leading teams, ideally in SaaS; healthcare tech experience a plus.
• Technical: Strong hands-on experience with our stack - Rails, React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq, RSpec, and Capybara - plus a broad foundation in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Mobile-Aware: Experience building or collaborating on mobile applications (iOS, Android, or React Native) and designing APIs and systems that support high-quality mobile experiences. Comfortable considering mobile performance, usability, and platform constraints when building full-stack features.
• Leader: Proven ability to coach engineers, set priorities, and drive execution while fostering growth, collaboration, and accountability.
• Communicator: Clear and effective in writing and async communication, able to simplify complex topics for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Independent: Organized, self-directed, and proactive in problem-solving-able to identify solutions and remove blockers quickly.
• Builder: Committed to scaling both teams and systems; passionate about making a lasting impact on Healthie's core technology.
• Alignment: Strong alignment with Healthie's core values and culture: Respect, Resilience, Reliability and no ego.

Details, details

• This is a full-time, hybrid position within our NYC office.
• U.S. work authorization is required, Healthie does not provide sponsorship.
• The salary for this position is a base between $190,000 - $210,000.

Interview Process

• Quick chat with someone from our Talent team (15 min)
• Interview with Jonathan, VP of Engineering (30 minutes)
• Pair Coding Exercise (1 hour)
• Executive Interview with Cavan, CTO + cofounder (20 minutes)
• Reference Checks

Learn more at gethealthie.com/careers.