How You'll Make An ImpactStrive Health is building enterprise-grade technology to operate kidney care services at scale. The Sr. Manager, Engineering leads a high-performing, mixed-discipline team of Software Engineers and Data Engineers - driving delivery predictability, engineering quality, and adoption of AI-assisted development practices. This role reports directly to the VP, Engineering.
The Day to Day - Lead and develop a team of Software and Data Engineers spanning multiple pods - providing regular coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance across a range of seniority levels. Accountable for sustaining 80% on-time delivery against sprint commitments and initiative targets.
- Own engineering delivery process health across teams - including sprint goal stewardship, sprint capacity planning, and cross-team delivery accountability in the absence of dedicated Scrum Masters.
- Drive adoption of quality engineering standards including TDD, BDD, or spec-driven development, with a goal of reducing P0 through P2 production incidents.
- Accelerate the team's AI-assisted development capabilities - including Claude Code and other AI tooling - to reduce overhead and improve engineering throughput in service of Strive's goal of 2+ hours of weekly time savings per engineer.
- Partner with the VP, Engineering to co-create engineering strategy and translate it into actionable execution plans; represent the engineering function in cross-functional forums with Product, Clinical, and business stakeholders.
- Serve as the engineering owner for Health Cloud support triage - including Salesforce admin access management, ticket submission, and ensuring issues are routed, owned, and resolved within engineering.
- Manage hiring, headcount planning, and team structure for the engineering function in partnership with the VP, Engineering and People Business Partner.
- Meet in person with internal and/or external stakeholders to facilitate team and business priorities/opportunities. Business travel may be required for opportunities to connect with stakeholders, serve patients, and attend Strive-sponsored team events.
Qualifications Minimum: - 9+ years combined of related education, experience, or certification in software engineering, data engineering, or a closely related field.
- 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including direct accountability for performance management, career development, and hiring.
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency
- Ability to travel and be onsite to meet business needs.
Preferred: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience leading mixed-discipline teams spanning both software and data engineering.
- Familiarity with healthcare data standards and systems (e.g., HL7, FHIR, EHR/EMR platforms, claims data).
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and a track record of driving team adoption of new tooling.
- Experience with Agile delivery models (Scrum and/or Kanban) and coaching teams on delivery discipline.
- Cloud-native engineering background, preferably on AWS.
- Working knowledge of the data stack: partner files, schemas, configs, dbt/models, and AWS services (S3, Bedrock, Step Functions, Redshift, RDS).
- Technical leadership in execution, meaning you unblock others by clarifying scope, priority, and next steps.
About You - You find more satisfaction in seeing your engineers grow than in writing code yourself - people development is your primary lever.
- You give direct, timely performance feedback to your engineers - including hard conversations about gaps and growth edges - and you don't wait for formal review cycles to do it.
- You're comfortable operating without a Director layer between you and the VP - you take initiative, make decisions with appropriate autonomy, and bring the right level of signal upward.
- You hold yourself and your team to clear expectations and follow through - delivery discipline isn't bureaucracy to you, it's respect for the business and the patients we serve.
- You're energized by the mission - you connect engineering craft to patient and clinician outcomes, not just technical metrics.
- You see Strive's current scale as an opportunity to build the right patterns early, before they become harder to change.
Annual Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $163,000. This position is also eligible for a target annual bonus of 15%Final compensation will be determined based on location, experience, and qualifications.
Benefits & Perks- Hybrid-Remote Flexibility -Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
- Comprehensive Benefits - Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
- Financial & Retirement Support - Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
- Time Off & Leave - Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
- Wellness & Growth - Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.
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