Engineering Manager, Backend

Job Description

Engineering Manager, Backend

Role

We’re looking for a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead a senior team of engineers building mission-critical backend data systems built in Python. The ideal candidate for this role is driven to deliver and has a track record of drawing out technical excellence from the teams they manage. 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
• Develop and operate software systems that integrate with EHRs to ingest clinical data and organize it into data sets and APIs
• Implement, monitor, and iterate on team metrics to further improve team processes
• Collaborate across disciplines to understand our users and iterate on new ideas
• Protect patients’ privacy by teaching secure coding practices and ensuring they are used throughout the codebase
• Support our apps and systems in production
• Work with the Head of Engineering to improve the broader engineering organization.

Your skills and qualifications

• 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
• Experience working with product managers to structure requirements into user stories
• Experience with Python
• Experience with ETL/ELT processes and tools like AirFlow and dbt
• Expertise with one or more database systems, especially PostgreSQL
• Deep experience designing and implementing microservice architectures, especially on Kubernetes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience working at startups, especially in the health tech space

Nice-to-have qualifications

• You're a former startup founder, or have managed a team at a fast-growing startup
• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience working with an event-driven architecture
• Experience with Typescript or modern Javascript and React

Our stack

Python, Postgres, Typescript, React, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform

Compensation

• $200K to $250K base salary + equity