Manager of Software Engineering
About the role - This position provides leadership, management, direction, and vision to software engineers and/or development employees including offshore contractors/consultants and interns needed to support, run, and change activities in the software development life cycle. The position works closely with development peers, product and project leaders/managers, and other in-house software developers as well as directs the successful completion and delivery of respective software components and any other related deliverables.
About the team – This diverse team of brilliant engineers are working collaboratively to build Next Gen Decision Support products for the Clinical/Medical/Health Care Community
Requirements
- Possess current and extensive software engineering experience with at least 2–3 years managing engineering teams.
- Proven experience managing global, cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams.
- Strong technical background in modern web, cloud, and mobile development.
- Hands-on experience in clinical healthcare systems, EHR integrations, or digital health products.
- Current and extensive experience with the following Frontend: React, JavaScript Backend: Node.js, Java, Databases: SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.) Cloud: AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS, S3, etc.)
- Possess fully developed stakeholder management skills. Need to be able to communicate and escalate with both Technical and Non-Technical professionals on a daily basis.
Responsibilities
- Managing and mentoring globally distributed Agile Scrum engineering teams.
- Fostering a collaborative team culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Supporting career development, performance evaluations, and hiring for engineering roles.
- Ensuring engineering standards, best practices, and compliance are upheld across all teams. Leading technical design sessions, architecture discussions, and code quality initiatives.
- Driving end-to-end delivery of complex engineering projects in partnership with Product Management and UX Design.
- Overseeing sprint execution, backlog prioritization, and release planning to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
- Providing hands-on technical guidance with modern frameworks and cloud technologies.
- Identifying and mitigate technical risks, dependencies, and delivery roadblocks.
- Partnering with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, secure engineering solutions.
- Applying clinical and healthcare domain knowledge to ensure solutions align with regulatory, workflow, and interoperability requirements.
- Collaborating with clinical stakeholders to refine functional requirements and validate product outcomes.
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