Lead the backend engineering efforts at SmarterDx by designing, building, and launching clinical AI features while ensuring data security and collaborating across teams.
SmarterDx, a Smarter Technologies company, builds clinical AI that is transforming how hospitals translate care into payment. Founded by physicians in 2020, our platform connects clinical context with revenue intelligence, helping health systems recover millions in missed revenue, improve quality scores, and appeal every denial. Become a Smartian and help optimize the way the healthcare system works for everyone. Learn more at smarterdx.com/careers.
Role
We’re looking for a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead a senior team of engineers building mission-critical systems built in Typescript and Python. 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 is fully remote within the US**
What You’ll Do
- 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
- Implement, monitor, and iterate on team metrics to further improve team processes
- Design, build and launch new features and improve the overall quality of our internal and external apps
- 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.
What You Bring
- 10+ years of software engineering experience
- 2+ years as an engineering manager
- Experience of owning products from development, through delivery to live support and maintenance
- Expertise running an agile process (preferably Kanban) for a team and fluency with the agile toolkit
- Experience in Python, Java, and Typescript or modern Javascript and familiarity with React
- Experience working with Postgres or a similar relational database
- Extensive experience working with product managers to shape and define requirements into small, incremental business-valuable deliverables
- Deep experience designing and implementing microservice-based, event-driven 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 Haves
- You're a former startup founder, or have managed a team at a fast-growing startup
- Experience integrating with Epic EMR and FHIR APIs
- Experience building complex data visualization applications
- Experience working with Kubernetes
- Experience with AI development tools and leading their responsible adoption
Our Stack
Python, Typescript, React, Postgres, ElasticSearch, AWS, Kubernetes
Compensation
$230K to $270K base salary + equity incentives
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Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision – Comprehensive plans with leading insurance providers, covering 90-100% of your premiums and 70-90% for dependents, depending on the plan.
- One Medical Membership – Free membership included if you enroll in a SmarterDx medical plan.
- Paid Parental Leave – Generous paid leave to support families through birth or adoption: Up to 12 weeks for birthing parents and 6 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Remote-First Team – Work from anywhere in the U.S. with a $400 home office reimbursement stipend.
- Unlimited PTO & 10 Holidays – 4 of which include floating holidays so you can recognize the days that matter most to you.
- Learning & Development Budget – $500 per year (prorated) for courses, books, and resources to expand your skills.
- 401(k) with Traditional & Roth Options – Tax-advantaged retirement savings through Empower.
- Minimal Bureaucracy – A fast-moving, high-impact environment where you can focus on what matters.
- Incredible Teammates! – Work alongside smart, supportive, and mission-driven colleagues.
Top Skills
AWS
Elasticsearch
Kubernetes
Postgres
Python
React
Typescript
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