Engineering Manager

Foundation Health; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology startup is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams in delivering AI-driven healthcare solutions. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of engineering experience, including 3 years in management, with deep knowledge of scalable cloud-native architectures. This role involves managing teams, contributing to technical evolution, and ensuring alignment with business strategy. A background in regulated environments is preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in management roles.
• Proven experience delivering early-stage products from scratch, ideally in a startup.
• Deep knowledge of scalable cloud-native architecture, preferably GCP.
• Experience with modern serverless technologies.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing 1-2 teams, ensuring resources for successful delivery.
• Aligning team deliverables with business strategy and customer needs.
• Contributing to technical evolution through code review and architecture discussions.
• Influencing engineering culture and processes.

Skills

Engineering management

Cloud-native architecture

Collaboration and communication

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

Docker

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

About Foundation Health

Foundation Health is transforming healthcare through an AI-powered digital pharmacy platform that seamlessly connects operational infrastructure with high quality patient experiences. Our mission is to transform patient centric care by connecting fragmented infrastructure, optimizing care coordination, and removing friction from the patient journey.

This ambitious vision is only achievable with the dedication of the right team propelling us forward. We firmly believe that a supportive and inspiring work environment fuels creativity, transforming it into groundbreaking innovation. It is this very innovation that not only benefits our organization but also positively impacts our people, partners, and most importantly, our patients.

Tech Stack

As Foundation Health is a brand new start up there is an ideal opportunity to

join & help shape our evolving tech stack. Our strategy is to lean on managed

services & serverless technologies to help deliver our platform quickly & in a

scalable way, without the headache of managing lots of complex infrastructure.

We’re currently using the following languages & technologies:

• Node.js with TypeScript

• SvelteKit

• Docker

• Terraform

• Google Cloud Platform services including:

• Pub/Sub

• Cloud Tasks

• API Gateway

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to help us grow our

engineering teams to the next level as we scale to deliver innovative projects

leveraging AI technologies to improve healthcare operations for our clients

What you will be doing

• Managing 1-2 teams. Working with the team lead to ensure the team has everything they need to deliver successfully.

• Working with key stakeholders across the business in sales, product, customer success & more to ensure the work the team is delivering is aligned with our wider business strategy and is meeting our customers’ needs.

• Contributing to the technical evolution of our systems through code review; contributing to architecture discussions & submitting your own code contributions as required.

• Bringing the best of your previous into our engineering culture. We are proud of the culture we have here, where we find ways for all levels of the org to impact on our processes & values.

What we are looking for

Essential

• 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in management roles

• Proven experience helping to deliver early-stage products from scratch, ideally in a startup

• Deep knowledge of scalable cloud-native architecture (GCP preferred)

• Experience with modern serverless technologies (Cloud Run, Functions, Pub/Sub, etc.)

• Comfortable with hands-on engineering as called for

• Strong collaboration and communication skills as you’ll be working closely with the executive team and across departments

• Experience in regulated environments like healthcare

Desirable

• Prior experience scaling engineering orgs (1 → 20+ engineers)

• Familiarity with the US healthtech landscape (For example Epic)