Engineering Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Davenport (IA); On-site; USD 91,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Scripps Health in Davenport, IA seeks an Engineering Manager to own the technical roadmap and oversee delivery across distributed systems. You will optimize the most critical paths, define crisp acceptance criteria in Tailwind CSS, and enable safe feature testing with unit flags while maintaining strong performance metrics for technology services.

You bring a proven track record in engineering leadership, a portfolio of work demonstrating tech depth, and the discipline to finish the essential

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering results as an Engineering Manager.
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise.
• An eye for the endlessly-iterating detail that separates fine from finished.
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter.
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements.
• An IA work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway.

Responsibilities

• Watch Nginx error budgets and pump the brakes before Davenport, IA burns through them.
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Scripps Health users feel every click.
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Tailwind CSS acceptance criteria.
• Wire up Unit Testing feature flags so Scripps Health can test on Davenport traffic risk-free.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.

Skills

Engineering management

Portfolio/work samples

Attention to detail

Discipline to finish

Adaptability

IA work history

Tools

Ruby

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Tailwind CSS

Unit Testing

Nginx

Job description

This Engineering Manager opening is for someone who treats C# documentation as a first draft they intend to improve. The technology charter, the $91,000 - $150,000, the 8-year ask — all of it points to a Scripps Health role built for owners, not order-takers.

Key Responsibilities

• Watch Nginx error budgets and pump the brakes before Davenport, IA burns through them
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Scripps Health users feel every click
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Tailwind CSS acceptance criteria
• Wire up Unit Testing feature flags so Scripps Health can test on Davenport traffic risk-free
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging PostgreSQL and MySQL
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services

What You'll Bring

• Proven track record delivering results as an Engineering Manager
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise
• An eye for the endlessly-iterating detail that separates fine from finished
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• An IA work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway

Scripps Health is Davenport, IA's answer to a technology industry grown lazy, run by an ego-light team that still cares about Work-Life Balance. Inclusion isn't a slogan here; it shapes how we hire, promote, and run every meeting.

The Engineering Manager role earns $91,000 - $150,000 and opens doors to cross-functional projects that accelerate your Ruby and Work-Life Balance growth.

We refreshed the dates so you know this part-time role is current.

Bring 6 of grit or a fresh perspective; either way, this Engineering Manager role wants you.