Engineering Manager

Insider, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare training company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of product engineers responsible for creating innovative online training programs. In this hands-on management role, you will ensure successful project delivery while contributing to the codebase and fostering team development. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience in software development, a proven track record of managing teams, and a passion for mentoring engineers. Join this mission-driven company to help bridge the gap in healthcare training.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct experience managing software engineers.
• 6+ years of experience building software products with a strong full-stack engineering background.
• Proven experience partnering with Product and Design teams through the full discovery and execution lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team to deliver impactful outcomes at a sustainable pace.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Operations to shape discovery.
• Contribute roughly 20% of your time to the codebase through code reviews and architecture design.

Skills

Team Leadership

Software Development

Communication

Technical Excellence

Job description

About Stepful

Stepful is reimagining allied healthcare training by offering affordable, online, instructor‑led, and AI‑supported programs that help learners—regardless of background or circumstance—launch high‑demand healthcare careers.

In addition to our direct‑to‑consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. Our graduates, including Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Nurses, and more, form the talent pipelines at major employers like CVS, NY‑Presbyterian, HCA, Providence, and Walgreens.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $31.5M Series B led by Oak HC/FT. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025.

We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare careers for those who need them most.

Our values

We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission‑driven builders who thrive in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values:

• Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.
• Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate.
• Build together: We win when we rely on each other.
• Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

Engineering Manager

About Stepful

At Stepful, we’re on a mission to reimagine allied healthcare training by providing affordable, online, instructor‑led and AI‑enabled education to help learners—especially from underserved communities—to launch high‑demand healthcare careers on their own terms. In addition to our direct‑to‑consumer training model, Stepful partners with healthcare institutions to build talent pipelines and career pathways in an effort to mitigate the increasing allied health employee shortage.

Our graduates—incl. Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and more—go on to work for leading institutions such as CVS, NY‑Presbyterian and Walgreens.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital and AlleyCorp, and we recently closed a $31.5M Series B round led by Oak HC/FT. Additionally, TIME named Stepful the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. for 2025.

Stepful unlocks the full potential of the global workforce, improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere.

Our values

At Stepful, we attribute much of our success to the high caliber of our team. To that end, we seek to onboard mission‑driven individuals who thrive in a fast‑paced environment, don’t shy away from ambiguity and demonstrate our four company values:

• Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.
• Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate.
• Build together: We win when we rely on each other.
• Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

The opportunity

As an Engineering Manager at Stepful, you’ll lead a team of Product Engineers building the end‑to‑end experiences that help our students succeed—from enrollment and program completion to landing their first healthcare job. This is a hands‑on management role where you will stay close to the codebase (roughly 20% of your time) while shaping what we build and leading engineers to do the best work of their careers.

What you’ll do:

• Team Leadership & Development
  • Lead your team to deliver impactful outcomes at a sustainable pace—removing blockers, improving processes, and driving continuous improvement.
  • Develop engineers through regular feedback, personalized development plans, and opportunity matching.
  • Foster a high‑trust, psychologically safe team culture grounded in Stepful’s mission and values.
  • Recruit, interview, and onboard new engineers to scale our builder culture.
• Product Delivery & Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Operations to shape discovery and ensure we are building the right things at the right time.
  • Communicate clearly with stakeholders, setting expectations upfront and following through on delivery commitments.
  • Balance competing priorities with a bias for action and clear decision‑making.
• Technical Excellence (Hands‑on)
  • Contribute roughly 20% of your time to the codebase through code reviews, architecture design, documentation, and individual contributions.
  • Uphold high engineering quality and guide system evolution through technical road‑mapping and leading by example.
  • Oversee projects across our core pillars: Learning Experience (adaptive learning/AI feedback), Careers (ranking algorithms and partner matching), and Human Connection (LLM‑driven internal tools).

What you’ll bring:

• 2+ years of direct experience managing software engineers.
• 6+ years of experience building software products, with a strong full‑stack engineering background.
• A “builder” mentality—you are eager to go deep in code reviews, ask technical questions, and stay involved in architecture.
• Proven experience partnering with Product and Design teams through the full discovery, planning, and execution lifecycle.
• A genuine love for developing others and seeing engineers grow in their careers.

Bonus points if:

• You have experience at a high‑growth startup (B2C, B2B2C, Ed