Engineering Manager

Searchability®; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Opportunity for ownership

Elite engineering team

Elite engineering team

Direct patient impact

Job summary

A high-growth, AI healthtech company in San Francisco is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead their engineering team and develop core platform services. This role requires 5+ years in software engineering and experience in team leadership. The candidate will balance technical depth and leadership, ensuring engineering best practices are followed. Join a rapidly scaling company where you can significantly impact AI-driven healthcare solutions. This position offers equity and an opportunity to shape a category-defining platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience leading projects or teams.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems.
• Ability to balance speed, scalability, and real customer value.
• Comfortable operating as both IC and leader.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership startup environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build core platform services.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing team.
• Establish engineering best practices across architecture and testing.
• Own team execution — setting direction, removing blockers, and driving delivery.
• Establish engineering best practices across architecture, testing, CI/CD, and observability.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing team of engineers.
• Partner closely with Product, Ops, and Leadership to deliver meaningful user impact.
• Help scale both the platform and team during rapid company growth.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Team leadership

Building scalable systems

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

CI/CD

Observability

Job description

🚀 Engineering Manager (AI / HealthTech Platform)

📍 San Francisco – On-site (4 days a week)

We’re working with a high-growth, venture-backed AI healthtech company that is redefining how patients access care.

Their platform uses advanced AI and deep system integrations to remove friction between patients and healthcare providers — already supporting tens of millions of real patient interactions and scaling fast.

They’re now building out their next-generation platform and are looking for an Engineering Manager who can lead from the front — combining technical depth with strong team leadership.

The Role

You’ll split your time between hands-on system development and leading a growing engineering team, playing a key role in scaling a brand-new platform powering AI-driven healthcare workflows.

You will

• Architect and build core platform services powering AI-driven patient engagement
• Stay hands-on with system design, coding, and technical delivery
• Translate real customer and operational needs into scalable engineering solutions
• Own team execution — setting direction, removing blockers, and driving delivery
• Establish engineering best practices across architecture, testing, CI/CD, and observability
• Mentor and grow a high-performing team of engineers
• Partner closely with Product, Ops, and Leadership to deliver meaningful user impact
• Help scale both the platform and team during rapid company growth

What They’re Looking For

• 5+ years software engineering experience
• Experience leading projects, teams, or technical initiatives
• Strong background building scalable, production-grade distributed systems
• Ability to balance speed, scalability, and real customer value
• Comfortable operating as both IC and leader
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership startup environments

Nice to Have

• Experience with AI-driven or automation-heavy platforms
• Exposure to healthcare or regulated industries
• Experience integrating complex third-party or enterprise systems
• Experience helping scale teams or launching new products

Why Join?

• Meaningful equity in a rapidly scaling company
• Opportunity to shape a category-defining AI healthcare platform
• High-impact role with genuine technical ownership
• Work alongside an elite, product-focused engineering team
• Build technology that directly improves access to care

Email [e-mail] for a confidential discussion.

Engineers from non-traditional or diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

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