Engineering Manager, Care Delivery

formhealth; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health coverage

401(k)

Flexible schedules

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

formhealth is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide a small, skilled team responsible for software and workflows supporting clinical care delivery. You will drive architectural decisions for backend services, integrations, and internal tools, while shaping delivery practices in a regulated healthcare environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, career development for engineers, and collaboration with product, clinical, and operations leaders to translate changing care needs into

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience managing engineering teams.
• Track record delivering backend/workflow-heavy production systems.
• Experience coaching incremental delivery, testing, feature flags, and operational excellence.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI software development tools and guiding their use within a team.
• Strong communication with technical and nontechnical partners.

Responsibilities

• Coach, develop, and grow engineers; set goals, provide feedback, support career growth, and hire as needed.
• Guide architecture for backend services, integrations, workflow systems, and internal tools.
• Help the team deliver reliable, scalable, secure, and maintainable software, including safe deployment practices for regulated healthcare.
• Model small-batch delivery using short-lived branches, feature flags, continuous integration, and close feedback loops.
• Use DORA metrics and other delivery signals to improve throughput and stability; identify and mitigate technical risks early.
• Work across clinical and operational workflows, balancing delivery needs with reliability and long-term platform health.

Skills

Managing engineering teams

Senior/Staff engineer experience

Backend systems

Workflow systems

Operational excellence

Agentic AI tools

Strong communication

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Agentic AI development tools

Job description

Role overview

Lead a small engineering team responsible for the software and workflows that support clinical care delivery, from charting and scheduling to task management and care coordination. This hands-on management role combines people development and technical direction, with a focus on dependable, secure systems used in safety-sensitive healthcare operations. You will partner with product, clinical, and operations leaders to turn changing care needs into clear engineering plans.

Responsibilities

• Coach, develop, and grow engineers; set goals, provide feedback, support career growth, and hire as needed.
• Guide architecture for backend services, integrations, workflow systems, and internal tools.
• Help the team deliver reliable, scalable, secure, and maintainable software, including safe deployment practices for regulated healthcare.
• Model small-batch delivery using short-lived branches, feature flags, continuous integration, and close feedback loops.
• Use DORA metrics and other delivery signals to improve throughput and stability; identify and mitigate technical risks early.
• Work across clinical and operational workflows, balancing delivery needs with reliability and long-term platform health.

Requirements

• At least 5 years managing engineering teams and prior experience as a senior- or staff-level engineer.
• Track record delivering complex backend or workflow-heavy production systems, ideally in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience establishing and coaching teams in incremental delivery, testing, feature flags, and operational excellence.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic AI software development tools and the ability to guide their use within a team.
• Strong communication with both technical and nontechnical partners.

Nice to have

• Experience with healthcare or clinical systems, workflow tools, AI-enabled products, or other regulated fields.

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote within the United States.
• Salary range of $180,000-$200,000, with equity, health coverage, a 401(k), flexible schedules, paid time off, and paid parental leave.