Engineering Manager, Data Safety & Privacy

Headway; New York (NY); On-site; USD 223,000 - 279,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

HSA / FSA

401K

Work-from-Home Stipend

Therapy Reimbursement

15 paid holidays

Job summary

Headway, a Series D mental health tech company, seeks an Engineering Manager for Data Safety to lead a team protecting patient data and enabling safe product development. You’ll balance regulatory demands with rapid growth, shaping de-identification methods and data access controls across the platform.

You'll collaborate with Security, Legal, Compliance, and Product to deliver auditable privacy solutions, mentor engineers, and influence company-wide data strategy.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering management experience at a high-growth startup or scale-up.
• 4+ years of experience as a software engineer, enough to hold technical direction credibly.
• A track record of building and leading high-performing teams that delivered business outcomes through technical investment.
• A strong product mindset and cross-functional relationships that build trust with users and stakeholders.
• Experience shipping under real compliance or audit pressure, with the scope discipline that requires.
• Nice to have: healthcare, financial services, or another regulated, high-trust domain.
• Nice to have: HIPAA de-identification, tokenisation, differential privacy, or data governance tooling.
• Nice to have: prior experience with Python, React, and AWS infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow the Data Safety engineering team.
• Own delivery on privacy and compliance commitments, including their audit evidence.
• Set the technical and operational roadmap across de-identification, data access tiers, entitlements, and LLM data handling.
• Develop your team through weekly 1:1s, mentorship, and direct feedback, and grow a tech-lead layer beneath you.
• Partner closely with Security, Privacy and Compliance, Legal, Data Platform, and product pods to move quickly and safely.
• Contribute to the broader group and company strategy, not just your own roadmap

Skills

Engineering management

Software engineering

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Privacy & compliance

Tools

Python

React

AWS infrastructure

Job description

Headway, a Series D mental health tech company, seeks an Engineering Manager for Data Safety to lead a team protecting patient data and enabling safe product development. You’ll balance regulatory demands with rapid growth, shaping de-identification methods and data access controls across the platform.

You'll collaborate with Security, Legal, Compliance, and Product to deliver auditable privacy solutions, mentor engineers, and influence company-wide data strategy.