Health Records Platform Engineering Manager

Whoop; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

WHOOP is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Health Records engineering team in Boston, MA. You will shape the long-term technical strategy for health data ingestion, processing, and health ecosystem integration, including standards like FHIR.

You will guide a high-performing team, collaborate with product, design, data science, security, and platform engineering, and ensure compliant, reliable healthcare systems for members.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale backend systems and distributed platforms in production environments.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and developing senior engineers and technical leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives across multiple engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, APIs, and operational excellence.
• Experience building secure systems that manage sensitive customer or healthcare data; familiarity with healthcare standards such as FHIR is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Product, Design, Data Science, and executive stakeholders to align technical investments with business outcomes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across organizational boundaries.
• Passion for building inclusive, high-performing engineering organizations and creating an environment where teams can thrive.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, continuous learning, and psychological safety.
• Define and execute the technical strategy for WHOOP's Health Records platform, ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and extensible as new healthcare capabilities are introduced.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver member-facing experiences powered by health record data.
• Guide the architecture and evolution of systems responsible for ingesting, processing, governing, and exposing health record data from external healthcare ecosystems, including standards such as FHIR.
• Establish engineering best practices around system design, operational excellence, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance for highly sensitive health data.
• Drive execution through effective planning, technical prioritization, and cross-team collaboration while balancing long-term platform investments with product delivery.
• Coach engineers and engineering leaders through career development, performance feedback, hiring, and succession planning while raising the technical bar across the organization.

Skills

Team leadership

Backend systems

Cloud infrastructure

Security & compliance

Job description

WHOOP is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Health Records engineering team in Boston, MA. You will shape the long-term technical strategy for health data ingestion, processing, and health ecosystem integration, including standards like FHIR.

You will guide a high-performing team, collaborate with product, design, data science, security, and platform engineering, and ensure compliant, reliable healthcare systems for members.