Manager, Software Engineering

GoodRx, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Match

ESPP

Unlimited Vacation

13 Paid Holidays

Sick Leave

Mental Wellness

Fertility Benefits

Parental Leave

Pet Insurance

Disability Insurance

Job summary

GoodRx is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a distributed software team focused on cloud-native applications, APIs, and platform services across multiple offices in the U.S.

You will hire, mentor, and guide engineers, shape the roadmap with Product and Security, and promote responsible AI-assisted development while ensuring reliability, scalability, and business alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience leading, hiring, retaining and developing high-performing distributed software teams.
• Experience designing, building and operating highly available cloud-native apps and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Leads, hires, develops, and coaches software engineers through performance management and mentorship.
• Develops and executes the team roadmap, balancing delivery, reliability, debt, and platform capabilities.
• Guides architectural direction for shared services and APIs while enabling engineers to deliver scalable solutions.
• Partners with Product, Infrastructure, Security to define long-term platform strategy and priorities.

Skills

Team leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud-native arch

Agile engineering

AI-assisted development

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Kafka

CI/CD

GraphQL

React/Next.js

Job description

GoodRx is the leading prescription savings platform in the U.S. Trusted by more than 25 million consumers and 750,000 healthcare professionals annually, GoodRx provides access to savings and affordability options for generic and brand-name medications at more than 70,000 pharmacies nationwide, as well as comprehensive healthcare research and information. Since 2011, GoodRx has helped consumers save nearly $75 billion on the cost of their prescriptions. Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans.

How We Work with AI: AI tooling is a core part of how we operate, and we expect engineering managers to foster the responsible use of AI across the software development lifecycle. You encourage your team to leverage AI-assisted development to improve productivity, code quality, testing, and operational efficiency while ensuring engineering judgment, security, and maintainability remain central to every solution. You actively identify opportunities to improve engineering workflows through AI-enabled automation and help establish best practices for safe, effective, and responsible adoption across your team.

Responsibilities:

Leads, hires, develops, and coaches software engineers through performance management, mentorship, and career development. Develops and executes the team’s engineering roadmap, balancing business priorities, delivery, platform reliability, technical debt, and operational excellence. Guides architectural direction and technical decision-making for shared services, and platform capabilities while empowering engineers to deliver high-quality solutions. Continuously improves engineering quality, delivery effectiveness, and developer productivity by establishing engineering standards, development practices, and operational processes that improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability. Partners closely with Product, Infrastructure, Security, and other Engineering teams to deliver reliable platform capabilities and shared services. Collaborates with engineering leadership and cross-functional partners to define long-term platform strategy, roadmap direction, and technical priorities. Uses business context and engineering judgment to guide technical decisions involving APIs, integrations, shared services, cloud platforms, and modern application architecture.

Skills and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Proven experience leading, hiring, retaining, and developing high-performing, geographically distributed software engineering teams. Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating highly available cloud-native applications, distributed systems, APIs, integrations, and platform services using modern technologies such as event-driven architectures, microservices, GraphQL, React, and Next.js. Experience with AWS and/or GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis/ElastiCache, document databases, CI/CD pipelines, API management, observability platforms, and cloud-native application architecture. Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools and fostering responsible adoption of AI-enabled engineering workflows. Experience leading engineering teams delivering and evolving high-performance, large-scale distributed systems across modern cloud environments. Experience leading Agile engineering teams and continuously improving engineering processes, delivery practices, and team effectiveness. Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing initiatives, manage delivery risk, and drive predictable execution across engineering teams. Organizational competencies and project management skills to keep projects, processes, and engineering teams on track. Self-motivated with ability to multitask and thrive in a timeline-driven environment. Interpersonal communication skills with expertise in distilling complicated topics to a broader audience. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses. Healthcare and/or pharmacy experience is a plus.

San Francisco and Seattle Offices: $202,000.00 - $323,000.00 New York Office: $185,000.00 - $296,000.00 Santa Monica Office: $168,000.00 - $269,000.00 Other Office Locations: $151,000.00 - $242,000.00 GoodRx also offers additional compensation programs such as annual cash bonuses or commission, and annual equity grants for most positions as well as generous benefits.

Our great benefits offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with a company match, an ESPP, unlimited vacation, 13 paid holidays, and 72 hours of sick leave. GoodRx also offers additional benefits like mental wellness and financial wellness programs, fertility benefits, generous parental leave, pet insurance, supplemental life insurance for you and your dependents, company-paid short-term and long-term disability, and more!

We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel. With that said, research shows that women and other underrepresented groups apply only if they meet 100% of the criteria. GoodRx is committed to leveling the playing field, and we encourage women, people of color, those in the LGBTQ+ communities, individuals with disabilities, and Veterans to apply for positions even if they don’t necessarily check every box outlined in the job description. GoodRx is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @goodrx.com or [e-mail] addresses.

GoodRx is America's healthcare marketplace. The company offers the most comprehensive and accurate resource for affordable prescription medications in the U.S., gathering pricing information from thousands of pharmacies coast to coast, as well as a tele-health marketplace for online doctor visits and lab tests. Since 2011, Americans with and without health insurance have saved $60 billion using GoodRx and millions of consumers visit goodrx.com each month to find discounts and information related to their healthcare. GoodRx is the #1 most downloaded medical app on the iOS and Android app stores. For more information, visit www.goodrx.com. We help Americans get the healthcare they need at a price they can afford. We believe everyone deserves affordable and convenient healthcare. We build better ways for people to find the best care at the best price. Our technology gives all Americans – regardless of income or insurance status – the knowledge, choice, and care they need to stay healthy. We’re here to help. Come and help us create the future of healthcare.