Remote Backend Engineering Leader: Scale & Reliability

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 185,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Community focus for employee base

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Senior Manager, Backend to join our healthcare client’s team. This role guides backend engineering delivery across multiple squads, shaping scalable systems that power a consumer-facing healthcare experience.

You will partner with engineering peers and cross-functional stakeholders to balance speed, quality, cost, security, and compliance. The position combines leadership with hands-on design reviews, ensuring reliability and strong technical decision-making as the platform

Qualifications

• 8+ years in backend engineering with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of modern distributed systems, AWS, and APIs.
• Proven ability to lead cross-team initiatives from design to production.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience managing and scaling engineering teams at a system-wide level.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of backend features across multiple squads.
• Drive performance reviews and career development discussions for the team.
• Review technical designs and trade-offs between speed, quality, and cost.
• Embed security and compliance into standard team practices.
• Ensure backend systems scale sustainably while balancing cloud costs.

Skills

Backend leadership

AWS

APIs

Data modeling

Cross-team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Senior Manager, Backend to join our healthcare client’s team. This role guides backend engineering delivery across multiple squads, shaping scalable systems that power a consumer-facing healthcare experience.

You will partner with engineering peers and cross-functional stakeholders to balance speed, quality, cost, security, and compliance. The position combines leadership with hands-on design reviews, ensuring reliability and strong technical decision-making as the platform