Senior Engineering Manager

CloudDevs; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement savings with employer match

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

A technology company is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on core platform development. This hands-on leadership role requires extensive experience in software engineering, particularly with AWS and microservices architecture. The ideal candidate will foster innovation and manage technical strategy, while also promoting a culture of inclusivity within the team. Competitive benefits package included.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in an engineering leadership or management role.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS and cloud computing platforms.
• Deep understanding of healthcare data standards like FHIR is a significant plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team of skilled software engineers.
• Drive platform delivery and quality at scale.
• Establish engineering standards around observability and system health.
• Mentor teams in adopting new technologies and engineering practices.

Skills

API and microservices development

Node.js

TypeScript

AWS Lambda

Event-driven architectures

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD practices and tools

Communication and stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Datadog

OpenTelemetry

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

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Role Description

We’re seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale a team of skilled software engineers focused on building the core platform that powers the future of mental health technology at LifeStance.

• Create scalable systems, ensuring seamless interoperability (with a strong focus on FHIR).
• Develop robust microservices that enable secure, real-time data exchange across clinical and operational systems.
• Define technical strategy, cultivate a high-performance engineering culture, and deliver resilient platform capabilities that support clinicians, patients, and internal teams.
• Work closely with Product, Design, Data, DevOps, Security, and other stakeholders to drive platform delivery and quality at scale.

This is a hands-on leadership position that combines technical depth with team management.

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team building event-driven microservices and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS Lambda.
• Define and champion the technical roadmap for key product initiatives, ensuring alignment with the overall business strategy and technology vision.
• Provide architectural guidance and lead the design of complex, scalable systems.
• Drive decisions on technology selection and best practices for cloud-native development, particularly with a focus on AWS Lambda and serverless architectures.
• Accountable for driving the technical strategy to improve system performance by 20% and reduce infrastructure costs by 15% year-over-year.
• Serve as a primary liaison between engineering and product, design, and clinical operations teams.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and technical constraints into business risks and opportunities.
• Establish and uphold engineering standards around observability, performance, and system health.
• Own critical backend services from design to deployment, ensuring reliability and continuous enhancement.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security, access control, and data governance.
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Mentor teams in adopting new technologies and engineering practices (e.g., CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, test automation) to increase efficiency and quality.
• Lead incident response and foster a culture of continuous learning through blameless retrospectives.
• Contribute to strategic planning, capacity management, and hiring to support team growth.
• Encourage a culture of technical ownership, curiosity, and engineering rigor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 5+ years in an engineering leadership or management role.
• Strong proficiency in building APIs and microservices with Node.js, TypeScript, and modern communication protocols (REST, gRPC, GraphQL).
• Deep understanding of event-driven architectures, serverless computing, and AWS Lambda.
• Extensive, hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms, specifically AWS, including deep knowledge of serverless technologies like AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Step Functions.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD tooling, and observability stacks (e.g., Terraform, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Solid foundation in software design, testing strategies, and production resilience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to drive initiatives across teams and domains.
• Committed to fostering diversity, inclusion, and belonging in engineering environments.
• Extensive, hands-on experience in the healthcare technology domain.
• A deep understanding of healthcare data standards like FHIR is a significant plus.
• Familiarity with FHIR and healthcare data interoperability.
• Familiarity with Salesforce Health Cloud or health-focused CRM integrations.
• Background in observability and distributed tracing/logging pipelines.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
• Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture.

Requirements

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 401k retirement savings with employer match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off.
• Holiday pay.
• Employee Assistance Program.