Sr. Manager, Engineering

Strive Health; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-Remote Flexibility

Comprehensive benefits (medical, eye,

401k with employer match

Paid holidays and vacation

Sabbatical and living donor leaves

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Strive Health is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead a mixed-discipline team of Software and Data Engineers. You will drive delivery predictability, engineering quality, and the adoption of AI-assisted development practices. This role reports to the VP, Engineering.

You will coach engineers across multiple pods, ensure on-time delivery, and shape engineering strategy with cross-functional partners. Travel may be required as part of stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 9+ years in software or data engineering
• 3+ years leading engineering teams with hiring responsibility
• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to travel onsite to meet business needs

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineers across multiple pods with coaching and career guidance
• Ensure ≥80% on-time delivery against sprint commitments
• Own engineering delivery health, sprint planning and cross-team accountability
• Drive AI-assisted development tooling adoption to increase throughput
• Partner with VP, Engineering to translate strategy into actionable plans
• Health Cloud support triage ownership including Salesforce admin access management
• Manage hiring and team structure in partnership with leadership
• Occasional in-person stakeholder meetings and travel as needed

Skills

Team leadership

Performance management

Delivery discipline

People development

Initiative/autonomy

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

AWS

dbt

Redshift

S3

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

At Strive Health, patients come first. We’re on a mission to transform chronic conditions by identifying risk earlier, coordinating thoughtful care, and supporting people through every stage of their health journey.

Our work reduces emergency visits, improves outcomes, and helps patients live fuller lives. You’ll work alongside passionate Strivers who care deeply about making an impact, show up for one another as One Team, and find ways to elevate the everyday.

If you’re looking for meaningful work where your contributions truly matter, you’ll feel right at home at Strive!

• Hybrid-Remote Flexibility – Work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision insurance, employee assistance programs, employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance, plus health and flexible spending accounts.
• Financial & Retirement Support – Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus program, 401k with employer match, and financial wellness resources.
• Time Off & Leave – Paid holidays, vacation time, sick time, and paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
• Wellness & Growth – Family forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost and physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.

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What You’ll Do

Strive Health is building enterprise-grade technology to operate kidney care services at scale. The Sr. Manager, Engineering leads a high-performing, mixed-discipline team of Software Engineers and Data Engineers — driving delivery predictability, engineering quality, and adoption of AI-assisted development practices. This role reports directly to the VP, Engineering.

The Day to Day

• Lead and develop a team of Software and Data Engineers spanning multiple pods — providing regular coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance across a range of seniority levels. Accountable for sustaining ≥80% on-time delivery against sprint commitments and initiative targets.
• Own engineering delivery process health across teams — including sprint goal stewardship, sprint capacity planning, and cross-team delivery accountability in the absence of dedicated Scrum Masters.
• Drive adoption of quality engineering standards including TDD, BDD, or spec-driven development, with a goal of reducing P0 through P2 production incidents.
• Accelerate the team’s AI-assisted development capabilities — including Claude Code and other AI tooling — to reduce overhead and improve engineering throughput in service of Strive’s goal of 2+ hours of weekly time savings per engineer.
• Partner with the VP, Engineering to co-create engineering strategy and translate it into actionable execution plans; represent the engineering function in cross-functional forums with Product, Clinical, and business stakeholders.
• Serve as the engineering owner for Health Cloud support triage — including Salesforce admin access management, ticket submission, and ensuring issues are routed, owned, and resolved within engineering.
• Manage hiring, headcount planning, and team structure for the engineering function in partnership with the VP, Engineering and People Business Partner.
• Meet in person with internal and/or external stakeholders to facilitate team and business priorities/opportunities. Business travel may be required for opportunities to connect with stakeholders, serve patients, and attend Strive-sponsored team events.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• 9+ years combined of related education, experience, or certification in software engineering, data engineering, or a closely related field.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including direct accountability for performance management, career development, and hiring.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms.
• Ability to travel and be onsite to meet business needs.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field .
• Experience leading mixed-discipline teams spanning both software and data engineering .
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards and systems (e.g., HL7, FHIR, EHR/EMR platforms, claims data).
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and a track record of driving team adoption of new tooling.
• Experience with Agile delivery models (Scrum and/or Kanban) and coaching teams on delivery discipline.
• Cloud-native engineering background, preferably on AWS.
• Working knowledge of the data stack: partner files, schemas, configs, dbt/models, and AWS services (S3, Bedrock, Step Functions, Redshift, RDS).
• Technical leadership in execution, meaning you unblock others by clarifying scope, priority, and next steps.

About You

• You find more satisfaction in seeing your engineers grow than in writing code yourself — people development is your primary lever.
• You give direct, timely performance feedback to your engineers — including hard conversations about gaps and growth edges — and you don’t wait for formal review cycles to do it.
• You’re comfortable operating without a Director layer between you and the VP — you take initiative, make decisions with appropriate autonomy, and bring the right level of signal upward.
• You hold yourself and your team to clear expectations and follow through — delivery discipline isn’t bureaucracy to you, it’s respect for the business and the patients we serve .
• You’re energized by the mission — you connect engineering craft to patient and clinician outcomes, not just technical metrics.
• You see Strive’s current scale as an opportunity to build the right patterns early, before they become harder to change.

Annual Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $163,000. This position is also eligible for a target annual bonus of 15%

Final compensation will be determined based on location, experience, and qualifications.

Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [e-mail].

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from outside recruiters/placement agencies. Strive Health will not pay fees associated with resumes presented through unsolicited means.