Engineering Manager

Company: Strive Health

Location: Remote (Hybrid Flexibility)

About Strive Health

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. We work alongside passionate Strivers who care deeply about making an impact, fostering a "One Team" approach, and elevating the everyday.

Benefits & Perks

• Hybrid-Remote Flexibility: Work from home with in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, EAPs, 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, physical wellness perks, mental health support, and an annual professional development stipend.
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What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a team of Software and Data Engineers across multiple pods, providing regular coaching, performance feedback, and career development guidance.
• Ensure sustained on-time delivery (≥80%) against sprint commitments and initiative targets.
• Own engineering delivery process health, including sprint goal stewardship, capacity planning, and cross-team accountability.
• Drive adoption of quality engineering standards (TDD, BDD, spec-driven development) to reduce production incidents.
• Accelerate the team's AI-assisted development capabilities (e.g., Claude Code) to reduce overhead and improve engineering throughput, aiming for 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, ticket submission, and issue resolution.
• Manage hiring, headcount planning, and team structure 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.

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 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.
• Experience with Agile delivery models (Scrum/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, unblocking others by clarifying scope, priority, and next steps.

About You

• You find satisfaction in developing engineers and prioritizing people development.
• You provide direct, timely performance feedback, including addressing growth areas.
• You operate autonomously, make decisions with appropriate initiative, and provide upward signal to leadership.
• You hold yourself and your team to clear expectations and follow through on commitments.
• You are energized by the mission and connect engineering craft to patient and clinician outcomes.
• You see Strive's current scale as an opportunity to build robust patterns early.

Compensation

• Annual Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $163,000.
• Bonus: 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. We do not 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. Reasonable accommodation is available upon request.