Engineering Lead

We are seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and high-quality healthcare applications. This role requires a balance of technical depth, execution leadership, and people management, with responsibility for enabling team success, fostering engineering excellence, and driving delivery of business priorities in a fast-paced, AI-first development environment.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following:

Engineering Leadership:

• Lead and develop a team of 4-8 software engineers.
• Drive sprint execution and delivery commitments.
• Partner with product managers, QA, and platform teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Support hiring, onboarding, coaching, and career development of engineers.
• Provide timely feedback and performance guidance.

Technical Leadership:

• Contribute to system design and architecture discussions.
• Guide implementation of scalable Java/Spring Boot microservices and React-based applications.
• Participate in code reviews and technical design reviews.
• Drive engineering best practices around testing, code quality, observability, and maintainability.
• Support production issue investigation and resolution when required.

AI-First Engineering:

• Promote responsible adoption of AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Windsurf.
• Encourage AI-assisted development, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure AI-generated code is reviewed for correctness, security, and maintainability.
• Help teams improve productivity through effective AI-enabled engineering practices.

Delivery Excellence:

• Ensure predictable delivery of features and platform enhancements.
• Drive adherence to CI/CD, automated testing, and release management processes.
• Monitor delivery risks and proactively address execution challenges.
• Maintain high standards for reliability, scalability, and security.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 1+ years of people leadership, team lead, or engineering management experience.

Technical Skills:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architecture.
• Experience building and supporting React-based applications.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture (Kafka or equivalent).
• Experience with SQL databases such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.

Leadership Skills:

• 1+ years of people management, team leadership, or technical leadership experience.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading feature teams.
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects in Agile environments.
• Experience collaborating with globally distributed teams.

AI-First Expectations:

• Practical experience using AI coding assistants within the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to validate and govern AI-generated code.
• Strong understanding of software quality, security, and engineering best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare technology experience.
• Knowledge of FHIR, HL7 C-CDA, HIPAA, and PHI/PII compliance.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Databricks, Elasticsearch, or Redis.
• Experience working in cloud-native environments.

What Success Looks Like:

• Consistently delivers high-quality features and releases.
• Builds a motivated and engaged engineering team.
• Uses AI tools effectively to improve engineering productivity.
• Demonstrates growing leadership capability while maintaining strong technical credibility.
• Drives predictable execution and contributes to a positive engineering culture.