Senior Manager, Software Engineering

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to build and lead a new product engineering team in San Diego, developing software for providers in the sleep health diagnostics domain.

This is a people-first leadership role for an engineering leader who has previously built or scaled a team, not simply inherited one. You will be responsible for hiring, developing, and retaining a high-performing team; partnering with Product and Design on roadmap and execution; and maintaining a high bar for engineering quality, delivery velocity, and enterprise alignment. The team will operate under an AI-native product/software development methodology, and you will be responsible for establishing what disciplined, high-quality AI-assisted delivery looks like from day one. You should be technical enough to earn the team's credibility, while ultimately measured by the team's output rather than your own.

This is a foundational role. You are not inheriting a running team — you are building one.

What You'll Do

Build the Team

• Lead the hiring and onboarding of engineers across levels, with a focus on San Diego-based talent.
• Establish team norms, operating cadences, and a culture of ownership and craft from the team's inception.
• Identify capability gaps early and address them through hiring, development, or cross-team partnership.

Drive Delivery

• Own the team's end-to-end delivery, including planning, execution, and operational health.
• Partner with Product Management to translate strategy into a sequenced, achievable roadmap for provider-facing sleep health diagnostics solutions.
• Maintain a high standard for quality, security, and compliance while balancing delivery pace.
• Identify and remove delivery blockers, escalating appropriately when required.

Establish AI-Native Development as the Team's Default

• Stand up and continuously refine an AI-native product/software development methodology for the team, from specification through code through review.
• Ensure the team builds on enterprise architecture blueprints, shared platforms, and DevX standards.
• Create the conditions for disciplined AI-assisted engineering practices to take hold, with correctness, security, and maintainability treated as non-negotiable.
• Conduct or delegate rigorous design and code reviews, making engineering standards visible and consistent.

Lead Across the Organization

• Represent the San Diego team in cross-functional forums with clarity and credibility.
• Build effective working relationships with peer engineering managers, platform teams, and enterprise architects.
• Surface risks, dependencies, and trade-offs early to enable timely decision-making.

Develop Your Engineers

• Conduct regular 1:1s, calibrations, and growth conversations.
• Sponsor stretch assignments and create visibility for strong performers.
• Build a team capable of developing its own Staff and Senior engineers over time.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in engineering management.
• Demonstrated experience standing up a team or function, not solely managing an existing one.
• A track record of hiring and retaining strong engineers in competitive markets.
• Sufficient technical depth to make credible architecture and staffing decisions (backend and/or full-stack preferred).
• Hands-on experience or strong working knowledge of AI-native/AI-assisted software development practices and tooling (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot, Augment Code).
• Experience partnering with Product and Design within an agile, product-led delivery model; healthcare or health-tech experience is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively up, down, and across the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to establish structure and process in an ambiguous, early-stage environment.

What We Value

• Managers who build team capability rather than personal dependency.
• Leaders who provide engineers with context and the autonomy to act on it.
• Hiring managers who select for potential and invest deliberately in growth.
• Operators who sustain delivery momentum without compromising team health.
• AI-native leaders who treat new methodology and tooling as a team advantage from the outset.

Joining us is more than saying “yes” to making the world a healthier place. It’s discovering a career that’s challenging, supportive and inspiring. Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones. We focus on creating a diverse and inclusive culture, encouraging individual expression in the workplace and thrive on the innovative ideas this generates. If this sounds like the workplace for you, apply now! We commit to respond to every applicant.