Engineering Manager

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our engineering teams in building next-generation healthcare technology products for our clients. This role is ideal for someone who is not only a strong people leader but also enjoys staying hands-on with the latest technologies to guide architectural and technical decisions. This is a contract employment for 8 months

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership

• Stay hands-on with modern technologies, frameworks, and tools to guide engineering design and implementation
• Oversee architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance of healthcare-tech platforms
• Drive technical excellence through code reviews, design reviews, and best practices
• Collaborate with product, business analysts, and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust engineering solutions

Project & Delivery Management

• Own end-to-end project execution across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring on-time, high-quality product delivery
• Build and manage project roadmaps, sprint plans, and release cycles
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies
• Ensure engineering efforts align with product vision and business priorities
• Provide technical leadership continuity during team transitions and leave periods

Team Leadership & People Management

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 20+ software engineers across levels and multiple projects
• Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Conduct regular performance check-ins, goal-setting, and career development
• Ensure the team follows scalable processes while maintaining speed and agility
• Bridge communication between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders

Requirements:

Experience:

• 10-12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership or management role
• Proven experience managing distributed/offshore engineering teams
• Strong hands-on experience with modern tech stacks (AWS cloud, microservices, mobile applications, web frameworks, backend/frontend development)
• Proven success delivering complex, high-scale healthcare, enterprise, or consumer-tech products
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and teams

Technical Skills:

• Strong AWS cloud architecture and implementation experience (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform)
• Solid understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps practices
• Experience with mobile application development (iOS/Android) and web applications
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.)
• Understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and database technologies

Leadership & Communication:

• Excellent problem-solving skills, communication, and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and management
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering talent
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments

Nice to Have:

• Experience with healthcare technology, HIPAA compliance, or regulated environments
• Background in performance tuning, distributed systems, or platform engineering
• Exposure to AI/ML integration in applications
• Available to start within 30 days or less
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional or Associate)