Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SONIFI Health develops interactive patient technology that helps healthcare organizations improve care and patient experiences. The Senior Manager, Software Engineering leads software engineering teams and oversees resource planning, development processes, software quality, delivery accountability, and engineering talent growth and performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic resource forecasting, capacity planning, and allocation of Software Engineers, quality engineers, technical authors, and related technical contributors across multiple development programs to support business priorities, delivery commitments, and new product development. Establish and cultivate collaborative, effective relationships with counterparts to ensure adequate resource allocation to projects and maximum efficiency
- Define, lead, and evaluate development process and quality initiatives, exercising independent judgment to determine appropriate priorities, standards, and corrective actions based on project, product, customer, and business needs. Lead standards-based compliance and process improvement efforts for assigned programs, including establishing expectations, monitoring adherence, resolving issues, and making recommendations that affect engineering operations and delivery outcomes
- Participate in and ensure well-planned implementation of established software quality improvement initiatives and processes, leveraging ROI, adherence to standards, and timely, measurable results. Use metrics related to resource allocation, software quality, delivery predictability, productivity, and efficiency to assess team performance, identify risks or improvement opportunities, and make informed management decisions
- Own delivery accountability for assigned software engineering initiatives by ensuring commitments, scope, dependencies, risks, and progress against schedules are clearly defined, reasonable, proactively monitored, and escalated as appropriate. Ensure communication and status forums are structured to support effective decision-making, timely escalation of significant issues, stakeholder alignment, and accountability for initiative and team outcomes
- Identify, attract, recruit, and retain internal and external talent to build an effective mix of leadership, technical, and delivery capabilities across supported Engineering teams. Effectively onboard new employees and managers to accelerate role clarity, productivity, team integration, and performance
- Establish and manage team and individual objectives, KPIs, and performance goals that align individual accountability with department objectives, delivery commitments, quality expectations, and business priorities. Allocate workload based on each employee’s strengths, skills, and capacity; implement development plans; coach individuals to reach their maximum talent; provide regular constructive feedback; address poor or mediocre performance in a timely manner; and recognize high performers to maintain motivation and retain key talent
- Leverage effective, clear, and timely communication through available written and verbal channels, including in a global context as appropriate for the initiatives and locations involved. Regularly communicate company news and team progress against the business plan while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture that encourages accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement
- Setting work priorities, allocating resources, establishing performance expectations, coaching and developing employees, participating in hiring and staffing decisions, completing performance reviews, and addressing performance concerns
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or the equivalent combination of education and/or experience
- • Minimum of four years of experience managing software engineering teams and at least 10 years of software development experience. Management experience may include indirect leadership responsibilities, such as serving as a team lead or guiding cross-functional initiatives
- • A desire to work with people and the ability to challenge Software Engineers toward self-improvement and increased technical skills, along with superior interpersonal skills and a proven ability to build effective, collaborative, cross-functional relationships and motivate team members
- • Experience delivering software products through Agile development and experience leading and/or developing within a full-stack web development environment are required
- • Demonstrated knowledge of modern development languages and platforms, including AWS CDK (IaC), Lambda, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, EventBridge, IAM, and Cognito; Python; TypeScript/JavaScript, specifically React and Redux; databases including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and MySQL; and REST
- • Healthcare industry experience building applications that support hospital clinical workflows and HL7/patient data
- • History of cross-functional success collaborating with peer teams, Project and Program Management, Quality Assurance, IT, and other stakeholders, with a sense of urgency to deliver value to customers
- • Self-directed and capable of working effectively in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment, with strong logical and problem-solving skills, superior attention to detail, and excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- 1. United States
- Some evening or weekend work may be required to meet critical project timelines, including providing direction to teams outside normal business hours when necessary
- Some travel, including air and ground transportation, may also be required
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Pet insurance
- On-demand pay
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