# Manager, Software Engineering

**Company:** [SmithRx](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/smithrx)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Software Architecture, APIs, Scalable Systems, Backend Systems, Domain-Driven Design, FHIR, Event Streaming, Team Leadership, Performance Management, Roadmapping
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Manage and mentor a team of up to Staff-level engineers, define team vision and roadmap, and drive execution on backend initiatives including FHIR translation and monorepo decomposition. Requires 7+ years software development experience with 3+ years in team management.

## Job Description

## Team Leadership
- Manage, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers (up to Staff level) to deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Build a collaborative and high-performing team culture focused on accountability, innovation, and excellence.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide actionable feedback, and foster career growth opportunities for team members.

## Strategic and Tactical Execution
- Define the team’s vision and roadmap, aligning with organizational goals and priorities.
- Partner with product managers and stakeholders to clarify business requirements and translate them into actionable engineering projects.
- Ensure the execution of major upcoming initiatives, including:
  - Building and maintaining a FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) translation layer.
  - Decomposing our mono-repository, advancing data federation, and establishing domain event-streaming where necessary.
- Balance short-term deliverables with long-term scalability to ensure sustainable growth.

## Architectural and Operational Excellence
- Work with Principal Engineers to develop scalable and reliable software solutions.
- Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks, addressing software architecture deficiencies and long-term risks.
- Establish and maintain best practices for development, testing, and operational workflows.

## Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with product managers, stakeholders, and other engineering leaders to ensure alignment across teams and domains.
- Influence overlapping business/technology areas to reduce inefficiencies and improve delivery speed.
- Act as the primary representative of your teams to senior leadership, customers, and stakeholders.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in software development, with at least 3+ years managing teams.
- Deep understanding of software architecture, APIs, and scalable systems. Proven ability to make trade-offs between short-term and long-term technical needs.
- Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and retain high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to define a team’s mission and roadmap, aligning it with company-wide OKRs.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write strategic documentation (e.g., narratives, proposals).
- A track record of delivering results in ambiguous, high-pressure situations.
- Experience in managing teams working on backend systems.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Background in either leading engineering teams dedicated to core services and frameworks or having served as an individual contributor within such teams.
- Familiarity with domain-driven design and cross-functional software development.
- Proven ability to work with US timezone distributed teams and stakeholders.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance.
- Flexible Spending Benefits.
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Program.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Discretionary Paid Time Off.
- 12 Paid Holidays.
- Wellness Benefits.
- Commuter Benefits.
- Paid Parental Leave benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Professional development and training opportunities.

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