# Platform Engineering Manager

**Company:** [Granted](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/granted)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $208k – $226k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, Data Pipelines, Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD, Observability, Security Compliance, HIPAA, Soc2, Ai/Llm Automation
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Lead a platform engineering team building integrations with healthcare systems and owning infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, and developer experience. Player-coach role requiring 6+ years backend/platform experience and 2+ years technical leadership.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Own execution end-to-end — sprint planning, retros, delivery tracking, and a clear narrative of what the team committed to, delivered, and learned
- Set direction across two domains: AI-driven data integrations with external systems, and the platform/infrastructure layer that keeps Granted fast, secure, and reliable
- Drive prioritization — translate business needs into an engineering roadmap, protect the team’s focus, and make trade-off calls with stakeholders
- Build the team’s capacity — structured growth conversations, stretch assignments, and delegation that lets the pod run well when you’re not in the room
- Surface problems before they’re discovered — maintain a living tracker of commitments tied to business goals; flag risks with a recommendation, not just an alert
- Ship code — stay close to the work across backend systems, orchestration layers, and infrastructure, contributing where you’re most needed

## Must-haves
- 6+ years of backend or platform engineering experience, with depth in distributed systems, data pipelines, or cloud infrastructure
- 2+ years of technical leadership experience (engineering management strongly preferred; tech lead considered for exceptional candidates)
- Startup veteran — you’ve worked at a Series B or earlier company; zero-to-one experience is a strong plus
- Business-informed prioritization instincts — you connect engineering decisions to company strategy, not just technical elegance
- Willingness to contribute as an IC during onboarding

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience building integrations with complex systems
- Background in infrastructure or platform engineering: CI/CD, observability, security/compliance (HIPAA, SOC2)
- Experience with AI/LLM-powered automation in production
- Background in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated industries

## You’ll Thrive Here If
- You prioritize ruthlessly — you know what matters to the business, align your team accordingly, and say no to low-leverage work
- You lead proactively — risks get surfaced with a recommendation before anyone has to ask
- You build through people — your measure of success is a team that maintains quality and velocity without you as the bottleneck
- You span the stack — you’re comfortable setting direction across backend services, data pipelines, and infrastructure, even where your depth varies
- You’re reflective about leadership — you’re building a leadership identity, not just running sprints
- You’re mission-driven — you want your work to have real impact on people’s lives

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