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(Senior) Engineering Manager

AI Talent Now


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 172 - 253
Experience Required: 5years
Posted: 30 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary


AI Talent Now job # ZR 85


About us

Our dynamic client is re-imagining allied healthcare training by offering affordable online instructor-led and AI-supported programs that help learnersregardless of background or circumstancelaunch high-demand healthcare careers.


In addition to our direct-to-consumer training partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. Our graduates including Medical Assistants Pharmacy Technicians Nurses and more form the talent pipelines at major employers like CVS NY-Presbyterian HCA Providence and Walgreens.


A Role With Real Scope This person will manage two pods today and grow into more as the team scales toward and beyond 150. There is a meaningful gap between the 14 engineers and the SVP so the expectation is that the right hire could hold the ship steady if needed. That level of trust and proximity to the top of the engineering org is rare at a company moving this fast.

Company Overview

  • This is an educational tech platform aiming to create accessible pathways for healthcare careers.
  • Operates on a direct-to-consumer model with faster and less expensive programs.
  • Recently expanded into B2B partnerships with major healthcare systems.
  • Company mission centers on being a school first prioritizing student success and engagement.

Role Requirements
  • Hiring for two engineering managers with varying seniority levels.
  • Managers must be hands-on capable of coding and not just strategic.
  • Responsibilities include people leadership hiring and ensuring technical proficiency.

Team Structure
  • The Current team consists of 14 product engineers mostly full stack.
  • Teams are organized into pods with plans to expand and reorganize as the company grows.

Candidate Requirements
  • Seeking candidates with 5 years of engineering experience and 2 years in management for EM role.
  • For senior EM role 5 years in people management required.
  • Desired skills include strong people leadership business acumen and technical ability.

Company Context
  • Described as a teenage company with parts fully developed and others still growing.
  • Rapid growth from 40 to 115 employees aiming for 150 by year-end.
  • Values include care learning quickly and being data-driven.

Compensation and Logistics
  • Salary range for EM: $170k-$230k; Senior EM: $190k-$250k.
  • Open to visa sponsorship with some conditions.

Timeline and Urgency
  • Early stages of the search; one candidate made it to on-site but was not a culture fit.
  • Looking for quick adjustments and feedback in the hiring process.

Ideal Candidate Profile
  • Prefers candidates with startup experience strong leadership and ability to connect engineering work to business goals.
  • Startup experience is prioritized to ensure adaptability to fast-paced changes.

Seniority

5 years of experience as a full-stack software/product engineer with 2 or 5 years as an EM

Work experience

2 or 5 years of people management including building and maintaining happy high-performing teams of 5-10 engineers during periods of rapid scale

Experience at a high-growth startup (B2C B2B2C EdTech or HealthTech)

Hard skills

Strong full-stack fundamentals and actively contributes code vs just architecting (must be able to assess candidates technically when interviewing and hiring)

Improved engineering systems (e.g. CI/CD developer experience velocity)

Soft skills

Strong communication skills (gravitas engagement and ability to lead a team) balanced with structured strategic and hypothesis-driven thinking


Miscellaneous

Partnered with Product & Design through the full discovery planning and execution lifecycle (connects engineering work to business goals and customer impact)

A genuine love for developing others and seeing engineers grow in their careers





Required Skills:

2 or 5 years of people management including building and maintaining happy high-performing teams of 5-10 engineers during periods of rapid scale Experience at a high-growth startup (B2C B2B2C EdTech or HealthTech)