Manager, Software Engineering

Role Description

LucyRx is hiring an Engineering Manager to own technical quality, execution discipline, and day-to-day delivery for a growing full stack engineering team. This role is the critical layer between the Senior Director and individual contributors—setting the bar for code quality, consistency, and accountability while ensuring velocity and quality improve together.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will:

• Write production code.
• Lead meaningful pull request reviews.
• Pair with engineers on complex problems.
• Manage people and process, including onboarding new engineers and providing clear performance feedback.
• Own team throughput.

We are looking for someone who raises the floor across the entire team—through standards, automation, coaching, and example.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field required.
• 10+ years of equivalent professional software engineering experience may be considered in lieu of a formal CS degree.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is a plus and may offset some years of experience.
• 8+ years of senior-level software engineering experience with production systems built on Spring Boot (Java) and React; React Native experience required.
• Prior experience leading or managing full-stack engineering teams, with concrete examples of raising code quality and improving delivery velocity.
• Proven player-coach background: recent hands-on coding (within the last 6–12 months) and a track record of developing engineers through direct coaching.
• Deep experience using code reviews as a teaching and quality mechanism—not just a merge gate.
• Working knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL, sufficient to read, review, and collaborate effectively with database specialists.
• Experience onboarding engineers onto a non-trivial codebase and accelerating time to productivity.
• Comfort operating in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar).
• Active, thoughtful use of AI coding tools, with clear judgment on where they help, where they hurt, and how to govern their use across a team.
• Cloud and DevOps fluency on Azure (AKS, Azure DevOps, Log Analytics).
• Backend: Java 11+, Spring Boot (Data, MVC, Security).
• Frontend: React (preferred) or Angular 12+, including state management and responsive design.
• Database: Advanced PL/SQL (procedures, functions, performance tuning).
• Tooling: Git, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins).

Requirements

• Set and Enforce the Technical Bar:
• Define, document, and enforce coding standards across Spring Boot (Java), React, and React Native, including structure, testing, error handling, observability, and security.
• Lead pull-request reviews with depth and intent.
• Drive consistency across developers so “done” means the same thing regardless of author or location.
• Put the automation in place that backs the bar: linting, static analysis, CI quality gates, and test coverage thresholds that prevent regressions from reaching production.
• Own Team Output and Velocity:
• Run the day-to-day delivery cadence for a team of engineers.
• Identify variance in velocity and quality across developers and close gaps through pairing, coaching, re-scoping work, or direct performance conversations.
• Own onboarding for new engineers, getting them productive in our Spring Boot, React, React Native stack—and our conventions—within their first 30 days.
• Participate actively in hiring.
• Hands-On Engineering Leadership:
• Spend a meaningful portion of your time (typically 30%+) writing production code.
• Pair with engineers on architectural decisions and complex modules.
• Model effective and responsible use of AI coding tools in alignment with LucyRx’s enterprise AI usage policies.
• Cross-Team Partnership:
• Partner closely with the data engineering organization on application-to-data integration.
• Work with product, clinical operations, marketing, and finance stakeholders to translate requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions.
• Proactively surface risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs early.

Benefits

• Salary: $140,747 - $164,938