Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Groups Recover Together is a health-tech company focused on improving substance use disorder care through technology. They are seeking a SW Engineering Manager to lead a remote product development team, ensuring alignment and successful delivery of engineering commitments.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage a remote team of software engineers, fostering accountability, psychological safety, and continuous improvement
- Drive Agile delivery: run sprint planning, standups, reviews, and retros; keep backlog healthy and cadence predictable
- Own end-to-end delivery of engineering commitments, balancing feature delivery with technical debt and quality
- Partner with Product to refine requirements, define acceptance criteria, and align work with roadmap and clinical/business priorities
- Monitor team metrics (velocity, burndown, quality), remove blockers, and proactively manage risks and dependencies
- Participate in architecture discussions and code reviews, upholding best practices, security, and compliance (including HIPAA)
- Collaborate with data, clinical, and operations teams on integrations, data pipelines, and workflow technology
- Manage vendor and outsourced engineering relationships, setting expectations and ensuring accountability for delivery
Skills
- 4+ years as an Engineering Manager leading Agile, remote software teams
- 5–10 years of hands-on software engineering experience, ideally with full-stack web development (Ruby on Rails / React), cloud (Azure or AWS), APIs, and relational databases
- Proven track record of delivering complex software products on time while maintaining high code quality and system reliability
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; able to translate technical concepts for executives, clinical stakeholders, and vendor partners
- Experience working with distributed, nearshore/offshore, or vendor-supported engineering teams
- Leadership style grounded in servant leadership, coaching, and building inclusive, high-trust team cultures
- Experience in healthcare, health-tech, a bonus, or other regulated industries (e.g., finance, insurance)
- Remote-first role: you work from your chosen EST zone based location with reliable internet (minimum 10M download / 5M upload and strong WiFi signal)
- Must meet applicable state and role-specific background requirements (which may include fingerprinting, drug testing, health screening, and license/credential verification as required)
- Familiarity with EMR/EHR integrations, clinical workflow tools, or healthcare data standards
- Exposure to data platform engineering, ETL pipelines, or data infrastructure
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