Technical Engineering Manager (Healthcare)

TL;DR

Technical Engineering Manager (Healthcare): Leading the engineering team for the Coordination of Benefits (COB) product with an accent on building scalable, AI-driven, cloud-native solutions. Focus on setting technical direction, establishing engineering standards for a greenfield product, and managing a high-performing team of 5–6 engineers.

Location: Must be based in the US

Salary: $225,000–$260,000 base, plus equity and benefits

Company

hirify.global is a healthcare intelligence company providing an AI-powered platform to health plans to maximize financial outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

What you will do

• Own the architecture, technical roadmap, and production releases for the COB product.
• Stay hands-on through architectural design, code reviews, and selective coding to set the technical bar.
• Hire, develop, and retain a team of 5–6 engineers through coaching and performance management.
• Establish engineering standards, operational practices, and delivery rhythms for a greenfield product.
• Guide the design of core rules engines, claims pipelines, and AI-driven determinations.
• Partner with product, ML, UX, and operations to translate requirements into scoped, measurable work.

Requirements

• Must be based in the US
• 3+ years of technical leadership and engineering management experience.
• 8+ years building production backend services and applications.
• Hands-on experience with microservice architectures, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Java, GoLang, Scala, or Rust.
• Proven track record of hiring and managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong communication skills for translating technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience in healthcare, insurance, or finance domains.
• Experience shipping AI/ML-driven features in production.
• Familiarity with claims, payments, or payment-integrity workflows.
• Experience operating systems on regulated data (PHI/PII).
• Experience designing high-throughput rules or decisioning engines.

Culture & Benefits

• Digital-first, remote-friendly environment.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Unlimited PTO policy.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development support.
• Flexible and trusting work environment.