Manager, Engineering

About the position

You will lead a high caliber software engineering team that is central to our value proposition and crucial to the success of our company. Product engineering teams at Cohere work with a high degree of autonomy to solve complex problems across the business partnering closely with product, design, data and peers in the business. The role would be leading one of our Review Product engineering teams, responsible for building workflows and capabilities that enable clinical operations staff to deliver care at scale in an efficient and high quality manner. Last but not least: People who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Lead a fast-paced, autonomous, agile team of software engineers to build and enhance a growing software platform.
• Create transparency into delivery health through the use of meaningful sprint metrics that inform data-driven interventions.
• Enable the team to further its impact, by improving upon its means of delivery and working closely with the product and implementation organizations to further the value we can bring to our customers.
• Ensure the team is following and building upon software engineering best practices including testing, quality, and security.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the design and delivery process, bringing perspective and motivating engineers to develop simple, pragmatic solutions to complex problems.
• Partner with peers in product, design, machine learning, business intelligence, clinical operations, and customer success to ensure the team is able to meet the demands of the business.
• Foster a culture of developing early career talent who will become the next leaders in the organization, enabling the individuals and the team to work with autonomy.
• Help hire new talent - help with sourcing and selling to candidates as well as vetting them for the team. Provide innovative solutions for both attracting and retaining top talent.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years experience managing software engineering teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in software development lifecycle, required.
• Previous experience as a product oriented team lead with expertise in one or more programming languages and frameworks.
• Deep domain expertise within a specific area of the software development lifecycle such as quality, security, or testing.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software on time and within budget.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Backend experience using Java, Python, or Groovy.
• Experience building applications using React and Javascript. TypeScript is a plus.
• Prior experience in healthcare or life sciences.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Bonus