Job description
About AKASA
Our mission is to enable human health.
AKASA is the leading developer of AI for healthcare operations. Founded in 2019, AKASA has raised $85M in funding and has grown to more than 200 employees.
Our founding team includes Silicon Valley leaders who have founded or been founding team members of multiple companies with successful exits. Our investors include Andreessen Horowitz, BOND, and Costanoa Ventures, among others. Recognized in 2021 among Top 150 “Most Innovative Digital Health Startups” by CB Insights, Top 75 “Best Places to Work” by Modern Healthcare, Certified as a “Great Place to Work” two years in a row, and ranked #34 of Top 100 Healthcare Companies in 2021 by The Healthcare Technology Report. Learn more at www.AKASA.com.
We are building the future of healthcare with AI. Everyone is welcome — as an inclusive workplace, our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work.
Join us.
About the Role
As an Engineering Manager, Core Platform, you'll report to the Director of Engineering. You will manage a team of engineers to build a platform that makes it easy to build automations for our customers.
AKASA is based in South San Francisco. As a company, we embraced remote work before COVID-19. We consider ourselves experts in working collaboratively wherever our team members happen to reside within the US.
What You'll Do
- Work with engineering leaders to drive the vision of AKASA’s Automation Platform
- Set the priorities and direction for your team by taking feedback from users and understanding their pain points
- Support your team in building excellent software that delights users
- Work cross functionally with Product, TPM, and other Eng teams to drive your projects to completion
- Constantly re-evaluate and improve engineering processes such as on-call, retrospectives, hiring process, and onboarding
- Hire, develop, and retain an excellent engineering team
- Raise our engineering bar by sharing your expertise and best practices with the team.
Skills & Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field, and/or relevant work experience
- 5+ years experience in a software engineering role (we work with Python, React, Postgres and AWS.)
- Experience making difficult decisions and evaluating tradeoffs when no perfect solution is available
- Ability and eagerness to help where the company needs you most, including zooming into the technical details and zooming out to look at the big picture
- Track record of leading complex technical projects and driving them to completion
- 5+ years of people management experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Solid organizational skills for deadline-driven projects
What We Offer
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- Expansive coverage for health, dental, and vision
- Employer contribution to Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Generous parent leave policy
- Full employee coverage for life insurance
- Company-paid holidays
- 401(K) plan
Compensation
- The anticipated salary range for this role is $205,000 - $240,000 + Equity. Variable may vary based on location, experience, and qualifications.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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