Machinify · 20 hours ago
Senior Engineer Manager | Core Platform (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$230K/yr - $270K/yr
8+ years expMachinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company delivering unmatched value and efficiency to health plan clients. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Core Platform team, responsible for building and evolving internal platform services that enable product teams to deliver faster and more reliably.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business IntelligenceMachine LearningPredictive AnalyticsSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead Platform Engineering Initiatives: Own the technical roadmap and execution for Core Platform services which are the foundations for the business application verticals, and enabling them at scale
Build and Grow High-Performing Teams: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of backend engineers; conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, career development conversations, and hiring
Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product engineering teams to understand their needs and evolve the platform to serve them better; act as an internal consultant and evangelist for platform adoption
Architect Scalable Platform Solutions: Own the design and implementation middleware and services that support multiple applications; ensure platform components are composable, flexible, secure-by-default, and self-service. Participate in architecture reviews, write RFCs, and drive technical decision-making; stay hands-on with code reviews and technical guidance when needed
Champion Engineering Excellence: Establish best practices for platform development including API design, versioning, backward compatibility, observability, and documentation; reduce cognitive load for platform consumers
Balance Technical Debt and Innovation: Make strategic tradeoffs between feature velocity, technical debt, and platform evolution; use data and ROI frameworks (RICE, etc.) to prioritize initiatives
Improve Developer Experience: Measure and optimize platform adoption, API usability, and developer productivity; build tools and documentation that enable self-service
Navigate Healthcare Complexity: Understand the unique constraints of healthcare systems including compliance, data security, multi-tenancy, and audit requirements; ensure platform solutions meet healthcare standards
Own Operational Excellence: Ensure platform services meet SLAs for availability, performance, and reliability; Establish monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in backend systems, distributed architecture, and platform engineering
3+ years of engineering management experience leading teams of 6-10+ engineers; proven ability to hire, develop, and retain top talent
Platform Engineering Expertise: You've built middleware, shared services, or platform capabilities that serve multiple applications and teams; you understand what makes a great internal platform
Distributed Systems Experience: Strong understanding of microservices, event-driven architecture, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), API design, and service mesh patterns. Experience deploying such services to production at scale
Backend Technology Depth: Proficiency in modern backend languages (Scala, Java, Python, Go, or similar) and frameworks; experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to lead initiatives across multiple teams; experience working with product managers, designers, and other engineering leaders to drive outcomes
Super Organized and Detail-Oriented: Exceptional project management skills; ability to juggle multiple initiatives, track dependencies, and deliver on commitments; creates clarity from ambiguity
Technical Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to write clear RFCs, architecture docs, and API specifications; can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Product Mindset: Treats the platform as a product with internal customers; gathers requirements, prioritizes based on impact, and measures adoption and satisfaction
Preferred
AI/ML Platform Experience: Built infrastructure for LLM integration, model serving, ML pipelines, or AI application development; understanding of prompt engineering, RAG systems, or AI observability
Healthcare Payment Integrity Domain Experience: Experience with several of: healthcare claims processing, payment integrity, medical coding, clinical NLP, healthcare data models, data mining in the domain
Large-Scale Systems: Built platform services supporting hundreds of developers or processing millions of transactions per day
DevOps and Infrastructure: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and GitOps workflows
Data Platform Experience: Built data pipelines, event streaming platforms, or analytics infrastructure
Strangler Fig Pattern: Experience with incremental migration strategies, legacy system modernization, or service extraction from monoliths
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Flexible PTO policy
Remote-first work environment
Professional development budget
Equity compensation
Home office stipend
Company
Machinify
Machinify is a SaaS platform that enables non-technical enterprises to build AI-powered products and processes.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Machinify has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (12)
2024 (6)
2023 (3)
2022 (3)
2021 (4)
2020 (5)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$12.79MKey Investors
Battery Ventures
2025-01-10Acquired
2018-10-08Series A· $10M
2016-03-15Seed· $2.79M
Leadership Team
Edward Lichty
Strategic Operations
Prasanna Ganesan
EVP & Chief Product Officer
Recent News
2025-12-19
Dallas Morning News
2025-10-24
globallegalchronicle.com
2025-10-24
Company data provided by crunchbase