Candid Health · 1 day ago
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager
New York City
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$207K/yr - $304K/yr
5+ years expCandid Health is seeking a seasoned leader to guide their Forward Deployed Engineering team, which is essential for bridging software development with client success in the healthcare sector. The role involves overseeing engineers through critical customer deployments, ensuring technical quality, and aligning strategic goals with product and sales teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)BillingHealth CareSoftwareTransaction Processing
Responsibilities
Lead and Grow the Team: Recruit, mentor, and support a high-performing team of FDEs, helping them navigate complex customer environments and providing direct, actionable feedback
Own End-to-End Delivery: Own the execution and technical quality of production systems, ensuring they meet industry best-in-class standards for durability and performance
Drive Strategic Alignment: Partner closely with Product, Sales, and Internal/Customer Leadership teams to ensure fieldwork informs our product roadmap and supports safe deployment at scale
Codify Excellence: Translate field experience into tools, playbooks, and sharp feedback for Product and Research teams to create leverage for the wider organization
Manage High-Pressure Deployments: Lead teams through the technical challenges of 'going live' with large organizations, including integrations, custom configurations, and real-time issue resolution
Operational Excellence: Make data-driven decisions to improve reliability and scale while eliminating friction and redundancies in the delivery model
Qualification
Required
You have a B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Math or a related field of study
You have 5+ years of experience in a Software Engineering Leadership position, ideally managing a team of customer-facing engineers
You have great executive presence; you have demonstrated success in customer-facing roles and are comfortable working closely with customer executive and leadership teams
You've successfully led people and teams to shipping high-quality features in strategic product areas
You've managed and delivered ambitious technical projects from prototype to production
You have a track record of excellent technical decision making; you know the right architecture and patterns to build functional, durable, and maintainable product
You know how to manage in multiple directions, including laterally and upward: you know how to advocate for yourself and your team: where to get into the weeds and where to delegate
You have successfully interviewed, hired, and mentored engineering teams. You collaborate well with staffing partners and stakeholders through all phases of the hiring lifecycle and are a talent magnet
You're a clear and concise communicator; you enjoy the challenge of explaining complicated ideas in simple terms, both in-person and in writing
Benefits
Equity
Sales incentives (for sales roles)
Employee benefits
Company
Candid Health
Candid Health provides an automation platform for healthcare revenue cycle management.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$99.8MKey Investors
Oak HC/FT8VCFirst Round Capital
2025-02-12Series C· $52.5M
2024-09-11Series B· $29M
2022-04-01Series A· $16M
Leadership Team
Nick Perry
Co-founder and CEO
A
Adam Reis
Co-Founder
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