Charlie Health · 22 hours ago
Engineering Manager, Core Platform
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$185K/yr - $265K/yr
6+ years expCharlie Health is a rapidly growing organization focused on transforming behavioral healthcare by providing personalized, virtual care. As the Engineering Manager for the Core Platform, you will lead a team of Platform Engineers, ensuring high-quality execution and fostering a culture of technical excellence while improving developer productivity and code quality.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Manage and mentor a growing team of Platform Engineers; foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
Lead execution, ensuring the team delivers high-quality, reliable solutions aligned with business priorities, including leading sprint ceremonies and roadmapping
Own the team’s roadmap, balancing near-term developer pain with long-term architectural investments
Hire and develop a high-performing team through strong onboarding, coaching, and performance management
Build and maintain shared application capabilities, including libraries, services, frameworks, and internal tooling
Establish clear platform boundaries and contracts to avoid service sprawl and reduce cognitive load for product teams
Measure impact using outcomes like developer velocity, onboarding time, reliability, codebase health, and platform adoption
Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to team workflows, tools, and development practices
Work with Product and Engineering to sequence and deliver incremental architectural improvements without impacting feature development
Own AI tooling adoption and best practices across Engineering
Qualification
Required
2+ years managing and mentoring Platform Engineers, with a focus on execution and delivery, and 6+ years of engineering experience total
Proven ability to drive team operations, including sprint ceremonies, roadmap planning, and prioritization
Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python preferred), with the ability to guide and review technical work
Experience being an effective cross-functional partner with Product, Engineering, Machine Learning, and Analytics, aligning work with business goals
Clear, concise communicator who can translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable navigating ambiguity, breaking down complex problems, and driving iterative solutions
Committed people leader with a history of coaching talent and fostering a high-performance, inclusive team culture
Preferred
Experience leading a Core Services or Developer Experience team
Familiarity with SPACE and DORA metrics
Experience measuring AI developer tooling impact
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits to all full-time, exempt employees
Stock options
Company
Charlie Health
Virtual behavioral health clinic for high acuity youth
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.85M2020-06-04Seed· $0.85M
Leadership Team
Justin Weiss
Co-founder, Head of Corporate Strategy
Ellen Broxmeyer
Chief Compliance Officer
Recent News
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