Athelas · 3 hours ago
Senior Engineering Manager, Frontend Platform (Ambient AI)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expAthelas is a company focused on simplifying healthcare through innovative AI solutions. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Frontend Platform team that powers Ambient AI products, focusing on building and owning core frontend foundations for clinician-facing experiences.
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Responsibilities
Lead and grow a senior team of frontend platform engineers supporting Ambient AI
Set clear technical and execution standards in a high-bar, healthcare-grade environment
Coach engineers on scope ownership, technical decision-making, and cross-team influence
Hire and develop engineers who can operate across platform, product, and design boundaries
Own planning, execution, and delivery for platform initiatives with clear product impact
Own the frontend platform used across Ambient experiences (web, mobile, embedded surfaces)
Lead architecture for real-time and async workflows (audio capture, streaming updates, AI state transitions)
Build and scale shared UI primitives, component libraries, and design systems used across Ambient
Improve frontend performance, latency, reliability, and offline/poor-network behavior
Establish patterns for error handling, loading states, partial data, and confidence signaling in AI workflows
Create strong frontend abstractions that reduce duplication across Ambient product teams
Improve local dev, testing, CI/CD, and release workflows for frontend engineers
Define standards for frontend observability, performance metrics, and user-impact monitoring
Partner with backend and ML teams to define clean contracts between AI systems and UI layers
Partner deeply with Product to translate clinical workflows into scalable UI platforms
Work closely with Design to evolve clinician-grade design systems and accessibility standards
Collaborate with Compliance and Security to ensure frontend patterns meet healthcare requirements
Influence frontend technical direction across the broader engineering organization
Drive architectural reviews and RFCs for major Ambient frontend initiatives
Help teams navigate tradeoffs between speed, quality, and safety in AI-driven UX
Stay close enough to the code and architecture to unblock complex problems when needed
Ensure platform decisions anticipate future scale (new care settings, modalities, and products)
Qualification
Required
7+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years managing frontend or platform teams
Experience leading frontend platforms, shared UI infrastructure, or design systems
Strong expertise with modern frontend stacks (e.g. React, TypeScript, modern build tooling)
Experience supporting real-time, data-intensive, or mission-critical user workflows
Proven ability to deliver platform capabilities used by multiple product teams
Strong communication skills and comfort influencing product and technical direction
Preferred
Experience building clinician-facing, enterprise, or regulated products
Familiarity with AI-driven or ML-powered user experiences
Experience with mobile + web shared platforms or cross-surface design systems
Background in healthcare, fintech, or other high-reliability domains
Company
Athelas
Athelas develops technology to monitor chronically ill patients in their homes.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$150.13MKey Investors
Tribe CapitalGeneral CatalystGeorges Harik
2023-10-04Acquired
2022-01-31Series C· $59.43M
2021-08-10Series B· $72M
Leadership Team
Tanay Tandon
Co-founder & CEO
Deepika Bodapati
Founder/COO
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