Senior Manager, Software Engineering, New Venture

Please note that this is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, with an expectation to be in office 2-3 days a week. Our office is located at 2 Embarcadero Ctr.

Reporting to the Director of Engineering at New Venture, you will build and lead a new engineering team developing innovative clinical solutions for Spring Health’s provider network. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and clinical experts, and AI/ML infrastructure teams to create tools that elevate provider experiences and improve patient outcomes. In this high-visibility role, you’ll shape technical strategy, define roadmaps, and drive execution to transform mental healthcare. By combining exceptional leadership with a focus on impact, you will empower your team to streamline clinical workflows, harness cutting-edge AI, enhance treatment efficacy, and foster meaningful patient-provider relationships.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and lead a new high-performing engineering team of full-stack and AI engineers focused on developing evidence-based tools that help providers deliver more effective care, drive better patient outcomes, and advance Spring Health’s vision for Precision Mental Health.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, clinical experts, AI/ML and AI infrastructure teams, and data science to define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for clinical solutions.
• Recruit, onboard, and mentor software engineers, fostering professional growth, collaboration, and a mission-driven team culture.
• Provide technical guidance and ensure high-quality, timely project delivery, incorporating best practices in mental healthcare and population health.
• Drive execution across teams and organizations, aligning initiatives with broader clinical and strategic priorities.
• Develop your team through regular one-on-ones, mentorship, and constructive feedback, cultivating future engineering leaders.
• Ensure operational support by implementing processes for managing developer experience, technical debt, and healthcare compliance.
• Leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions that transform mental healthcare at scale - working closely with AI/ML experts to enhance clinical outcomes.

What Success Looks Like in This Role

• Launch the first iteration of new clinical decision support tools within two quarters, delivering measurable improvements in patient outcomes.
• Deliver market-leading usability and provider satisfaction (CSAT >4.5) for your clinical solutions.
• Maintain and enhance strong engineering practices—minimizing code churn, improving cycle time—while ensuring compliance with healthcare standards.
• Build scalable architectures that support future growth, rapid iteration, and seamless integration with the broader Spring Health ecosystem.
• Elevate engineering excellence by fostering an environment that values ownership, collaboration, and purposeful innovation.

Minimum Requirements

• 2+ years of experience managing and leading a high-output engineering team building user-facing products.
• 6+ years of experience building and scaling systems as an individual contributor.
• Organizational leadership experience, including collaborating with executive leadership.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Proven success mentoring teams of senior engineers over multi-quarter or multi-year projects.
• Strong commitment to understanding and advocating for users’ needs, crafting exceptional healthcare experiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-growth startup environments.
• Healthcare/clinical tech experience, building user-facing products that focus on evidence-based solutions.
• Proven ability to define roadmaps for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions.
• Adept at prioritizing business objectives, creating new areas of investment, anticipating risks, and providing deep technical expertise.
• Experience leading distributed teams across time zones.
• Familiarity with React, GraphQL, Ruby on Rails, or similar modern web technologies.
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms, toolkits, or infrastructure—especially in clinical or healthcare contexts.

The target base salary range for this position is $179,100 - $240,405, and is part of a competitive total rewards package including stock options and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually using Radford Global Compensation Database at minimum to ensure competitive and fair pay. 

Benefits provided by Spring Health:

Note: We have even more benefits than listed here and below, your recruiter will provide more in-depth information as you continue in the interview process. Benefits are subject to individual plan requirements and eligibility criteria.

• Health, Dental, Vision benefits start on your first day at Spring. You and your dependents also receive access to One Medical accounts HSA and FSA plans are also available, with Spring contributing up to $1K for HSAs, depending on your plan type.
• Employer sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2% for retirement planning
• A yearly allotment of no cost visits to the Spring Health network of therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for you and your dependents.
• We offer competitive paid time off policies including vacation, sick leave and company holidays.
• At 6 months tenure with Spring, we offer parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Access to Noom, a weight management program—based in psychology, that’s tailored to your unique needs and goals. 
• Access to fertility care support through Carrot, in addition to $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses.
• Access to Wellhub,  which connects employees to the best options for fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and sleep in one subscription
• Access to BrightHorizons, which provides sponsored child care, back-up care, and elder care
• Up to $1,000 Professional Development Reimbursement a year.
• $200 per year donation matching to support your favorite causes.