Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Rightway is hiring an Sr. Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of engineers building the technology that powers our platform. In this role, you will guide execution, support the growth of your team, and partner closely with Product, Design, and other engineering leaders to deliver meaningful outcomes.
This role combines people leadership, technical judgment, and cross functional collaboration. You will help shape a strong engineering culture while ensuring the team consistently delivers reliable, high quality software.
Why This Role Is Exciting
- Opportunity to lead and shape a growing engineering team in a mission driven healthcare company
- Work on products that directly improve how people access and navigate healthcare
- Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and designers to solve meaningful technical and product challenges
- Influence engineering practices, team culture, and how we scale our platform
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers building modern web and backend systems
- Drive delivery of high quality, reliable software that delivers value to our members and clients
- Partner with Product and Design to shape roadmaps, prioritize work, and deliver meaningful outcomes
- Provide technical guidance and help the team make sound architectural and implementation decisions
- Support the growth of engineers through mentorship, coaching, and clear feedback
- Promote strong engineering practices including testing, code quality, and operational excellence
- Help scale the team through thoughtful hiring, onboarding, and continuous improvement of team processes
WHO YOU ARE:
- 5+ years of experience leading or managing software engineering teams
- Strong technical background building modern software systems (Node.js, TypeScript, React, or similar technologies)
- Track record of leading teams that deliver impactful products
- Excellent communicator who can work effectively with technical and non technical partners
- Passionate about building strong teams and delivering meaningful products
- Interest in modern development practices including AI assisted engineering
EXTRA CREDIT:
- Experience working in healthcare or other regulated environments
- Experience in fast paced product organizations or startups
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and distributed systems
SALARY (Before Bonus Potential): $160,000 - $200,000
Offer amounts for both remote and in office roles are influenced by geographic location.
CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS NOTICE
In response to ongoing and industry-wide fraudulent recruitment activities (i.e., job scams), Rightway wants to inform potential candidates that we will only contact them from the @rightwayhealthcare.com email domain. We will never ask for bank details or deposits of any kind as a condition of employment.
ABOUT RIGHTWAY:
Rightway is on a mission to harmonize healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Our products guide patients to the best care and medications by inserting clinicians and pharmacists into a patient’s care journey through a modern, mobile app. Rightway is a front door to healthcare, giving patients the tools they need along with on-demand access to Rightway health guides, human experts that answer their questions and manage the frustrating parts of healthcare for them.
Since its founding in 2017, Rightway has raised over $1200mm from investors including Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Tiger Global at a valuation of $1 billion. We’re headquartered in New York City, with a satellite offices in Denver and Dallas. Our clients rely on us to transform the healthcare experience, improve outcomes for their teams, and decrease their healthcare costs.
HOW WE LIVE OUR VALUES TO OUR TEAMMATES:
We’re seeking those with passion for healthcare and relentless devotion to our goal. We need team members that embody our following core values:
We are human, first Our humanity binds us together. We bring the same empathetic approach to every individual we engage with, whether it be our members, our clients, or each other. We are all worthy of respect and understanding and we engage in our interactions with care and intention. We honor our stories. We listen to—and hear—each other, we celebrate our differences and similarities, we are present for each other, and we strive for mutual understanding.
We redefine what is possible We always look beyond the obstacles in front of us to imagine new solutions. We approach our work with inspiration from other industries, other leaders, and other challenges. We use ingenuity and resourcefulness when faced with tough problems.
We debate then commit We believe that a spirit of open discourse is part of a healthy culture. We understand and appreciate different perspectives and we challenge our assumptions. When working toward a decision or a new solution, we actively listen to one another, approach it with a “yes, and” mentality, and assume positive intent. Once a decision is made, we align and champion it as one team.
We cultivate grit Changing healthcare doesn’t happen overnight. We reflect and learn from challenges and approach the future with a determination to strive for better. In the face of daunting situations, we value persistence. We embrace failure as a stepping stone to future success. On this journey, we seek to act with guts, resilience, initiative, and tenacity.
We seek to delight Healthcare is complicated and personal. We work tirelessly to meet the goals of our clients while also delivering the best experience to our members. We recognize that no matter the role or team, we each play a crucial part in our members’ care and take that responsibility seriously. When faced with an obstacle, we are kind, respectful, and solution-oriented in our approach. We hold ourselves accountable to our clients and our members’ success.
Rightway is PROUDLY an Equal Opportunity Employer that believes in strength in the diversity of thought processes, beliefs, background and education and fosters an inclusive culture where differences are celebrated to drive the best business decisions possible. We do not discriminate on any basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the consideration of merit, qualifications, need and performance.
