Job description
Role
We are looking for a highly technical Engineering Manager to lead a team of Security Engineers focused on enhancing our cloud security posture, automating compliance processes, and protecting sensitive healthcare data. The ideal candidate for this role is an experienced AWS practitioner and is passionate about security engineering, managing vulnerabilities, supply chain security, and GRC (governance, risk and compliance). They will lead and drive our security and compliance programs through excellent planning, techniques, and architectures while still being technical enough to jump into tough problems and help resolve them. This hands-on role involves architecture, implementation, and collaboration across Engineering, Compliance, and Platform teams. You’ll establish technical guardrails that help us meet security and privacy expectations while maintaining agility and scalability.
SmarterDx builds clinical AI that empowers hospitals to analyze the complete record of every patient to fully capture the value of care delivered. Founded by physicians in 2020, its proprietary AI platform understands the nuances of clinical reasoning, enabling hospitals to true the patient record for every discharge. By doing so, hospitals can recover millions in earned revenue, enhance care quality metrics, and optimize healthcare operations. Become a Smartian and help optimize the way the healthcare system works for everyone. Learn more at smarterdx.com/careers.
**This role is fully remote within the US**
What You’ll Do
- Be accountable for all aspects of the team’s performance including velocity of feature delivery, quality, operational excellence, hiring, retention, professional growth, and well-being.
- Foster a culture of clarity, alignment, and confidence to help the team deliver on goals effectively.
- Work with teams across the entire company to define policies, drive compliance, and improve our security posture.
- Design, build, and launch new capabilities to improve the overall security and harden application, machine learning, and AI workloads.
- Operate and fine-tune security tools like Wiz, Snyk, GuardDuty, and AWS Config.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Compliance to automate evidence collection and enforce policy-as-code.
- Address complex security questionnaires from hospitals and enterprise customers.
- Champion security and secure coding practices across the organization.
- Enhance detection, alerting, and observability across cloud and containerized workloads.
- Participate in architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security incident response.
- Promote a culture where security is a shared responsibility across teams.
- Support our platform in production.
What You Bring
- 8+ years of security and software engineering experience with a strong focus on AWS and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Strong communication skills for collaboration with technical and non-technical teams.
- Experience leading software teams to deliver quality technical solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- In-depth knowledge of SOC 2 and HIPAA frameworks, including audit processes.
- Understanding of VPC architecture, subnetting, security groups, and cloud networking fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience with security tools such as Wiz, Snyk, GuardDuty, and AWS Config.
- Expertise in logging and observability within distributed systems (e.g., CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs).
- Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
- Experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and container security.
- Experience working at startups, especially in the health tech space.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- You’re a former startup founder, or have managed a team at a fast-growing startup.
- 3+ years as an engineering manager.
- Experience with Python and Typescript.
- Background in healthcare or experience handling sensitive data under regulatory constraints.
Our Tech Stack
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Go, Python, Typescript, Postgres, Wiz, Snyk, Drata
Compensation
- $230K to $270K base salary + equity incentives
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Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision – Comprehensive plans with leading insurance providers, covering 90-100% of your premiums and 70-90% for dependents, depending on the plan.
- One Medical Membership – Free membership included if you enroll in a SmarterDx medical plan.
- Paid Parental Leave – Up to 12 weeks of paid leave for birth or adoption.
- Remote-First Team – Work from anywhere in the U.S. with a $400 home office reimbursement stipend.
- Unlimited PTO & 10 Holidays – 4 of which include floating holidays so you can recognize the days that matter most to you.
- Learning & Development Budget – $500 per year (prorated) for courses, books, and resources to expand your skills.
- 401(k) with Traditional & Roth Options– Tax-advantaged retirement savings through Empower.
- Minimal Bureaucracy – A fast-moving, high-impact environment where you can focus on what matters.
- Incredible Teammates! – Work alongside smart, supportive, and mission-driven colleagues.
