Engineering Manager - Kora

The role

You will lead a team of 4-6 engineers to build and scale AI-powered conversational experiences for Kora. You will balance technical leadership and people management while partnering with Product, Design, and Data Science to deliver patient-facing capabilities.

What you will do

• Lead a team of 4-6 engineers, balancing hands-on technical leadership with people management.
• Mentor, coach and develop engineers to support a high-performing and inclusive engineering culture.
• Build, pilot, and scale new AI-powered experiences that help patients navigate financial tasks.
• Use production behavior and client feedback to evaluate and improve AI-powered patient support experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify high-value problems and guide build from concept through launch.
• Guide your team into an AI-first software development lifecycle while maintaining quality and sound engineering judgment.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software development experience
• 1+ years of experience in engineering management or technical leadership.
• A track record of shipping end-user products or capabilities with measurable customer or business impact.
• Proactive communication and experience navigating ambiguity, tradeoffs, and competing priorities.
• Experience growing engineers across junior to senior levels
• Use AI in your day to day work, with a curiosity to explore and innovate, and you have experience upleveling engineers using AI across the development lifecycle
• Interest in Cedar’s mission and commitment to improving the healthcare financial experience.

Nice to have

• Experience building AI-powered products or agents.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and wellness package
• Flexibility to work from home or in the office
• Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days
• 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits and flexible re-entry schedules
• Diversity initiatives including three employee resource groups
• Health benefits, including fertility & adoption assistance
• Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
• Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching
• Team discretionary budget for learning and development resources

Before you apply

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

About the company

Cedar is a healthcare technology company that leverages data science and product design to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. The company was co-founded in 2016 to solve billing and patient experience issues.