Smarter Technologies · 3 days ago
Senior Engineering Manager, Core Platform & Tooling
Smarter Technologies is the automation and insight platform for healthcare efficiency. As the Sr. Manager of Core Platform and Tooling, you will lead the engineering function responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure backbone that powers AI Agents across the healthcare ecosystem.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead the Core Platform and Tooling team, with the expectation of growing the existing team to 12+ Senior and Staff-level ICs across infrastructure and internal tooling
Define and drive the core platform vision, architecture, and roadmap, ensuring it meets evolving scale, performance, and security needs
Own and evolve our Kubernetes platform (EKS) to support highly available and efficient service deployment
Manage messaging infrastructure (including AWS Managed Kafka) to support real-time, event-driven workflows
Improve CI/CD pipelines, observability, and internal tooling to accelerate engineering productivity
Ensure our infrastructure complies with SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and other regulatory standards
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Security leadership to align infrastructure capabilities with business needs
Build and operationalize clear metrics, SLOs, and reliability practices across core platform systems
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in software or infrastructure engineering, with 4+ years in technical leadership roles
Proven success running a scaled-out platform
Deep experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and the broader AWS ecosystem
Familiarity with Kafka or managed messaging systems in real-world production use
Proven success managing high-talent engineering teams, including Senior and Staff ICs
Hands-on experience with infrastructure in regulated environments (e.g., SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to drive clarity, alignment, and execution
Strong architectural judgment and ability to scale systems pragmatically
Preferred
Experience building Developer Experience (DevEx) platforms and internal tooling
Familiarity with Knative and serverless event-driven patterns on Kubernetes
Exposure to data lakehouse tooling (e.g., Athena, Glue, Parquet) or distributed analytical systems
Experience supporting or evolving orchestration frameworks like Robocorp or Temporal