Cylinder
Healthcare
SoftwareEngineeringManager/TechLead
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“Software Engineering Manager/Tech Lead at Cylinder. Skills: AI-powered features, Platform development, Technical leadership. Provide technical leadership. Own feature delivery”
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving; Decision-making; Data-driven decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years Software Engineering, 2+ years engineering leadership, Hands-on backend experience, Experience building AI features, Experience integrating AI tools
Nice to Have
Startup environment experience, Medical data experience, Healthcare data experience, HIPAA regulated environment experience, GCP familiarity
What You'll Do.
Provide technical leadership
Build and scale platform
Jump into architecture discussions
Participate in code reviews
Make technical decisions
Lead AI feature development
Collaborate with data teams
Collaborate with clinical teams
Partner with product teams
Define technical roadmap
Prioritize technical roadmap
Implement delivery processes
Implement delivery tools
Implement delivery practices
Drive software project delivery
Manage resource allocation
Ensure high-quality deliverables
Communicate technical details
Encourage innovation culture
Encourage experimentation culture
Stay abreast of trends
Drive product innovation
Drive AI feature development
Drive responsible AI practices
Identify technical risks
Mitigate technical risks
Make data-driven decisions
Drive performance improvements
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Onshore and offshore teams; Product teams; Clinical teams; Data teams
Communication Scope
Distill technical details
Process & Methodology
Project management, Resource allocation
Full Job Description
About Cylinder Founded in 2021 and offered as an employer benefit, Cylinder (formerly Vivante Health) delivers personalized, clinician-backed care to those suffering from digestive issues through its virtual health platform. Cylinder's tech-forward, human-first program connects members to the right level of support at the right time through an easy interface, bringing the healthcare ecosystem together to align around member needs. Cylinder's dedicated care teams help members proactively address their gut health from every angle – decreasing costs, reducing absenteeism, and improving their quality of life, at scale. Cylinder's vision is to create a world where people receive convenient, personalized, and affordable access to the quality digestive healthcare they need to improve their overall health. Position Summary As a Software Engineering Manager/Tech Lead at Cylinder, you will be a technical leader and owner of feature delivery, helping build and scale our digestive health platform. You'll be a hands-on technical leader — comfortable jumping into architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decisions. A meaningful part of this role involves leading your team in building AI-powered features, collaborating with our data and clinical teams on LLM-based experiences and model integrations. You'll partner closely with product, clinical, and data teams to deliver high-quality software that directly improves outcomes for our members. Our backend services are developed mostly in Go and run in GKE (k8s) or directly on other GCP serverless frameworks, with GitHub and Terraform powering the DevOps environment. Why is this a great opportunity for a Software Engineering Manager/Tech Lead? - The problem domain and our approach to solving it is super compelling. We're bringing together data sources that have never been joined, building models of a GI patient that have never been built, and discovering new GI health insights that help real people to manage and support th
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