Software Engineering Manager (Health Records)

Join WHOOP, a leading health and fitness technology company, as a Software Engineering Manager. In this role, you will lead the Health Records engineering team, responsible for building a secure and scalable platform for clinical health data. You will define the long-term technical strategy, guide architectural decisions, and foster a culture of technical excellence. This position offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, continuous learning, and psychological safety.

About WHOOP

• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and cross-functional engineering teams to deliver member-facing experiences powered by health record data.
• Passion for building inclusive, high-performing engineering organizations and creating an environment where teams can thrive

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technical strategy for WHOOP's Health Records platform, ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, secure, and extensible.
• Demonstrated ability to define technical strategy and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives across multiple engineering teams
• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and developing senior engineers and technical leaders
• Experience building secure systems that manage sensitive customer or healthcare data; familiarity with healthcare standards such as FHIR is strongly preferred
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across organizational boundaries
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Product, Design, Data Science, and executive stakeholders to align technical investments with business outcomes
• Strong understanding of backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, APIs, and operational excellence
• 5+ years of experience building and operating large-scale backend systems and distributed platforms in production environments

Pay

USD 150,000 - 215,000