Senior Engineering Manager

Color • South San Francisco, CA

12d • $220,000 - $280,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

You will lead a team at the center of how Color delivers care at scale. As a Senior Engineering Manager on Care Operations, you will shape the systems that power our clinicians and care teams — enabling high-quality, accessible healthcare for millions of people.This is a high-ownership role. You will define technical direction, drive execution across complex workflows, and help evolve our care delivery platform in a fast-moving, startup environment. Your work will directly influence how quickly we can launch new programs, integrate AI into care operations, and improve patient experience.If you’re motivated by building systems that matter — and doing it in a pragmatic, high-autonomy environment — this role is for you!

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building and shipping production systems in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
• 3+ years of experience managing engineers, including senior engineers and/or multiple teams
• Experience operating in startup or high-growth environments where leaders are expected to define strategy and execute
• A track record of delivering cross-functional initiatives from concept through iteration
• Strong technical judgment across backend systems, APIs, and frontend applications (experience with Python/Django, React, AWS, and SQL is a plus)
• Experience introducing AI-enabled tooling or workflow automation into production systems
• Demonstrated success developing engineers through direct feedback, growth planning, and sponsorship
• Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical partners

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with EHR applications
• Experience integrating LLM based features into tools teams owned to automate tasks and unlock efficiencies
• Experience integrating with 3rd party systems

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers, setting clear direction and creating a culture of ownership and accountability
• Define and evolve the architecture of our care operations platform to support scale, reliability, and rapid iteration
• Partner closely with product, clinical, data, and operations leaders to translate complex healthcare workflows into simple, high-leverage systems
• Drive pragmatic adoption of AI and automation to increase care team efficiency and unlock new capabilities
• Balance speed and durability in a regulated environment, making thoughtful tradeoffs that support long-term scalability
• Develop senior engineers into technical leaders through structured feedback, coaching, and delegation of meaningful ownership
• Improve system observability, quality, and operational excellence so internal teams can depend on our tools every day
• Contribute to broader engineering strategy, prioritization, and cross-team alignment as a senior engineering leader

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
• 401k match
• Monthly phone and wifi stipend for employees, annual ergonomic stipend
• Generous vacation policy, paid holidays and company-wide recharge days
• Equal paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Free cancer screening and prevention resources for employees and their adult dependents

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed