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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineering Manager/Tech Lead - **Company:** Cylinder Health, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Application Integration Architecture, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Code Generation, Code Review, Collaborative Software, Information Engineering, DevOps, Github, Identity and Access Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, Large Language Models, Firebase, Backend, Kubernetes, Health Level Seven International, Terraform, Serverless Computing - **Published:** June 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d0634baf0b419040 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Tooling?, * A team player. You like collaborating closely with other engineering and product managers * Empathetic to our members' GI health conditions and are driven to improve their outcomes * Security oriented. We take the stewardship of our customer's healthcare data seriously, and take no shortcuts to protect it * Comfortable with a distributed workforce. We interact with each other via video chat, Slack, and other collaboration tools * A self motivated, creative problem solver, * 5+ years in Software Engineering with 2+ years in an engineering leadership role, with a track record of successfully delivering complex software projects with both onshore and offshore developers * Exceptional leadership and team-building skills, with the ability to motivate, mentor and inspire engineers in a remote setting * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with offshore developers, cross-functional teams, business partners, and vendors alike * Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities * Demonstrated hands-on experience with backend systems, ideally in Go and/or cloud-native environments * Experience building or integrating AI-powered features with working knowledge of responsible AI practices * Experience building and integrating AI-assisted tools and practices into the SDLC, including engineering productivity, code generation/review, DevOps workflows, documentation, test automation, and operational governance, * Experience in a startup environment * Experience with medical, healthcare and/or population health data. Double bonus for familiarity with OHDSI, FHIR and/or other healthcare data standards * Experience working in a HIPAA regulated environment (or other regulated industry) and supporting data security and privacy controls * Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) frameworks, including GKE, IAM, Firebase, Pub/Sub, or any others * Familiarity with data engineering concepts and practices ## Description 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., * Technical Leadership: Provide strong technical leadership and vision for your engineering squad, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic goals - and staying close enough to the code to earn your team's respect * Technical Strategy: Collaborate with product management and other stakeholders to define and prioritize the technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives * Technical Standards: Implement processes, tools, and practices that drive high-velocity and high-quality delivery across onshore and offshore teams * Execution: Drive the successful delivery of software projects, including planning, resource allocation, and project management * Quality Assurance: Grow and foster our adoption of SQA best practices to ensure high-quality deliverables * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams (Product/Clinical/Data/ClientSuccess/etc.) and communicate effectively to distill technical details into business terms * Innovation: Encourage a culture of innovation and experimentation, staying abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to drive product innovation * AI Integration & Practice: Drive AI-powered feature development, responsible AI practices (including secure handling of member data and privacy in AI contexts), and adoption of AI tools to improve engineering efficiency * Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical risks and challenges, making data-driven decisions to achieve project success * Continuous Improvement: Monitor and drive improvements to team and organizational performance ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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