[Hiring] Engineering Manager @Medify

Role Description

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping both our engineering culture and technical direction. Working closely with the CTO, Product and Design teams, you’ll lead a team of talented full-stack engineers, helping them grow while ensuring we continue to deliver high-quality software that delights our users. This is a hands-on leadership role, with at least 25% of your time dedicated to engineering. You’ll contribute across the full software development lifecycle - from architecture and design through to development, testing and deployment - while driving engineering excellence and fostering a collaborative, high-performing team.

Our current technology stack includes Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, with infrastructure transitioning from Heroku to AWS.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and support a team of full-stack engineers through coaching, regular 1:1s and performance reviews.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration and technical excellence.
• Support career development, engagement and long-term capability building across the engineering team.
• Contribute to hiring by supporting interviews and recruitment of exceptional engineering talent.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable, high-quality software solutions.
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Participate in architectural decisions and help shape the future of the Medify platform.
• Conduct thoughtful code reviews and promote engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve software issues while maintaining high standards of reliability and performance.
• Develop automated tests and contribute to a robust testing culture.
• Participate in agile planning, backlog refinement and sprint delivery.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve our engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience leading or managing software engineering teams.
• 5+ years’ experience in software development.
• Strong experience with modern software engineering practices and frameworks.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails and React (highly desirable).
• A proven track record of building scalable, maintainable software.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional Product and Design teams.
• Experience recruiting, mentoring and developing engineers.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving ability with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of modern programming languages and software frameworks.
• Excellent understanding of software architecture, design principles, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience working with relational databases, APIs and networking.
• Knowledge of automated testing frameworks and software quality practices.
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and deployment pipelines.
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt new technologies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Benefits

• Fully remote working with flexibility and autonomy.
• The opportunity to shape the future of Medify’s technology platform.
• A supportive, collaborative engineering culture that values continuous learning.
• A hands-on leadership role with real technical influence.
• The opportunity to work on products that positively impact thousands of aspiring healthcare professionals every year.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

If you’re passionate about building exceptional software, developing high-performing engineering teams and making a meaningful impact in education, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your application along with your CV using our application form.