Senior Engineering Manager

Color is a health technology company that makes population-scale healthcare programs accessible, convenient, and cost-effective for everyone. We work with employers, labor unions, national health initiatives, governments, and public health institutions to provide the tools for preventive health and disease management, including cancer early detection, screening, and care management.

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Color is seeking a senior engineering manager to lead the software engineering team responsible for our Participant Home Experience and our Infectious Disease Programs.

In 2023, Color partnered with the American Cancer Society to launch one of the first dedicated cancer prevention and screening programs. In 2024, Color expanded the offering into a full-service program that combines early detection and comprehensive cancer management before, during, and after a diagnosis. This team is investing in our core user experiences for the cancer program in addition to building and maintaining the platform that delivers our Vaccines, Antivirals and other Preventive Health solutions for common infectious diseases such as HIV, Covid, Flu, and more.

What We Offer:

• 💰 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

How You'll Contribute:

• Develop, coach, and mentor engineers on the team, while also organizing and delivering regular feedback
• Seek opportunities to increase reliability and optimize maintainability of the systems and services you manage.
• Manage internal team processes to help the team operate smoothly, adapt quickly and interface effectively with the rest of Color
• Develop and influence roadmaps by collaborating with product, design and engineering
• Work with your product peer to navigate a dynamic environment, ensuring your team is focused on high priority, high leverage work
• Develop and evolve the long term vision for the team and identify future opportunities and staffing needs for the team
• Partner with Recruiting and senior leaders to implement and execute hiring strategy
• Inspire and motivate the team by understanding the company’s mission and goals and connecting how the team’s work aligns with and impacts these things

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer (or equivalent role)
• 3+ years of industry experience managing software engineers
• You've launched consumer-facing features or products successfully and iterated to incorporate user feedback
• You are passionate about helping engineers grow their careers and are skilled at delivering positive and constructive feedback
• You understand optimizing a team for adaptability and experimentation
• You have a track record of building and leading high performing, cohesive teams
• You effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical collaborators
• You’re familiar with our tech stack including Python, Django, AWS, SQL, REST APIs, React, HTML5, CSS3, and ES6+

Potential Projects to Work On:

• Deliver experiments & improvements to Color’s core participant-facing homepage experience, including action items, content resources, and more.
• Iterate on our architecture for calculating screening adherence to help thousands of individuals understand their need for preventive screenings.
• Collaborate internally and externally with our public health partners to evolve our infectious disease platform.
• Enhance our Vaccine management platform, improving the experience for clinicians and participants across the state of Massachusetts.
• Lead our annual readiness preparations to meet the surge in need for vaccinations that comes with each Flu season.

Base Salary Range: $160,000 - $220,000 per year

The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: work experience, market data, skills, geographic location, and business need. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.

Color is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Color prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Color conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities in our recruitment process.