Senior Manager, Software Development

Improve the Health of Your Career at Zynx Health

Join the team behind one of healthcare's leading clinical decision support solutions. At Zynx Health , we combine evidence-based clinical content, technology and analytics to help healthcare organizations improve patient outcomes, enhance safety and deliver higher-quality care.

Our success is fueled by talented people who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients and care providers. If you're looking for meaningful work in a collaborative, innovative environment where your contributions have measurable impact, Zynx Health could be the next step in your career.

The Opportunity

Zynx Health is seeking a Senior Manager, Software Development to lead software engineering execution across multiple development teams. In this role, the Senior Manager, Software Development will manage Software Development Leads and own software delivery, engineering quality, release readiness, resource planning, and cross-team coordination, partnering with product management, architecture, data platforms, security, compliance, QA, and business stakeholders.

The role offers the opportunity for a people-focused, delivery-oriented engineering leader to strengthen engineering consistency, improve development practices, mature release readiness, reduce technical debt, and support the responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools.

Responsibilities

Software Engineering Leadership

Lead the overall software engineering organization through Software Development Leads

Manage, coach, and develop Software Development Leads, setting clear priorities, ownership, delivery expectations, and accountability

Provide leadership across multiple software development teams, workstreams, and technology platforms

Support team maturity, leadership development, performance management, onboarding, retention, and succession planning

Delivery Execution and Cross-Team Coordination

Own software delivery execution, sprint and release readiness, quality practices, resource planning, and cross-team dependency management

Translate product and technology priorities into clear team plans, delivery expectations, milestones, and execution priorities

Identify and communicate delivery risks, blockers, dependencies, staffing needs, operational concerns, and recommended actions

Partner with product management, architecture, data platforms, security, compliance, QA, and business stakeholders to align delivery execution with business and technology priorities

Engineering Standards and Development Practices

Establish and reinforce consistent engineering standards across teams, including maintainable design, code quality, documentation, testing, code review, release readiness, and operational readiness

Ensure Software Development Leads apply consistent development, CI/CD, operational support, and team-level DevOps practices within their teams

Promote reusable patterns, responsible modernization, automation, and technical-debt reduction while balancing speed, quality, security, and reliability

Define and monitor engineering metrics related to delivery predictability, quality, release readiness, operational health, and team effectiveness

Embedded DevOps and Operational Readiness

Provide governance and oversight for embedded DevOps practices across development teams

Ensure team-level DevOps execution aligns with organization-wide standards for CI/CD, deployment automation, observability, incident response, and operational support

Partner closely with the Senior Manager, Data Platforms & Architecture and the Senior Manager, Security & Compliance on platform, infrastructure, architecture, security, compliance, and operational initiatives

Support continuous improvement in release processes, deployment reliability, observability, and production support practices

AI-Assisted Engineering and Continuous Improvement

Establish expectations for responsible use of AI-assisted coding and engineering tools

Ensure AI-generated code, scripts, documentation, tests, automation, and technical recommendations are reviewed for quality, security, maintainability, and appropriateness

Encourage practical use of AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, troubleshooting, documentation, testing, refactoring, and delivery efficiency

Promote a culture of continuous improvement, engineering accountability, and thoughtful innovation

Required Skills

Strong people leadership, coaching, mentoring, performance management, communication, and team-development skills

Ability to translate product and technology priorities into clear team plans, execution priorities, and measurable delivery outcomes

Strong understanding of modern software development lifecycle practices, CI/CD, DevOps principles, cloud-native platforms, secure software delivery, and operational readiness

Experience partnering with architecture, security, compliance, QA, product management, data platforms, and business stakeholders

Working knowledge of relevant technologies such as Java, Groovy, Spring Boot, Svelte, SvelteKit, TypeScript, Vite, React, .NET Core, C#, MarkLogic, Redis, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI/CD, Tekton, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Keycloak, OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, or related tools

Required Experience

8+ years of experience in software development, software engineering leadership, application development, DevOps, platform engineering, or related technology roles

3+ years of experience leading or managing software development teams, technical leads, engineering leads, or cross-functional engineering teams

Experience managing software delivery across multiple teams, workstreams, or product delivery areas

Experience leading through technical leads, team leads, or first-line engineering leaders

Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Experience

Experience in healthcare, clinical content, regulated software, compliance-driven environments, or enterprise SaaS

Experience leading distributed or remote software engineering teams

Experience improving engineering standards, release-readiness practices, CI/CD consistency, or operational support models across multiple teams

Experience guiding responsible adoption of AI-assisted coding or engineering productivity tools

Familiarity with embedded DevOps models, platform engineering partnerships, or shared engineering-practice governance

Accommodations

We are committed to an accessible application process. If you need an accommodation to apply, please contact accommodations@fdbhealth.com . This email address is for accommodation requests only.

Benefits

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan; a flexible spending account; paid holidays; paid time off; an employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

Compensation

The base salary range below is the Company's good-faith estimate for this position in the posted work location at the time of posting. Final starting salary will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, training, certifications, education, location and market considerations.

Base Salary Range: $160,000 — $180,000 USD