Engineering Manager, Abridge
Federal
$185-230k
Offers Equity
Powering deeper understanding in healthcare through purpose-built AI
Be an early applicant
Powering deeper understanding in healthcare through purpose-built AI
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$185-230k
Offers Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To power a deeper understanding in healthcare.
Role
Who you are
- A strong technologist, with 5+ years as a software engineer building web applications in a cloud native environment and 2+ years managing software engineering teams
- Comfortable giving constructive feedback on technical designs and code reviews
- Skilled in building secure, compliant systems in major cloud platforms (GCP preferred, AWS experience welcome)
- Familiar with containers, databases, and modern frontend frameworks
- Knowledgeable about the software development lifecycle. You view processes such as Kanban and Scrum as tools in a toolbox, and you know which tools to apply in which situations
- Skilled at hiring and mentorship, with a track record of helping engineers grow their skills and careers
- Up-to-date on industry best-practices and tools, and enjoy learning new things
- Excited about being hands-on in a fast-moving, productive, and supportive environment
- Willing to pitch in wherever needed
- Has thrived in a fast-growing startup, knows how to operate in that environment
Desirable
- Experience as an engineering leader working in the federal government OR as an engineering leader on a team directly involved in products sold to the federal government
- Experience engineering systems within a FedRAMP Moderate / High environment is a plus
What the job involves
- Our generative AI-powered products are bringing joy back to the practice of medicine, and we’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our team in building Federal government-ready capabilities and features
- You’ll guide a group of US-based, full-stack software engineers working on both frontend and backend development, primarily in Typescript, React, NextJS, and Node
- Your team will work toward meeting and maintaining a high bar for security and compliance requirements, which are heavily influenced by federal government regulations and requirements. A strong focus on robust architecture, secure deployment, and secure technical operations is a must
- People Management: Recruit, retain, and mentor engineers with full-stack expertise; experience engineering in high sensitivity, federal environments is a huge plus. Provide regular feedback; create opportunities for career growth; and foster a culture of collaboration and excellence
- Project Management: Work closely with stakeholders such as product managers and customers to plan, execute, and support multiple projects simultaneously. You will be responsible for the engineering process in the team and the output of the team
- Technical Leadership: Help set business context for the team and apply your knowledge of business and software engineering to guide architectural discussions; anticipate and resolve technical challenges; and advocate for technology projects. In close partnership with Abridge's Security Organization, anticipate and resolve technical challenges arising from government regulations and requirements, managing sensitive data, and managing technical operations within the bounds of federal requirements
- Champion Quality: Set a high standard for your team including software quality, performance, reliability, security, and compliance with industry and regulatory standards
Our take
Summarising key elements of healthcare conversations is crucial for both physicians and patients. Medical scribes, though effective, are costly, and the healthcare system faces funding and staffing crises. This has created a demand for more efficient notetaking solutions.
This is where Abridge comes in; it has developed a HIPAA-compliant AI platform that transcribes, structures, summarises, and provides insights from audio or transcripts of medical conversations. It claims to work across all specialities and offers patient-friendly summaries in easy-to-understand language.
Abridge aims to alleviate pressure on the healthcare system from the patient's perspective, a unique approach among healthtech startups. While companies like Inovia, DOUB, and DeepScribe focus on assisting physicians with medical transcription AI, they lack Abridge's patient-centric features, which are valuable in enhancing the patient experience. Its unique focus, then, is part of the reason why it enjoyed two impressive rounds of funding in 2025 alone.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2025
$300m
SERIES E
Feb 2025
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $757.5m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO, plus 12 national holidays
- 16 weeks paid parental leave, for all employees
- Flexible working hours — we care more about what you accomplish than what specific hours you’re working
- Remote work environment
- Equity for all new employees
- Generous equipment budget for your home office setup ($1600)
- Opportunity to work and grow with talented individuals, and have ownership and impact at a high growth startup
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Shivdev Rao
(CEO)Alongside their work as a practising Cardiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, they also served as Physician Advisor in Residence and ultimately EVP at UPMC Enterprises; co-founded DocDok; and worked as a co-architect on a healthcare project at the Kauffman Foundation.
Sandeep Konam
(CTO)Completed an MS in Robotics at Carnegie Mellon, then served as Senior Product Manager at UPMC Enterprises. Has delivered guest lectures at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and the University of Pittsburgh.
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