Platform Engineering Manager - DataLake
Nexhealth · Seattle, Washington, United States · Posted Jul 1, 2026
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About NexHealth
Our healthcare system remains frustratingly analog. When you live in a world of one-tap car rides, instant meal delivery, and unlimited streaming, why do you still have to call to schedule a doctor’s appointment and fill out a clipboard in the waiting room?
NexHealth’s mission is to accelerate innovation in healthcare by connecting patients, providers, and developers. We’re building the infrastructure layer for modern healthcare, connecting thousands of fragmented, on-premise, and closed EHR systems into a single, modern platform that powers software, APIs, payments, and patient experiences across the ecosystem.
Founded: 2017
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Funding: $177M Series C
Employees: 200+
Trusted by tens of thousands of providers and hundreds of health-tech developers — forging the infrastructure layer that modern healthcare needs
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to help build and scale our foundational platforms – platforms the healthcare database of the future that no one has yet built.
Your team will tackle some of the most complex and high-impact technical challenges in healthcare: how to ingest, store, and serve intrinsically graph-like data at global scale, and how to ensure that entities only see the data dimensions they are authorized to access. You’ll think from first principles, prototype and productionize novel solutions, and develop a truly heterogeneous data lake that stores the world’s multi-modal healthcare data.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about solving hard, unsolved challenges. No prior experience in health tech is required.
What You’ll Do
Hire and develop world-class engineers to build an exceptional team
Support engineers’ career growth through clear feedback, mentorship, and leadership development
Establish and uphold high technical standards through sound processes (e.g., architecture reviews, testing) and strong engineering culture
Partner with engineering and product leadership to define and execute long-term platform roadmaps
Drive execution and collaborate across teams to deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives
What You’ll Bring
4+ years leading high-performing engineering teams with a proven track record of innovation
10+ years of total industry experience in software engineering
Exceptional people leadership skills with experience coaching and developing engineers
Deep experience delivering large-scale, foundational infrastructure systems
Strong judgment balancing engineering velocity with long-term technical quality
Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively across Product, Sales, and Customer Success
Demonstrated success defining and driving technical and organizational roadmaps
A builder mindset with experience scaling teams and systems in fast-paced environments
Strong ownership and initiative in ambiguous, evolving contexts
Bias for action and data-driven decision making
First-principles thinking applied to technical and organizational challenges
Deep care for people development and team health
Alignment with NexHealth’s values and mission
BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Compensation
Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just the base salary component of NexHealth’s total compensation package for employees. Other benefits may include stock options, an unlimited paid time off policy, and up to 100% coverage on medical, vision and dental insurance.
NexHealth Compensation Range
$176,000 $220,000 USD
Benefits
Full Medical, Dental, and Vision (up to 100% covered)
401K and commuter benefits
Flexible PTO
High-impact work that directly improves the healthcare experience for millions
Our Values
Solve the customer’s problems, not yours
When making decisions, think from the perspective of the customer. It’s easy to make decisions that make our lives simpler, but not the customers.
Do the things others are not willing to do
As a Nexer, always go after the hardest problems. Pursue things at the highest quality. Move at the fastest pace.
Take ownership
Act like a founder. Own your roles, destinies, mistakes, behavior, and our mission. The buck stops with each of us - no blaming or excuses.
Say what’s on your mind, with positive intent
Be direct, proactive, transparent, and frequent in your communication.
Default trust
As a Nexer, you do not have to earn trust, trust is given to you by default. If we by default trust each other, our speed of communication, feedback, information sharing, and overall improvements will be a lot faster.
Think in first principles
We first identify the problem and then break it down to its fundamentals before diving into solutions. We constantly ask “why” to validate our assumptions.
We are an equal…