The Role
Lead a team to develop a robust data ingestion service and scalable data platform while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver value-driven solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In
Arcadia is dedicated to happier, healthier days for all. We transform diverse data into a unified fabric for health. Our platform delivers actionable insights for our customers to advance care and research, drive strategic growth, and achieve financial success. For more information, visit arcadia.io.
Why This Role Is Important To Arcadia
Arcadia has built a best-in-class, modern data platform that supports the ever-expanding needs of our customers on their journey to unlock higher quality care and improved business outcomes. We're seeking a growth-oriented and technically grounded Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team in building a robust data ingestion service and scalable data platform that power the Arcadia ecosystem as we expand our capabilities.
This role is pivotal in shaping the direction, scalability, and reliability of the foundational services that power our products, both today and in the future. You will partner with engineers and technical leads, gain hands-on leadership experience, and play a key part in the evolution of our data platform.
You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, DevOps, data engineers, QA, and software engineers to design, implement, and deploy user-friendly, maintainable, and efficient applications and solutions that drive real value for our customers.
What Success Looks Like
In 3 months
- Build strong relationships with your team and key cross-functional partners (Product, DevOps, QA)
- Contribute to roadmap and prioritization discussions with engineering leadership
In 6 months
- Act as the technical point of contact for ingestion—support architecture decisions, unblock engineers, and advocate for roadmap investments in scalability and performance
- Develop a deep understanding of Arcadia’s data ingestion architecture and tooling
In 12 months
- Own the long-term technical strategy for ingestion services—define direction, drive consensus, and lead execution across teams when needed
- Spearhead cross-functional initiatives that improve ingestion platform scalability, cloud-native modernization, or onboarding of new data sources
What You'll Be Doing
- Strategic Vision & Execution: Support and contribute to the roadmap for our data platform. Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure the team’s goals align with company priorities and customer needs.
- Team Leadership & Development: Manage a small team of engineers, helping them grow technically and professionally. Create a collaborative environment that encourages ownership, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Technical Guidance: Provide hands-on support and technical direction on key projects, while leaning on senior engineers and architects to make informed, scalable decisions.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders across engineering, product, and operations to ensure delivery of reliable, secure, and scalable software.
- Operational Excellence: Encourage high standards in testing, deployment, observability, and reliability. Participate in planning for system improvements and technical debt reduction, with a focus on long-term maintainability.
What You'll Bring
- 5+ years of experience in software development, with 1-3 years of formal or informal technical leadership or management experience (e.g. team lead, project lead, mentoring).
- Demonstrated ability to lead small teams or projects and collaborate across functions.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proficient in leveraging AI tools and techniques to improve productivity, code quality, and decision-making workflows.
- Self-directed and highly dependable, with a demonstrated ability to drive outcomes independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep understanding of data pipelines, ingestion workflows, and distributed data systems.
- Familiarity with the following technologies: SQL, NoSQL databases, and Java.
Would Love for You to Have
- Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure), with experience in containerized environments like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and release strategies like feature flagging.
- Familiarity with the following technologies: Spark, Scala, and NiFi.
What You'll Get
- Collaborate daily with exceptionally smart and driven colleagues who challenge and support each other.
- Contribute to a mission-driven company that's transforming how patients access and experience care—making a real difference in the healthcare industry.
- Make a meaningful impact from day one—your leadership and technical insight will shape team dynamics and product outcomes.
- Enjoy a flexible, remote-friendly work .
- Work on cutting-edge healthcare data challenges that improve lives, while developing your career in a high-growth, purpose-led organization.
About Arcadia
Arcadia.io helps innovative providers and payers across the country transform healthcare to reduce cost while improving patient health. We do this by aggregating large amounts of disparate data, applying algorithms to identify opportunities to provide better patient care, and making those opportunities actionable by physicians at the point of care in near-real time. We are passionate about helping our customers drive meaningful outcomes. We are growing fast and have emerged as a market leader in the highly competitive population health management software market and have been recognized by industry analysts KLAS, IDC, Forrester, and Chilmark for our leadership. For a better sense of our brand and products, please explore our website.
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This position is responsible for following all Security policies and procedures in order to protect all PHI under Arcadia's custodianship as well as Arcadia Intellectual Properties. For any security-specific roles, the responsibilities would be further defined by the hiring manager.
Top Skills
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Java
Kubernetes
Nifi
NoSQL
Scala
Spark
SQL
What the Team is Saying
Kelsey
Sr. Manager, Data Quality
Jacob
Product Specialist
Sarah
Senior People Operations Manager
Gary
Engineering Manager
Julie
Talent Acquisition Manager
Geo
Director, Engineering
Mike
Senior Manager, Content
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The Company
What We Do
Arcadia is dedicated to happier, healthier days for all. We transform diverse data into a unified fabric for health. Our platform delivers actionable insights for our customers to advance care and research, drive strategic growth, and achieve financial success. For more information, visit arcadia.io.
Why Work With Us
Solving extremely technical challenges in healthcare that will directly impact patient outcomes globally. We have a deep commitment to a shared mission based on improving the healthcare ecosystem.
... and we have a lot of fun doing it!
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Arcadia Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Remote first company with an office in Boston, MA. Employees have flexibility to come onsite, as desired.
Typical time on-site:
Not Specified
