ROLE OVERVIEW
As Senior Manager, Platform, you will lead the team responsible for the design, operation, availability, and continuous improvement of HealthVerity’s internal cloud infrastructure and platform services. Your team manages the foundational platforms that power our data and application environments, primarily AWS and Databricks, ensuring they are reliable, performant and scalable.
You will collaborate cross-functionally to implement best-in-class architecture and automation, enabling our systems to meet growing business demands. With a team composed primarily of in-office engineers in Philadelphia and several remote team members, you will drive strategic infrastructure initiatives, foster team development, and ensure our platforms are secure, available, observable and cost-efficient.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead and mentor a team of platform, DevOps, and data infrastructure engineers
- Ensure reliability and performance of AWS and Databricks-based infrastructure
- Implement observability, SLOs, and automated incident response
- Define and drive infrastructure strategy for scale, security, and efficiency
- Standardize IaC practices using CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation
- Build internal developer tools and shared microservices
- Provide availability & capacity management over traditional server/network infrastructure within a 3rd party data center with the long term aim of optimizing data center usage.
- Own and optimize cloud infrastructure across compute, data, and orchestration layers
- Partner cross-functionally on architecture, compliance, and long-term planning
- Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization on Platform initiatives and internal customer requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- 5+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering.
- 3+ years of experience leading, managing, and motivating engineering teams, ideally in hybrid or distributed environments.
- Strong background in cloud-native infrastructure using AWS services (e.g., S3, EMR, Lambda, ECS, EventBridge).
- Deep understanding of Databricks, Spark, and scalable data pipeline architectures.
- Deep understanding of the optimization of cloud resources (FinOps best practices).
- Demonstrated ability to manage platform operations at scale while ensuring security, reliability, and compliance.
- Proven experience in platform observability, system performance optimization, and automation.Proven experience with availability & capacity management and planning.
Preferred
- Proficient with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tooling (Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions).
- Coding ability in Python and SQL; familiarity with containerized and serverless architectures.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies.
Base salary for the role is commensurate with experience and can range between $150,000 - 180,000 + annual bonus opportunity.
Our main office is located in Center City, Philadelphia, where we operate on a hybrid model with in-office work required three days a week for local employees. We believe collaboration is most effective when teams come together, which is why we prioritize hiring in the Philadelphia area.
For certain roles, we also hire from hub locations—regions where we have an established presence with multiple team members working remotely. While these employees primarily work from home, we bring them together in person at least once a year for team-building, collaboration, and strategic planning.
Due to tax and labor regulations, we can only hire from specific states. Remote work is supported in the following key hub locations and approved states:
Hub Locations:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Boston, Massachusetts
- New York City, New York
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Washington, D.C.
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Chicago, Illinois
Approved States for Remote Work:
CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, and VA.
About HealthVerity
HealthVerity is the leader in privacy-protected real-world data exchange, transforming how healthcare and life sciences organizations connect and analyze disparate patient data. By enabling access to the industry’s largest RWD ecosystem, HealthVerity supports critical applications in clinical development, commercial strategy, regulatory decision-making, and public health. To learn more about HealthVerity, visit healthverity.com.
Why you'll love working here
We are making a difference – Our technology is at the forefront of some of the biggest healthcare challenges in the world.
We are one team – Our people define our culture and always will. We take time out to celebrate each other, and acknowledge the value that each of us adds towards our greater mission. Come share all you have to offer.
We are learners – Every team member is continually learning, no matter if we've been in a role for one year or much longer. We are committed to learning and implementing what is best for our clients, partners, and each other.
Benefits & Perks
Our benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support and enrich the experience of our full-time employees, with eligibility limited to those in permanent positions.
- Compensation: competitive base salary & annual bonus opportunity (for non-commissioned roles)
- Benefits: We offer health, dental, and vision coverage starting on day 1. We also offer a 401(k) plan and an equity program, with new hire equity grants beginning at the Director level and above.
- Flexible location: Remote workdays and 3 days a week of in-office collaboration for team members in the Philadelphia area. Check location requirements with the recruiting team.
- Generous PTO: Take time off as needed, targeted at 4 weeks per year, including vacation, personal and sick time, plus paid parental leave.
- Parental Leave: 12 weeks paid leave for childbearing, surrogacy, and adoption; 6 weeks for non-childbearing parents.
- Comprehensive and individualized onboarding: mentorship program, departmental talks, and a library of resources are available beginning day 1 for each new team member to minimize the stress of starting a new job
- Professional development: biweekly 1:1s, hands-on leadership that is goal-and growth-oriented for each team member, and an annual budget to support professional development pursuits
We believe incorporating different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds make us stronger and encourages an environment where ageism, racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia or any other form of discrimination are not tolerated. All qualified job applicants will be given consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability. At HealthVerity, we’re working towards an innovative and connected future for healthcare data and believe the future is better together. We can only do that if everyone has a seat at the table.
If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]
Remote opportunities are not available in all areas and require team members to work from a fixed location due to tax and labor law implications - specific questions about remote positions can be discussed during the interview process with your recruiter.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering
- 3+ years of experience leading, managing, and motivating engineering teams, ideally in hybrid or distributed environments
- Strong background in cloud-native infrastructure using AWS services, including S3, EMR, Lambda, ECS, or EventBridge
- Deep understanding of Databricks, Spark, and scalable data pipeline architectures
- Deep understanding of cloud resource optimization and FinOps best practices
- Experience managing platform operations at scale while ensuring security, reliability, and compliance
- Experience with platform observability, system performance optimization, and automation
- Experience with availability and capacity management and planning
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tooling, including Terraform, Helm, or GitHub Actions
- Coding ability in Python and SQL
- Familiarity with containerized and serverless architectures
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
What We Do
Pharmaceutical manufacturers, payers and government organizations have partnered with HealthVerity to solve some of their most complicated use cases through transformative technologies and real-world data infrastructure. The HealthVerity IPGE platform, based on the foundational elements of Identity, Privacy, Governance and Exchange, enables the discovery of RWD across the broadest healthcare data ecosystem, the building of more complete and accurate patient journeys and the ability to power best-in-class analytics and applications with flexibility and ease. Together with our partners, HealthVerity has built the modern way to data for the health insights economy.
