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About Stepful :

Stepful is reimagining allied healthcare training by offering affordable, online, instructor-led, and AI-supported programs that help learners—regardless of background or circumstance—launch high-demand healthcare careers.

In addition to our direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. Our graduates, including Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians, Nurses, and more, form the talent pipelines at major employers like CVS, NY-Presbyterian, HCA, Providence, and Walgreens.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $31.5M Series B led by Oak HC/FT. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025.

We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare careers for those who need them most

Our values :

We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values:

• Care first : We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.

• Learn quickly : We test, learn with data, and iterate.

• Build together : We win when we rely on each other.

• Own it : We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

At Stepful, we’re on a mission to reimagine allied healthcare training by providing affordable, online, instructor-led and AI-enabled education to help learners - especially from underserved communities - launch high-demand healthcare careers on their own terms. In addition to our direct-to-consumer training model, Stepful partners with healthcare institutions to build talent pipelines and career pathways in an effort to mitigate the increasing allied health employee shortage. Our graduates - inclusive of Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and more - go on to work for leading institutions such as CVS, NY-Presbyterian and Walgreens.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital and AlleyCorp, and we recently closed a $31.5M Series B round led by Oak HC/FT. Additionally, TIME named Stepful the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. for 2025.

Stepful unlocks the full potential of the global workforce, improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere.

At Stepful, we attribute much of our success to the high caliber of our team. To that end, we seek to onboard mission-driven individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment, don’t shy away from ambiguity and demonstrate our four company values:

• Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.

• Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate.

• Build together: We win when we rely on each other.

• Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

As an Engineering Manager at Stepful, you’ll lead a team of Product Engineers building the end-to-end experiences that help our students succeed—from enrollment and program completion to landing their first healthcare job. This is a hands‑on management role where you will stay close to the codebase (roughly 20% of your time) while shaping what we build and leading engineers to do the best work of their careers.

• Team Leadership & Development:

• Product Delivery & Collaboration:

• Technical Excellence (Hands-on):

• 2+ years of direct experience managing software engineers.

• 6+ years of experience building software products, with a strong full-stack engineering background.

• A "builder" mentality—you are eager to go deep in code reviews, ask technical questions, and stay involved in architecture.

• Proven experience partnering with Product and Design teams through the full discovery, planning, and execution lifecycle.

• A genuine love for developing others and seeing engineers grow in their careers.

• You have experience at a high-growth startup (B2C, B2B2C, EdTech, or HealthTech).

• You have a track record of improving engineering systems (CI/CD, developer experience, velocity).

• You have experience building and maintaining happy, high-performing engineering teams during periods of rapid scale.

• Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plan options

• 401(k)

• FSA, HSA and commuter benefits

• Open vacation policy, including:

New Hire Base Salary Bands:
Engineering Manager - $172,000-$218,000
Senior Manager - $188,000-$238,000

Please note we do not have a bonus structure at this time so all cash compensation will come in the form of base salary. The total compensation package will also include our benefits package and an equity (ISOs) package.

Compensation for this role will fall within the pay range listed and will be determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications as well as interview evaluation. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

Stepful is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.