Lead a small engineering team in developing and deploying core product functionality, ensuring high quality and security standards. Collaborate with cross-functional partners while managing and scaling the team effectively.
About Lyra Health
Lyra Health is the leading provider of mental health solutions for employers supporting more than 20 million people globally. The company has delivered 13 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 20 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness and cost efficiency. Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.
About the Role
Lyra is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a small and nimble engineering team. The ideal candidate will be a results-oriented problem-solver with a track record of successful leadership.
This role can be carried out (hybrid) from our Burlingame, CA headquarters, OR remote/virtual (remote candidates must be physically located within the United States).
Responsibilities
- Be a hands-on technical leader for a small and nimble engineering team on designing, developing and deploying core product functionality
- Manage, scale and develop the team.
- Collaborate with key partners including product, data and behavioral health specialists.
- Ensure that best practices are adhered to during all phases of software development and deployment.
- Ensure adherence to the highest quality and security standards.
Qualifications
- 7+ years overall experience including 2+ years management experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in CS, or a related technical field.
- Experience developing enterprise or consumer web applications.
- Excellent communication skills across a diverse range of audiences.
- Demonstrated project management skills.
- Strong bias to action.
- Passionate about Lyra’s mission and transforming mental health.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior startup experience.
- Experience with AI/ML and large language models (LLMs), particularly in applying these technologies to healthcare, personalization, or workflow automation.
Core Competencies
- Technical Leadership: Ability to guide a team in modern engineering practices, architecture decisions, and long-term platform evolution.
- People Management: Skilled at developing, mentoring, and motivating engineers while fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
- Execution & Delivery: Strong focus on outcomes, with a track record of delivering high-quality, secure, and scalable software.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Comfortable working across Product, Data, and Clinical teams to align technical work with business and user needs.
- Strategic Thinking: Balances short-term execution with long-term technical vision to support Lyra’s growth.
- Communication: Clear, concise, and empathetic communicator with diverse stakeholders.
"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed as per the Lyra Health Workforce Privacy Notice. Through this application, to the extent permitted by law, we will collect personal information from you including, but not limited to, your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra. We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and special category data under the UK and EU GDPR. Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary, and if you provide it you consent to Lyra processing it for the purposes as described at the point of collection, for example for diversity and inclusion initiatives. If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form. This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. Outside of the United States, for example in the EU, Switzerland and the UK, you may have the right to request access to, or a copy of, your personal information, including in a portable format; request that we delete your information from our systems; object to or restrict processing of your information; or correct inaccurate or outdated personal information in our systems. These rights may be subject to legal limitations. To exercise your data privacy rights outside of the United States, please contact [email protected]. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice."
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