Engineering Manager
Company: Akido
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: February 19, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Akido builds AI-powered doctors
. Akido is the first AI-native care provider, combining
cutting-edge technology with a nationwide medical network to
address America's physician shortage and make exceptional
healthcare universal. Its AI empowers doctors to deliver faster,
more accurate, and more compassionate care. Serving 500K patients
across California, Rhode Island, and New York, Akido offers primary
and specialty care in 26 specialties—from serving unhoused
communities in Los Angeles to ride-share drivers in New York.
Founded in 2015 (YC W15), Akido is expanding its risk-bearing care
models and scaling ScopeAI, its breakthrough clinical AI platform.
Read more about Akido's $60M Series B. More info at Akidolabs.com.
The Opportunity We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead
a distributed team of 5–7 full-stack, frontend, and backend
engineers. This role is ideal for someone with proven experience
managing engineering teams, who has also thrived as a senior or
principal-level individual contributor in a strong engineering
culture. You will be responsible for guiding technical direction,
driving execution, and ensuring operational excellence while
fostering growth and collaboration across your team and the broader
engineering organization. What You'll Do Lead, mentor, and coach a
team of full-stack, frontend, and backend engineers. Drive delivery
of high-quality, customer-facing product features and improvements.
Provide strong technical oversight through design reviews, code
reviews, and process adherence. Contribute to small coding tasks or
proof-of-concepts as needed. Identify technical risks, areas of
refactoring, and opportunities for improving developer productivity
and software quality. Ensure operational excellence in production,
including reliability, scalability, and performance. Partner with
product, design, and other stakeholders to align priorities and
execution. Recruit, interview, and onboard new engineering team
members, including offshore and nearshore contractors. Influence
and elevate engineering practices across the broader organization,
not just within your direct team. Who You Are 5 years in software
development with recent Senior/Principal-level experience 6 months
of engineering management experience Proven success managing
remote, distributed teams Strong full-stack technical background:
Frontend: React, TypeScript Backend: Node.js, NestJS Infra: AWS,
microservices Experience building core or customer-facing products
High ownership with a track record of delivering complex projects
Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
Strong people leadership: mentoring, coaching, conflict resolution,
team building Ability to set and influence technical best practices
across teams Benefits Remote-first role. Stock-options package
Health benefits include medical, dental and vision 401K Long-term
disability Unlimited PTO Life insurance Paid Leave Program Salary
range $200,000—$250,000 USD Akido Labs, Inc. is an equal
opportunity employer, and we encourage qualified applicants of
every background, ability, and life experience to contact us about
appropriate employment opportunities.
Keywords: Akido, Placentia , Engineering Manager, IT / Software / Systems , Los Angeles, California
