Software Engineering Manager | AU

Why join us?💙 Do work that matters. We’re pioneering AI technologies that help raise the standard of healthcare for millions of people every day. 🌏 Well-funded and global, backed by world-class investors including Aware Super, Blackbird Ventures, Skip Capital and Horizons Ventures. Harrison.ai’s total capital raised to date exceeds US$240 million. 🌟Work with a bunch of awesome, genuine people who are passionate about what they do. 💻 Flexible and remote-friendly working 🚀Make a real impact. You won’t be another ‘cog in the wheel’ here. We give full trust and autonomy for you to be heard, to work on the big hairy projects – and to make a real difference. 🌱Grow your career with us. We’re big believers in lifelong learning. You’ll be given a $1000 personal L&D budget, plus opportunities for internal mobility to grow your career. 🙌 Market-leading parental support including 16 weeks gender-neutral paid parental leave and $10,000 support for egg or sperm freezing. About Your Role As a Software Engineering Manager at Annalise.ai, you are responsible for leading a team of engineers based throughout Australia. You will be accountable for people, process and technology aspects, as well as building and fostering a high performing, global engineering culture. You are accountable for enabling agility, continuous improvement of our process and product, and working closely with product managers and project managers to influence the direction of our product. You will empower your team to achieve their goals, coach them in their professional development and play a pivotal role in driving key project outcomes and milestones. What You'll Do

• Lead and support a team of engineers, helping them grow in their careers through regular feedback, mentorship, and performance development,
• Partner with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to translate company strategy into team-level direction and technical roadmaps,
• Drive team health and engineering culture, cultivating psychological safety, collaboration, and ownership,
• Foster a diverse, collaborative and global organisational culture,
• Motivate the the team to deliver and achieve project milestones in a timely manner,
• Identify and grow future leaders within the team, creating space for autonomy and ownership,
• Navigate and guide the team through organizational changes, helping minimize disruption and maintain focus on impact,
• Advocate for engineering best practices, process improvements, and a sustainable delivery pace,
• Hire, onboard, and integrate new engineers while maintaining a strong team dynamic,
• Own and improve team rituals, including planning, standups, retros, and goal setting,
• Interact with customers, understand their needs, and drive feasibilities, product features enabling solutions of high customer value, and
• Champion talent retention, listening actively to team needs, removing blockers, and ensuring engineers feel empowered and fulfilled.

What You Bring

• A minimum of 3 years as a Software Engineering Manager or equivalent experience leading high performing engineering teams,
• Demonstrated success leading teams through change, ambiguity, or scale-ups within a global organisation,
• Previous experience building and maintaining complex products,
• Technical depth to support engineers and collaborate effectively with tech leads and architects (hands-on experience not required but a plus).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong ability to build trust across all levels, across technical and non-technical teams,
• A coaching mindset with a focus on people-first leadership and team empowerment,
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to align team output with business priorities.
• Experience with standard Agile software practices, Scrum, CI/CD pipelines, Git,
• Expertise managing projects using tools like Jira; collaborating using tools like Confluence, and
• Experience in hiring and building diverse, inclusive, and resilient teams.

Nice To Have (but Not Essential)

• Experience in Healthcare domain and in product development companies, building SaMD (Software as a Medical device) and/or SiMD (Software in a Medical Device),
• Basic technical exposure to AI and associated technologies ( TensorFlow, Pytorch),
• Broad technology background with exposure in Python; Node.js/Typescript, Docker, Cloud technologies,
• Experience with medical imaging and associated technologies (e.g. DICOM, FHIR, HL7), and
• Experience in a start-up or scale-up environment.

What We’re About   We're problem solvers, redefining what’s possible in healthcare through AI Technology. Our mission is to urgently scale global healthcare capacity, using AI automation to elevate the care clinicians can provide. The end goal is to raise the standard of healthcare for millions of patients every day. Yes, we’re a technology company and yes, we’re leveraging the latest AI technologies, but people are at the heart of everything we do. Since 2019, Harrison.ai and its ventures have scaled rapidly to 200+ employees worldwide with Harrison.ai’s total capital raised to date exceeding US$240 million. Our AI software has helped to create more lives through IVF, as well as enabling faster, more accurate diagnosis of medical images via our Annalise.ai suite of products. Soon, we’ll be helping with early cancer detection in pathology though our newest joint venture, Franklin.ai. And we’re just getting started. A role with Harrison.ai means you’ll be a part of our unique model – giving you access and opportunity to do impactful work across a range of healthcare domains. Help us shape the future of AI in healthcare. And most importantly, help us make a real difference in people’s lives. What's next? If you’re inspired by what we're up to, please apply now and we'll be in touch soon.   We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity’s not a buzzword here, it’s in our DNA. Diverse perspectives shape our culture and make our work better. We’re committed to building inclusive teams that represent a variety of backgrounds and skills. We look forward to hearing from you.