Manager, Engineering
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 sits at the forefront of a new vertical for Lyra: serving health plans and health systems. You'll also work closely with our Bend Health platform, which extends Lyra's care to children, teens, and families — including new complex care offerings.
Responsibilities
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Be a hands-on technical leader, guiding a small and nimble engineering team in designing, developing, and deploying core product functionality.
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Manage, scale and develop the team.
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Collaborate with key partners including product, data and behavioral health specialists.
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Ensure that best practices are adhered to during all phases of software development and deployment.
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Ensure adherence to the highest quality and security standards.
Qualifications
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7+ years overall experience including 2+ years management experience.
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Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in CS, or a related technical field.
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Experience developing enterprise or consumer web applications.
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Excellent communication skills across a diverse range of audiences.
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Demonstrated project management skills.
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Strong bias to action.
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Passionate about Lyra’s mission and transforming mental health.
Preferred Qualifications
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Familiarity with AI tools and technologies — particularly agentic development and LLMs — and experience applying them to healthcare, personalization, or workflow automation.
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Prior startup experience.
Core Competencies
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Technical Leadership: Ability to guide a team in modern engineering practices, architecture decisions, and long-term platform evolution.
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People Management: Skilled at developing, mentoring, and motivating engineers while fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
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Execution & Delivery: Strong focus on outcomes, with a track record of delivering high-quality, secure, and scalable software.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration: Comfortable working across Product, Data, and Clinical teams to align technical work with business and user needs.
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Strategic Thinking: Balances short-term execution with long-term technical vision to support Lyra’s growth.
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Communication: Clear, concise, and empathetic communicator with diverse stakeholders.
Skills
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- Are you legally authorized to work in the United States for our Company?
- Do you now, or will you in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B visa status, etc.) to work legally for our Company in the United States?
- Are you an employee of Lyra, Bend or an affiliated company (Currently or Previously)?
- If yes to the previous question, please select your affiliation: optional
- If you are a Lyra employee, do you certify you have reviewed the Internal Mobility Policy and meet the requirements? optional
Written answers (4)
- If you selected "other", please share your relationship here optional
- What about Lyra’s mission interests you?
- Please tell us a bit about a project you've worked on that you're most proud of.
- How do you personally strike the right balance between staying technically engaged (e.g., architectural decisions, code quality) and investing time into mentoring, developing, and scaling your engineers?