Engineering Manager

About Vumedi:

Vumedi is the largest video education platform for doctors worldwide, dedicated to advancing medical education through innovative video-based learning. Our mission is to empower healthcare professionals by providing them with access to the latest clinical knowledge and surgical techniques from experts around the globe. We curate a vast library of high-quality educational content, enabling users to enhance their skills, stay informed about industry trends, and improve patient outcomes. We are headquartered in Oakland, CA, and have additional offices in Minneapolis, MN, and Zagreb, Croatia.

We're hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the development of our digital platform and products at this critical stage of Vumedi’s growth. 

Why join Vumedi right now?

• Build technology that matters in a fast-scaling Silicon Valley digital healthcare company: Your work directly impacts how doctors across the world learn and make decisions that save lives.
• Grow as we grow: Be part of a company in an accelerated growth phase, where expanding teams, products, and markets create real opportunities for ownership, leadership, and career progression.
• Build with AI: Work on applied LLM systems - from intelligent search to AI-driven content agents - and shape how AI transforms medical knowledge delivery.
• Own your craft end-to-end: Take full responsibility for building systems that scale globally and power mission-critical workflows.
• Collaborate globally: Join a world-class team of passionate engineers on modern tech stack which will further drive your career development.
• Have real product impact: Influence the direction of product development by collaborating closely with product and leadership teams.

About the role:

As an Engineering Manager you will collaborate with your team to work on the video technology platform. Your time will probably be divided between recruiting for your team, developing strong and productive relationships with them and the stakeholders, and networking both inside and beyond the organization. You will work closely with partner teams including Product, providing and receiving feedback effectively and aligning on shared deliverables as needed.

What you will do:

• Hold regular 1:1 meetings; show support, give encouragement, and help your team members to further develop their technical and professional skills
• Make process suggestions for achieving team goals
• Be a role model; set the tone through own actions in creating an environment where ideas can be shared, questions can be asked, and individuals are accountable for their own actions
• Recruit high-impact people
• Assign tasks to help your team meet their career development plans
• Participate in the performance review process; recognize and reward other’s work accomplishments
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software engineering to drive innovation within the team and the company
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define product requirements
• Be an active member of the wider engineering community; share knowledge through community talks and help with brand visibility

Who you are:

Required Qualifications

• You have 10+ years of experience in the web development industry
• You have 5+ years experience and success leading engineering teams and you’ve done hiring, managing performance, supported your team members career development, and provided coaching
• You have excellent communication skills so you’re able to motivate and inspire people
• You can effectively hire and retain a successful team
• You’re goal oriented; you’re able to focus and guide others in accomplishing their work objectives
• You are thoughtful and emphatic leader and so you can effectively partner with others in the organization
• You are adaptive and know how to choose an approach appropriate for the moment
• You understand how to give and receive supportive, constructive feedback 
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or similar

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in dynamic startup-like environments
• Experienced growth from early stage to a mature business
• Nice to have: familiarity with Django or other modern Python web frameworks, as well as familiarity with modern JavaScript/TypeScript stacks

You can expect:

The base salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors, including but not limited to skills and scope required, unique relevant experience, and job-related skills.

Cash salary is but one component of our compensation package. It’s inclusive of base salary, education budget, supplemental health insurance, free meals allowance, work from an alternative workplace allowance, occasional awards - Christmas bonus, and an annual bonus.

We also offer stock options as part of our compensation package, giving you the opportunity to share in the long-term success and growth of the company.

This is a hybrid role, working 3 days a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) in our Zagreb office.