Heidi Health

Engineering Manager, Medical Coding

Heidi Health

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Lead and grow a team of engineers working at the intersection of clinical logic, structured coding, and healthcare automation.
  • Design and maintain systems that produce compliant, audit-ready medical documentation embedded with ICD-10, CPT, and other codes.
  • Collaborate with clinicians, product managers, and medical coders to map real-world clinical workflows into AI-supported automation.
  • Scale infrastructure that surfaces coding and billing insights at the point of care, retrospective coding enrichment, and integration with EHR/billing systems.
  • Own technical architecture decisions for structured data pipelines, medical terminologies, and version-controlled guidelines.
  • Build feedback loops using payer adjudication data and coding accuracy metrics to continuously improve system performance.
  • Ensure compliance with US billing regulations, CMS guidelines, and clinical coding best practices.
  • Foster excellence through mentorship, code reviews, and driving a culture of safety, clarity, and technical quality.

Requirements

  • Engineering leader with 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing teams.
  • Deep familiarity with medical coding systems (ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, SNOMED) and healthcare documentation workflows.
  • Experience building products in healthtech, health insurance, revenue cycle, or EHR-integrated systems.
  • Strong technical background in Python, TypeScript, or Go, and comfort with modern cloud architectures (e.g., AWS, GCP).
  • Knowledge of FHIR, HL7, or other healthcare data standards is a plus.
  • Comfortable working with clinicians, medical coders, and regulatory stakeholders to translate requirements into product decisions.
  • Work Authorization Status options requested on application form; sponsorship requirement question included.