New

Engineering Manager

United States

About Dimagi

Dimagi is an award-winning social enterprise and a certified B Corp and Benefit Corporation.

Dimagi is more than a tech company. We are an impact-first team of compassionate people from all parts of the world and all walks of life, dedicated to using business as a force for good in global health and development. We are passionate about how we are contributing to social impact while fostering a culture that prioritizes work-life balance.  

Dimagi’s flagship product, CommCare, is the most widely-deployed open-source digital platform for frontline workers. Serving as the technology backbone in the world's hardest-to-reach places, it empowers governments and organizations to build customized applications for their service delivery workforces. Frontline workers across 130+ countries rely on CommCare to reach underserved populations - whether they are delivering life-saving vaccines, tracking disease outbreaks, or caring for mothers and newborns.

About the role

Dimagi is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the core CommCare team - the powerhouse that builds, runs, and scales our flagship platform. This is a high-impact, hybrid role that blends team management with technical systems and delivery responsibilities. You will be required to structure your working hours to have 4 hours of daily overlap in the morning US Eastern Time (ET).

In this role,  you will manage a talented, globally distributed team of software engineers working across CommCare's web and mobile platforms. Because this team is deeply experienced and autonomous, your focus won't be on micromanaging; your mission is to empower them, cultivate culture, and help these engineers continue to grow in their careers.

You will also partner directly with our Senior Director of Product & Technology, Senior Director of Engineering, and Product Designer to ensure our current processes operate at peak efficiency, while driving new initiatives from scoping through delivery. This ranges from ensuring we’re shipping game-changing product features on schedule to maintaining robust compliance standards that keep our impactful platform healthy and secure. 

This role will report to the Senior Director of Product & Technology. 

Responsibilities

Team Management

  • Mentorship & Growth: Manage and support a distributed team of roughly six software engineers across our product, platform, and mobile, providing dedicated coaching through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and structured growth planning.
  • Operating Rhythm: Design, run, and continuously improve the team's workflows, including sprint ceremonies, retrospectives, and release planning.
  • Culture & Engagement: Actively foster team engagement and interpersonal connection by building a supportive environment through purposeful, collaborative meetings and events.

Technical Systems & Delivery

  • Automation Best Practices: Adaptively build and evolve best practices for the team’s automation initiatives, including AI usage, in day-to-day workflows and code contributions, towards the goal of freeing up time for our talented team to pursue meaningful new projects.
  • Roadmap & Infrastructure: Work with leaders to drive the engineering roadmap and manage infrastructure upgrades, balancing feature delivery against tech debt and performance investments.
  • Product Partnership & Delivery: Partner closely with product leaders, including the Senior Director of Product & Technology and Product Designer, to scope, plan, and deliver on initiatives, including running sprint ceremonies.
  • Security & Compliance: Maintain rigorous tech compliance, including managing recurring SOC 2 processes as well as overseeing security testing and audits.
  • Execution & Communication: Across all of these areas, track progress through key performance indicators, proactively unblock engineers, and communicate risks and trade-offs to stakeholders early and clearly.

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience managing software engineers.
  • Track record of owning roadmaps and shipping on time.
  • Familiarity with writing specs, running sprint ceremonies, and partnering with product leadership.
  • Strong operational instincts, including noticing when a process is broken and fixing it.
  • Thoughtful, coaching approach to career development.
  • Empathetic leadership skills, including experience effectively resolving frictions and unblocking engineers to foster a supportive, productive work environment.
  • Clear, concise written communication. 
  • Experience working in async, globally distributed teams.
  • Comfortable in technical conversations about components relevant to CommCare’s stack, such as Python/Django, Postgres, Android, AWS or similar.
  • Eagerness to talk to users and customers and let that direct experience shape how you and the team work.

Bonus Skills

  • Past experience working as a software engineer or similar technical role.
  • Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar security/compliance frameworks.
  • Android release management experience.
  • Background working in global development, social impact, or grassroots initiatives.
  • Background working with mission-driven software, including CommCare, Open Data Kit, SurveyCTO, DHIS2, or other platforms. 

Benefits and Compensation

We aim to make a difference, not just as a company but also as an employer. We are transparent about salaries at all levels of the organization and have a standard, global pay scale for all positions. Our salaries are cost of living adjusted and non-negotiable. The estimated salary range for this position is USD 90,501 to USD 142,423 annually. Your final salary within the range will be dependent on where you are geographically based and might fall outside of this estimated range. 

The benefits we offer are geared towards having a strong impact on our staff’s well-being. A few of our key benefits are outlined below:

  • 100% employer-sponsored medical insurance paired with a generous Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) fund
  • Access to voluntary dental and vision insurance plans
  • A 401K plan with up to a 4% employer match
  • Employee stock option plan
  • 30 days paid time off inclusive of holidays
  • Unlimited sick time and excellent parental leave policy
  • Access to a flex-time policy that allows employees to work based on a flexible work schedule
  • Professional Development Benefit
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through ComPsych

Please Note: Dimagi is unable to consider candidates who require sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future for this role.

EEO Employer/Veteran/Disabled

Dimagi is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to providing a work environment that is inclusive and free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process for a posted position, please contact us at 617-604-2123 or send an email to accommodations@dimagi.com detailing your request.

Create a Job Alert

Interested in building your career at Dimagi? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in Dimagi’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.