Engineering Manager CAD Applications

Dandy is transforming the massive and antiquated dental industry—an industry worth over $200B. Backed by some of the world’s leading venture capital firms we’re on an ambitious mission to simplify and modernize every function of the dental practice through technology. As we expand our reach globally Dandy is building the operating system for dental offices around the world—empowering clinicians and their teams with technology innovation and world-class support to achieve more for their practices their people and their patients.

We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the CAD Applications team focused on building Dandy’s next-generation 3D design application for implant restorations. This role provides hands-on management support aligned with our distributed workforce and time zones while driving the technical and delivery outcomes of a high-impact 3D product team. This is a product driven team managing 3D design software and viewers that drive exciting experiences for internal and external customers. This work will play a critical role in achieving our product roadmap over the next 12 months and bring some of our highest stakes research bets into full fledged production.

You’ll manage and grow a team of 3D software engineers set technical direction and partner closely with product fixed/removable CAD teams and implant stakeholders to ship reliable scalable tools that meet our cost turnaround time and manufacturing integration goals.

• Lead coach and develop a high-performing team of CAD/3D engineers through 1:1s career development code reviews and technical guidance

• Own day-to-day execution across core CAD initiatives with clear priorities sprint hygiene and predictable delivery

• Drive system architecture application design and overall technical strategy for the 3D implant design application

• Maintain strong stakeholder alignment with the Implant Product Owner and other CAD product teams

• Provide clear communication and updates across engineering product and operations

• Model high-quality engineering standards and promote a culture of robust maintainable high-performance code

• Partner with recruiters on headcount planning hiring and interview processes

• Lead occasional 3–6 month tiger-team initiatives when capacity allows

• 4+ years of experience effectively managing high performing software teams to achieve ambitious product outcomes

• Strong engineering fundamentals and experience shipping user-facing applications

• Strong product sense and a dedication to making customer pleasing experiences

• Knowledge of object oriented design principles

• Experience with cross platform code - web server and desktop applications

• Comfortable defining and reviewing architecture system design and application design decisions

• Experience working directly with recruiters to develop and drive the recruiting pipeline and processes (including interviewing)

• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

• Experience in profiling debugging and testing complex systems

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience or education

• Full Stack JavaScript/TypeScript

• 3D / Dental Experience

• Worked in a cloud-based environment (GCP AWS or Azure)

• Experience working directly with cross functional development teams

For full-time positions Dandy offers a wide range of best-in-class comprehensive and inclusive benefits tailored to each country where we operate. Our local benefits packages typically include healthcare dental mental health support parental planning resources retirement savings options and generous paid time off—ensuring our team members are supported no matter where they live and work.

Dandy is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates authenticity to win as one. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation age marital status disability protected veteran status citizenship or immigration status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Dandy also fully complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to embracing challenges and creating an accessible inclusive workplace for all individuals. If you require any accommodations for your interview or have any questions beforehand rest assured that we will do everything we can to meet your needs. Visit Dandy Careers for more!

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What We Do

Dandy is transforming the massive ($400B) but antiquated dental industry. Backed by some of the world's leading venture capital investors we’re building custom end-to-end precision software and manufacturing from the ground up to provide high-quality consistent and affordable restorations to our doctors and their patients. 2 million people already have a Dandy product in their mouth and that number is rapidly growing.

Why Work With Us

At Dandy we move fast—learning growing and tackling big challenges alongside the smartest most driven teammates. We embrace discomfort knowing growth happens outside our comfort zones.

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