Director, Software Dev Engineer
At a glance
Director-level role at DeepHealth. Remote, United States · full-time · $198,000–$260,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Set the engineering direction and architecture for distributed systems, balancing scale, reliability, security and business goals
- Work with product leaders to turn roadmap needs into engineering plans and deliver compliant releases on schedule
- Track delivery, uptime and technical debt, using engineering measures to keep priorities and performance visible
- Hire, coach and review engineers while shaping team structures, career paths and performance expectations
- Coordinate engineering priorities with clinical, data science and design teams, and explain technical trade-offs to executives and the Board
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline
- At least twelve years in software engineering, including five or more years leading engineering teams
- A record of scaling distributed software and building effective engineering organizations
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, microservices, APIs and current DevOps and CI/CD practices
- Experience in HIPAA-compliant settings; familiarity with HL7 or FHIR is a plus
Who this fits
This director-level role suits an engineering leader who can set technical direction while engaging with architecture and code-level decisions. You’ll lead multiple teams and work with product, clinical, data science and executive stakeholders. The role is remote and involves domestic and international travel of up to ten percent.
From the employer
As Director of Software Development Engineering, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for building and scaling DeepHealth’s platform and products. You will drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, and engineering excellence across multiple teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality, reliable software that supports our mission in health technology.
Operating as a strategic partner to product, clinical, and business leadership, you will shape the engineering roadmap, cultivate a strong engineering culture, and build scalable systems and teams. You will also recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent, ensuring strong execution and measurable impact on business outcomes.
Engineering Strategy & Technical Leadership
· Define and drive the multi-year engineering vision, technical roadmap, and platform strategy aligned with business goals
· Lead architecture and design decisions for complex, distributed systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security
· Establish engineering standards, processes, and best practices to drive consistency, quality, and operational excellence
· Own accountability for engineering delivery, system uptime, and technical debt management across the organization
Product Delivery & Engineering Execution
· Partner with Product Management to define and execute the product roadmap, translating business requirements into engineering plans
· Drive agile delivery practices across teams, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases that meet regulatory and compliance standards
· Collaborate closely with Clinical, Data Science, and Design teams to shape technically sound and patient-centered solutions
· Ensure consistency of engineering quality, code review culture, and testing standards across all teams and geographies
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Alignment
· Partner with Product, Clinical, and Data Science leaders to align engineering priorities with company strategy and customer needs
· Communicate technical concepts and trade-offs clearly to non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership and the Board
· Establish engineering KPIs and OKRs, creating transparency and accountability across the organization
· Drive innovation in tooling, automation, and AI/ML adoption to accelerate engineering velocity and product quality
Team Leadership & Organizational Impact
· Recruit, retain, and develop world-class engineering talent across multiple disciplines, including backend, frontend, platform, and data engineering. Ensuring alignment with organizational policies and culture.
· Define engineering team structure, roles, career ladders, and performance frameworks to support growth and retention
· Build scalable engineering onboarding programs and a culture of continuous learning, psychological safety, and inclusive collaboration
· Supervise, coach, and evaluate team members to ensure high performance and professional development.
· Assign and prioritize workloads, monitor progress, and adjust resources to meet deadlines and objectives.
· Set clear goals, conduct regular performance reviews, provide constructive feedback and development plans, and implement improvement plans when needed.
· Foster a positive work environment by resolving conflicts proactively, promoting collaboration and accountability across the team, and maintaining clear communication across the team
Innovation & Engineering Culture
· Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing engineering organization, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
· Champion emerging technologies and evaluate build vs. buy decisions to accelerate innovation responsibly
· Act as a key member of the executive leadership team, contributing to overall company strategy, culture, and decision-making
· Influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across product, operations, commercial, and clinical functions
PLEASE NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of the position described above. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Minimum Qualifications, Education and Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
· 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles, ideally in SaaS, health tech, or regulated industries
· Proven track record of building and scaling distributed software systems and high-performing engineering organizations
· Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, APIs, and modern DevOps/CI-CD practices
· A strategic thinker who’s equally comfortable diving into code, architecture reviews, and executive-level roadmap conversations
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical topics to non-technical audiences
· Strong analytical mindset with experience using engineering metrics, system performance data, and business outcomes to guide decisions
· Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with competing priorities
· Excellent program management skills—able to drive multiple engineering initiatives in parallel with clarity and accountability
· Experience with tools like GitHub, Jira, PagerDuty, Datadog, or similar engineering productivity and observability platforms
· Experience working in HIPAA-compliant environments; familiarity with healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is a plus
Quality Standards
· Communicates, cooperates, and consistently functions professionally and harmoniously with all levels of supervision, co-workers, visitors, and vendors.
· Demonstrates initiative, personal awareness, professionalism and integrity, and exercises confidentiality in all areas of performance.
· Follows all local, regional and country laws concerning employment.
· Follows all DeepHealth policies and procedures.
· Follows data privacy, compliance, safety and confidentiality standards at all times.
· Practices universal safety precautions.
· Promotes good public relations on the phone and in person.
· Adapts and is willing to learn new tasks, methods, and systems.
· Reports to work regularly as scheduled; consistently punctual with respect to working hours, meal and rest breaks, and maintains satisfactory personal attendance in accordance with DeepHealth guidelines.
· Completes job responsibilities in a quality and timely manner.
Travel
This position requires domestic / international travel up to 10%.
Working Environment
Remote
Physical Demands
This position often requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, twisting, reaching with hands and arms, using hands and fingers, handling, or feeling, speaking, listening, and high-level cognitive thinking. Also, must be able to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally.
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Salary range is from $198,000 to $260,000