Director, Software Engineering
On-sitePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Lead and develop a team of software engineers through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development planning. Provide technical leadership by participating in architecture reviews, design discussions, and engineering decision-making while establishing standards that promote scalability, maintainability, security, and reliability. Partner with Product Management and business stakeholders to define roadmaps, prioritize investments, and deliver customer-focused solutions. Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on engineering effectiveness, software quality, operational excellence, and delivery predictability. Develop and maintain key metrics to measure team and platform performance. Represent Engineering in customer discussions, escalations, and executive planning activities as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Experience leading software engineering teams responsible for delivering enterprise-scale software applications and platforms
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, microservices, APIs, and modern software development practices
- Experience operating software in cloud-based production environments with responsibility for reliability, scalability, observability, and security
- Experience leading technical design reviews and guiding architecture decisions across complex systems
- Experience partnering with Product Management and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical strategies and execution plans
- Experience building, coaching, and developing engineering talent
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with Java, C#, Scala, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future
Desired Qualifications
- Preferred experience in healthcare technology, HL7, FHIR, patient flow, or healthcare operations
- Strong understanding of software development methodologies, engineering life cycles, and organizational scaling practices
- Ability to translate business strategy into technical direction and executable engineering plans
- Ability to influence senior leadership and drive outcomes through collaboration
- Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
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