Director Software Dev Engineer

DeepHealth is hiring a Director of Software Development Engineering to lead the engineering organization building and scaling its platform and products. The role sets technical strategy and architecture, drives product delivery and engineering excellence, and develops teams in partnership with product, clinical, data science, and business leaders.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Requirements:

• 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)