Lead Data Engineer

Longitude CGT is seeking a hands-on Lead Engineer to serve as its senior technical leader. The role owns engineering architecture through delivery, builds and leads the engineering team, and establishes the cloud infrastructure, security, and compliance foundation for products used by health systems.

Responsibilities:

• Own technical architecture, cloud infrastructure, and engineering standards across the Longitude CGT platform
• Take complex product areas from ambiguity to secure, reliable, shipped software
• Lead engineering delivery across in-house teams and third-party technology partners
• Own security and compliance readiness, including HIPAA and SOC 2, in partnership with security leadership
• Lead integration and interoperability strategy, including EHR integration with health system partners
• Identify and drive opportunities to apply AI to both the product and the engineering workflow
• Hire, develop, and lead the engineering team, raising the bar for speed and quality
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Implementation, and customer IT teams to support successful delivery and adoption

Requirements:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineers or engineering partners
• Proven track record of taking a product from early stage to scale
• Experience building secure, cloud-based SaaS products in healthcare or another regulated industry
• Experience with healthcare interoperability and EHR integration
• Deep technical expertise, with the ability to review code, lead design discussions, and unblock the team
• Working knowledge of HIPAA and security frameworks such as SOC 2
• Strong hiring, mentoring, and team-building skills
• Clear communicator with technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable working in an ambiguous, fast-moving startup environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred
• Epic integration experience preferred
• Experience building or shipping AI or machine learning features preferred
• Early-stage or founding-team experience at a health tech company preferred