Director, Software Dev Engineer
Somerville, NJ - USA
Job Summary
As Director of Software Development Engineering you will lead the engineering organization responsible for building and scaling DeepHealths 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
Bachelors 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 whos 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 skillsable 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.
I have read and understand the responsibilities and requirements of the position.
Salary range is from $198000 to $260000
- Somerville Massachusetts United States
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About Company
DeepHealth supercharges your radiology workflows with its cloud-native, radiology AI-infused DeepHealth informatics portfolio.