Job Description:
Senior Director of Engineering – Healthcare AI & Innovation
Overview
- We are seeking a visionary Senior Director of Engineering to lead our R&D and software engineering teams as we build AI-enhanced healthcare solutions. This role requires a strategic, hands-on engineering leader with deep experience in intelligent automation, and managing distributed engineering organizations. You will be responsible for elevating engineering excellence, driving AI-first innovation, and enabling measurable improvements in productivity and product quality.
Strategic Technology Leadership
- Define and execute an engineering strategy aligned with our AI-first, automation-focused healthcare mission.
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams across application engineering, R&D/AI innovation, and DevOps/infra.
- Drive modernization and innovation within a .NET, C#, React, Oracle-based architecture.
- Partner with Product leadership to translate roadmap priorities into scalable, maintainable engineering plans.
- Build a long-term technology vision focused on reliability, usability, and intelligent automation.
AI, Automation & R&D Innovation
- Lead R&D initiatives for AI-driven insights, workflow automation, decision support, and productivity tools.
- Oversee prototyping, experimentation, and rapid iteration for AI-enhanced features.
- Guide integration of AI/ML capabilities into the product in partnership with Product.
- Support model operationalization using practical, lightweight deploy/monitor frameworks.
- Ensure AI capabilities meet healthcare requirements around accuracy, auditability, privacy, and compliance.
Engineering Operations & Metrics
- Implement engineering KPIs: velocity, cycle time, defect rate, MTTR, release stability, and code quality.
- Build dashboards to track engineering productivity, release predictability, and quality trends.
- Drive improvements in CI/CD automation, test automation, environment consistency, and DevEx.
- Champion automation across build, test, deployment, and maintenance operations.
Architecture, Software Quality & Reliability
- Set high standards for code quality, maintainability, performance, and test coverage.
- Strengthen architectural governance within a monolithic or modular .NET architecture.
- Drive modernization and technical debt reduction.
- Ensure secure and compliant development aligned with HIPAA, SOC 2, and healthcare data standards.
Distributed Team Leadership & Culture
- Build and inspire distributed engineering teams across time zones.
- Promote collaboration, async communication, and strong remote culture.
- Mentor engineering leaders and grow a r