Director, Software Development Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Oversee the engineering team tasked with developing and expanding DeepHealth’s platform and products.

• Formulate the technical strategy, architectural decisions, engineering vision, technical roadmap, and platform strategy.

• Guide the architecture and design for intricate distributed systems, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and secure.

• Set engineering standards, processes, best practices, and operational excellence.

• Manage engineering delivery, system uptime, and technical debt.

• Collaborate with Product Management to implement the product roadmap and convert business requirements into engineering plans.

• Propel agile delivery and ensure high-quality releases that comply with regulatory and compliance standards.

• Work alongside Clinical, Data Science, Design, Product, Operations, Commercial, and executive leadership teams.

• Establish engineering KPIs and OKRs while effectively communicating technical concepts to senior stakeholders and the Board.

• Promote innovation in tooling, automation, and the adoption of AI/ML.

• Recruit, retain, develop, supervise, coach, and assess engineering talent across various disciplines.

• Define team structures, roles, career ladders, performance frameworks, and onboarding programs.

• Allocate and prioritize workloads, track progress, adjust resources, and manage deadlines.

• Conduct performance reviews, offer feedback and development plans, and implement improvement strategies when necessary.

• Encourage technical excellence, accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and a positive work atmosphere.

• Assess emerging technologies and make build-versus-buy decisions.

• Contribute to the company's strategy, culture, and executive decision-making.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field is required.

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership positions.

• Ideally experienced in SaaS, health tech, or regulated industries.

• Proven history of building and scaling distributed software systems and high-performing engineering teams.

• In-depth knowledge of AWS, GCP, or Azure; microservices; APIs; and contemporary DevOps/CI-CD practices.

• Capability to engage in code and architecture reviews, as well as executive-level roadmap discussions.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong analytical mindset leveraging engineering metrics, system performance data, and business outcomes.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous setting.

• Excellent program management abilities and the capacity to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Experience with platforms such as GitHub, Jira, PagerDuty, Datadog, or similar tools.

• Familiarity with working in HIPAA-compliant environments.

• Knowledge of HL7 and FHIR is an advantage.

• Ability to adhere to employment laws, company policies, data privacy, compliance, safety, and confidentiality standards.

• Regular attendance and punctuality as per DeepHealth guidelines.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10%.

• Capability to meet the stated physical demands and occasionally lift up to 10 pounds.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote working environment.

• Domestic / international travel up to 10%.

• Culture of professional development and continuous learning.

• Psychological safety and inclusive collaboration.

• Performance feedback and development plans.