Software Engineering Director

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Director Software Engineering based in United States.

The Senior Director Software Engineering will lead a multi-team technology organization responsible for delivering complex software solutions within a healthcare data and payments environment.

• Build, lead, and develop a multi-team engineering organization with clear objectives, outcome-based metrics, strong accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Champion AI-native software delivery by integrating AI tools, automation, intelligent engineering workflows, and appropriate human oversight throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Establish and advance engineering practices that improve development velocity, software quality, maintainability, security, and overall engineering effectiveness.
• Align engineering teams with enterprise architecture, technology governance, shared standards, and technical best practices to promote consistency and high-quality delivery.
• Provide technical and architectural oversight for complex software initiatives, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Direct roadmap execution while managing budgets, timelines, performance measures, organizational priorities, and resource allocation across the engineering function.
• Lead managers and engineering teams across geographically distributed environments, influencing organizational structure and aligning resources to business goals.
• Improve delivery throughput and resource utilization through streamlined processes, automation, DevOps practices, and AI-enabled engineering tools without compromising quality.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Data, Finance, Security, Program Management, IT, and business stakeholders to understand strategic priorities and translate them into actionable engineering plans.
• Drive modernization of development, testing, deployment, and operational practices through automated testing, TDD, CI/CD, DevOps, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Strengthen software reliability and operational performance through effective monitoring, telemetry, incident response, and engineering processes.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain high-performing engineering talent while fostering growth, innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Serve as a senior technology leader and trusted advisor to stakeholders, influencing decisions and promoting engineering best practices and operational excellence.
• Establish and execute short- and long-term objectives while monitoring progress against organizational and business outcomes.
• Complete assigned strategic initiatives, special projects, and other responsibilities as required.

• 10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, including at least 6 years leading engineering teams as a people manager.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Extensive experience designing and delivering complex enterprise software systems using technologies such as Java, React or Angular, microservices, relational and NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms.
• Recent hands-on technical experience and a strong understanding of modern AI-enabled engineering practices.
• Proven success managing multiple engineering teams and managers within complex, distributed, or global software development organizations.
• Strong knowledge of Lean, iterative, and flow-based delivery methodologies, with an emphasis on quality, continuous improvement, and predictable execution.
• Demonstrated experience advancing engineering practices through automated testing, Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery.
• Solid understanding of software operations and DevOps, including reliability engineering, monitoring, telemetry, and incident response.
• Experience leading technology organizations through transformation, modernization, automation, and adoption of emerging engineering practices.
• Strong strategic thinking and execution skills, with the ability to establish priorities and deliver short- and long-term objectives across multiple teams.
• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and technical judgment in complex environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate sophisticated technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience in healthcare or another highly regulated industry, particularly environments involving compliance, security, privacy, and sensitive data, is preferred.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, maintain focus, and make timely decisions in a high-performance environment.

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