Director of Engineering

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Position Overview:

The Director, Engineering leads and drives success with our Engineering team and is responsible for driving software and or data management solutions that are aligned with a focus on making sure our solutions work optimally within the various IT environments present in healthcare institutions.

Primary Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Oversees people leadership for their Engineering teams, with a focus on executing on strategy and allocating resources to maximize performance.
• Responsible for managing performance, developing talent, and creating succession plans within their team(s) for long-term team success
• Manages performance, has authority to hire and terminate employees, and makes compensation recommendations for managers, supervisors, and/or individual contributors
• Lead data preparation and transformation teams using in-depth knowledge of databases & healthcare domains
• Ability to lead complex software development projects
• Oversees and/or participates in critical cross-functional initiatives related to data management and data analysis
• Develops, designs, and maintains standards, procedures, and processes for improving the accuracy and depth of company data
• Actively contributes to team leadership level efforts to improve scale and operational excellence across their area of Engineering
  • Lead engineering teams using in-depth knowledge of APIs, databases, and other engineering systems in the healthcare domain
• Possess high levels of skill in relevant engineering disciplines and technologies to make design and implementation decisions for complex software projects
• Ability to lead large and complex software development projects simultaneously
• Oversees and/or participates in critical cross-functional initiatives related to application engineering, data analysis, and integration
• Develops, designs, specifies, and maintains standards, procedures, frameworks, and processes for improving the accuracy and depth of company data
• Actively contributes to team leadership level efforts to improve scale and operational excellence across their area of Engineering
• Designs, implements, and maintains quality control standards for collection and maintenance of data and development and implementation of accuracy and performance metrics
• Collaborates with stakeholders and provides subject matter expertise on implementation, use, and compliance of data
• Evangelize best practices and engineering principles among their Engineering teams
• Prepares for and participates in audits and other process compliance activities, and performs gap analysis to identify where data engineering operations are not being optimized
• Develops and leads short and long-term plans for implementing and managing operational improvements for their teams in alignment with department goals and strategy

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 12 + years if software Development
• Ability to lead complex software development projects
• Provide direction for one or more Engineering teams simultaneously
• Provide key inputs and participation in department planning to meet company goals
• Competence with modern front-end development technologies (Angular, React, Vue, Gatsby, etc.).
• Competence with modern API development technologies (Node, Spring, Java, GraphQL, etc.)
• Proficiency with distributed processing (Lambda, Elastic Search, etc.)
• AWS experience is preferred.
• Experience in engineering solutions for large scale, highly available and mission-critical application systems.
• Experience in healthcare enterprise engineering is preferred.
• Experience designing and supporting software applications and understanding of the entire application development life cycle.
• Ability to establish engineering practices and train teams in following them.
• Experience scrubbing/masking sensitive data in non-Production database environments is a plus.
• Knowledge of application security best practices and hardening enterprise applications to secure against malicious users.
• Exposure and working knowledge of reporting, business intelligence and data wrangling tools
• Proficiency with developing web browser applications and mobile applications.
• Ability to assess and address data quality concerns
• Ability to translate data findings into actionable recommendations and process improvements
• Ability to comply with and enforce company data management policies and standards
• Ability to review workload, set priorities, and manage time to complete tasks and meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively, able to work independently.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and willingness to learn and expand knowledge.
• Ability to communicate technical information and standards to non-technical audiences
• Ability to train and coach employees on processes, policies, standards, and data quality metrics

Salary range:
$163, $173,000.00

Bonus Eligible:

This position is also eligible for a discretionary company bonus, based upon business results.

Benefits:

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in the company sponsored benefit programs, including the following within the first 12 months of employment:

Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision coverage)

Paid Time Off (including vacation, sick leave, and flexible holiday days)

401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching

Life and Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Commuter and/or Transit Benefits (if applicable)

Eligibility for specific benefits may vary based on job classification, schedule (e.g., full-time vs. part-time), work location and length of employment.