Director of Engineering

HealthEdge; Thiruvananthapuram; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthEdge in Thiruvananthapuram is seeking a Director of Software Product Engineering to shape strategy and drive execution across our Healthcare Payer product portfolio. You will manage multiple engineering groups, own end-to-end delivery of scalable SaaS platforms, and cultivate a high-performance engineering culture.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on depth, a track record of using AI to accelerate productivity, and the executive presence to operate across strategy and delivery.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering with 7+ years in leadership.
• Cloud-native architecture experience across AWS/Azure.
• Strong CI/CD, DevSecOps, and modern Agile/SAFe delivery.
• Hands-on GenAI adoption to boost productivity/quality.
• Executive communication and cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead 50–100 engineer organization across payer groups.
• Own multi-year engineering roadmap incl. AI adoption.
• Improve quality via CI/CD, release gates, DORA metrics.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery across products.
• Represent engineering in exec forums and customer briefings.
• Foster ownership, retention, and psychological safety.

Skills

15+ years experience

Cloud-native development

Java/Python/.NET

CI/CD / DevSecOps

GenAI tooling

Executive communication

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Director, Software Product Engineering

Role Summary

We are seeking a Director of Software Product Engineering to lead engineering strategy and execution across our Healthcare Payer product portfolio. You will manage multiple product engineering groups, own end-to-end delivery of highly scalable SaaS platforms, and build a high-performance engineering culture. The ideal candidate brings hands-on technical depth, a track record of using AI to accelerate engineering productivity, and the executive presence to operate seamlessly across strategy and day-to-day delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership: Lead and grow a 50-100 engineer organization across multiple payer product groups, including direct management of Engineering Managers and senior technical leads and architects.
• Technical Strategy: Own the multi-year engineering roadmap — cloud cost optimization, platform consolidation, and AI-assisted engineering adoption.
• Engineering Excellence: Raise the bar on quality through CI/CD standards, robust release gates, and measurable improvements in DORA metrics and defect escape rates.
• Delivery Ownership: Oversee end-to-end delivery across multiple products — feature releases, NFR validation, load testing, and production readiness.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Represent engineering in executive forums, customer briefings, and technical leadership sessions; translate technical risk and trade-offs into clear business narrative.
• People & Culture: Build talent pipelines, drive succession planning, and foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and psychological safety.
• Domain Knowledge (preferred): Hands-on familiarity with healthcare payer workflows — claims, EDI, eligibility, enrolment, and benefits — is a strong plus.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 15+ years in software engineering with 7+ years in engineering leadership; proven track record managing 50+ engineer organizations across multiple product groups in a software product company.
• Technical Depth: Strong architectural grounding in cloud-native development (AWS or Azure); hands‑on background in Java, Python, or .NET; microservices, API design, and event‑driven architectures.
• Engineering Practices: Solid command of CI/CD, DevSecOps, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and modern Agile or SAFe delivery methodologies.
• AI Tooling: Hands‑on adoption of GenAI tooling to improve engineering productivity or quality in a product engineering context.
• Leadership & Communication: Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills; demonstrated ability to lead in matrixed, distributed, or offshore-heavy engineering organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare payer products: claims, EDI, eligibility, enrolment, or benefits — in a health plan, TPA, or payer software company.
• Background in multi-tenant SaaS product development serving health plans or TPAs.