AI-First Software Engineering Leader (VP)

Harris Computer; Nebraska; On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Employee stock ownership

401K and life insurance

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance MEDHOST’s technology and AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. You will build high-performing teams, translate business strategy into technology priorities, and drive AI-first initiatives across AI-DLC and products.

With 15+ years in technology, you will shape modernization efforts, lead cross-functional collaboration with product, security, and operations, and mentor executives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline
• 15+ years of progressive technology experience including 8+ years of progressive software engineering leadership experience and 5+ years in senior leadership roles leading large software engineering organizations.
• 3-5+ years’ experience with EHR and healthcare software environments
• Demonstrated success leading modernization and software platform transformation initiatives
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering practices, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, and enterprise architecture
• Proven experience implementing AI and machine learning capabilities within enterprise products and AI-DLC workflows
• Strong understanding of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI frameworks, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), AI orchestration, and AI governance
• Experience working within highly regulated industries and navigating complex security, privacy, and compliance requirements
• Experience with Claude, OpenAI technologies, Microsoft Co-Pilot and AWS Bedrock a plus
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing technology investment portfolios and business cases
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale high-performance engineering organizations

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing software engineering organization accountable for product delivery, technology evolution, security, reliability, and operational outcomes
• Improve delivery predictability, developer productivity, software quality, resiliency, scalability, and cost effectiveness while balancing innovation, modernization, and commitments
• Partner closely with executive leadership, product management, operations, and security to translate business strategy into executable technology priorities and investment decisions
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure strategic progress, software engineering effectiveness, AI adoption, and business impact
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create competitive advantage through innovation
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology and AI-related opportunities, risks, and industry trends
• Execute the organization's AI-first transformation strategy across products, software engineering, and AI-DLC with a prioritized roadmap tied to measurable business and customer outcomes
• Execute and continue to evolve the R&D department’s AI-DLC strategy incorporating industry best practices and new technology innovation to continue to increase engineering and process efficiencies through AI technology
• Drive incorporation of AI-powered experiences into customer-facing products and enterprise workflows
• Oversee planning, execution, governance, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation for strategic technology and AI initiatives across the product portfolio
• Stay current on industry advancements across models, agent orchestration, best practices and other emerging technology innovations
• Execute and evolve MEDHOST’s technology strategy and architecture roadmap aligned with corporate objectives, product priorities, and customer needs
• Lead modernization of legacy applications, cloud platforms, API’s, and AI capabilities using advances in architecture and engineering approaches
• Drive improvements in software delivery performance, quality, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Govern technology standards and investment priorities; identifying opportunities where AI and emerging technologies can create measurable differentiation and operating leverage

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI strategy

Cloud platforms

Enterprise architecture

APIs & microservices

Distributed systems

Security & compliance

AI governance

Generative AI & LLMs

AI orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT

Tools

Claude

OpenAI

Microsoft Copilot

AWS Bedrock

Job description

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance MEDHOST’s technology and AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. You will build high-performing teams, translate business strategy into technology priorities, and drive AI-first initiatives across AI-DLC and products.

With 15+ years in technology, you will shape modernization efforts, lead cross-functional collaboration with product, security, and operations, and mentor executives