Director of Engineering - AI-Driven Health Tech

Harnham; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Job summary

Harnham is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering team during a rapid growth phase in healthcare technology. The role centers on shaping the engineering organization, platform strategy, and culture to improve disease detection and patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will architect scalable backend systems, establish CI/CD and observability practices, and contribute hands-on to critical initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering and leadership experience is required.
• Hands-on development background with focus on modern cloud platforms.
• Expertise in Python, React, and building scalable backend architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and scale backend systems, applications, and cloud infrastructure.
• Establish engineering best practices: CI/CD, testing, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to production code and lead complex technical initiatives, including AI-assisted development.
• Support hiring efforts and help scale the engineering organization as the business grows.

Skills

Leadership

Python

React

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Observability

Production code

AI-assisted development

Hiring & team growth

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Harnham is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a high-performing engineering team during a rapid growth phase in healthcare technology. The role centers on shaping the engineering organization, platform strategy, and culture to improve disease detection and patient outcomes.

The successful candidate will architect scalable backend systems, establish CI/CD and observability practices, and contribute hands-on to critical initiatives.