Director - Product Engineering

Acentra Health; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a visionary Director of Product Engineering to lead the development of high-quality software solutions. This role involves overseeing a talented team, driving technical innovation, and implementing strategies that align with business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in .Net Full Stack development, strong leadership skills, and a passion for modernizing healthcare solutions. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will shape the future of technology in healthcare, ensuring better outcomes for clients and communities alike.

Qualifications

• 18+ years of software engineering experience with 8+ years in leadership.
• In-depth knowledge of .Net technologies and cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute engineering strategy for .Net Full Stack projects.
• Lead product development lifecycle from requirements to deployment.

Skills

.Net

C#

Angular

HTML

JavaScript/TypeScript

AWS/Azure

Microservices

Agile/Scrum

Database Technologies

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Visual Studio

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Location:India/Remote

About the Job:

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Product Engineering with expertise in .Net Full Stack development. In this role, you will oversee the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software products, drive technical innovation, and lead cross-functional engineering teams to achieve organizational objectives.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical expertise, strong leadership skills, and a track record of successfully delivering scalable and secure software solutions.

What you will do:

• Define and execute the vision and roadmap for Product Engineering Excellence organization ensuring alignment with overall business goals of accelerated and high-quality product feature development, maintenance.
• Build, lead a team of talented platform engineers and SQA professionals fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance.
• Develop and implement a robust platform engineering architectural roadmap that is scalable, secure, and dependable.
• Building products solution to reduce administrative burden, lower costs, and enable better care outcomes.
• Implementation of application modernization solutioning which helps to streamline infrastructure by reducing time, cost and effort for end point customer.
• To create a vision of developing the product solutioning for modernizing the healthcare experience for our customers.
• Partner and provide engineering leadership to various product engineering teams to help them build, deliver, and release high quality products in a faster possible and automated development approach.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve.
• Manage budgets and resources to deliver business outcomes.
• Lead cross-disciplinary teams, making hard prioritization choices, and ensuring complete visibility of roadmap, increase adoption of best practices, status, and risk to stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the engineering strategy for .Net Full Stack projects aligned with business goals.
• Technical Oversight: Provide architectural guidance and hands-on expertise in .Net, Angular, HTML, and Visual Studio to develop scalable and maintainable software solutions.
• Product Development: Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Team Management: Build, mentor, and manage high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
• Technology Transformation: Spearhead initiatives to modernize and transform legacy systems into cutting-edge, cloud-native applications.
• Innovation: Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in .Net Full Stack development to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with product management, QA, and other cross-functional teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of projects.
• Process Optimization: Establish and continuously improve engineering best practices, tools, and processes for maximum efficiency and productivity.
• Compliance and Security: Ensure all software solutions adhere to industry standards, security guidelines, and compliance requirements.

Who you are:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 18+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 8 years in a leadership role.

Technical Skills: In-depth knowledge and demonstrable experience in the following technologies and methodologies:

• Strong expertise in .Net technologies, including ASP.Net Core, C#, Web API, Web Services, .Net Framework, #.NET, .NET6+, MVC.NET, or one of Bootstrap, React js, Vue js, JWT, OAuth2, JSON.
• Proficiency in front-end technologies such as Angular, HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Have worked on cloud native applications using AWS/Azure.
• Microservices development and architecture.
• Good to have: MSTest, PL\SQL.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Proficient in database technologies (Oracle/SQL Server, NoSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL databases) and API design.
• Experience with Visual Studio and integrated development environments (IDEs).
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), microservices architecture, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and people skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Leader with an attitude of initiative-taker with excellent people skills.
• Effective time and project management.
• Analytical thinker and a great collaborator. Mindfulness is necessary.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal & critical thinking skills.