Director, Software Engineering, Healthcare Interoperability

Teladoc Health; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible vacation policy

Paid sick leave

Caregiver leave

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Teladoc Health seeks a senior engineering leader who blends strategic leadership with hands-on software excellence, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, healthcare-focused platforms in a fast-paced environment.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectural direction, drive Agile practices, and partner with business stakeholders to turn requirements into epics and stories, advancing our transformative virtual-care ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering or technical leadership with team management.
• Healthcare interoperability expertise with FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR, APIs.
• Proven leadership mentoring engineers while staying technically engaged.
• Lead complex initiatives with cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Product and Architecture.
• Strong cloud-native, distributed systems and event-driven platform experience.
• Experience leading Agile software development teams delivering scalable products.

Responsibilities

• Leads a function within a department and manages exempt contributors.
• Develops plans aligned with department goals and makes key decisions.
• Mentors junior engineers and reviews code quality.
• Fosters collaboration between local and abroad development teams.
• Translates business requirements into epics and stories for the dev team.
• Hands-on application development and optimization.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare technology

Cloud-native architectures

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

API-driven integrations

Hands-on coding

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in STEM

Tools

Ruby

Node.js

Java

Job description

Join the team leading the next evolution of virtual care.

At Teladoc Health, you are empowered to bring your true self to work while helping millions of people live their healthiest lives.

Here you will be part of a high-performance culture where colleagues embrace challenges, drive transformative solutions, and create opportunities for growth. Together, we’re transforming how better health happens.

Summary of Position

This position is a senior management role for a candidate who is motivated to combine the art of leadership with the art of programming. This position requires the capacity to problem solve complicated issues in sophisticated software systems. You will build innovative products with our collaborative, cross-functional teams, drive code quality and foster cross-team collaboration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads a function within a department or business unit.
• Manages exempt individual contributors (typically Advanced/Expert) and/or Managers/Senior Managers.
• Establishes plans for a function to align with overall department or business unit strategic goals and objectives; accountable for making decisions based on these plans.
• Evaluates and implements ideas for improvements to processes, products, and services in line with department or business unit strategy.
• Frequently interacts with a network of senior level internal and external stakeholders to negotiate, resolve conflicts and build consensus.
• Responsible for the development of talent within area of responsibility.
• Provide oversight, mentoring, guidance, and review code quality.
• Foster collaboration between local and abroad development teams to drive consistency across all departments.
• Review and analyze software operations to identify areas of potential modifications and improvements.
• Advocate, evangelize and implement modern software engineering & agile best practices.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into epics / stories / sub-tasks for the development team.
• Hands-on application development and optimization.
• Document product requirements and create architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with systems/platforms.
• Manage a team and mentor the junior engineers.
• Receive business requirements from partners and drive engineering process to estimate, manage expectations and deliver on commitments.
• Represent the IT point of view in meetings with internal and external stakeholders as needed.

The time spent on each responsibility reflects an estimate and is subject to change dependent on business needs.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Yes.

Qualifications Expected for Position

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, healthcare technology, or related technical leadership roles, with progressive responsibility leading teams and complex technical initiatives.
• Deep healthcare interoperability expertise, including hand-on experience with FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR, API-driven integrations, EHR/EMR ecosystems, and clinical data exchange platforms.
• Proven leadership experience, with a track record of mentoring and developing engineers while remaining technically engaged and able to contribute hand-on when needed.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence complex technical initiatives, serving as a trusted partner to senior engineering leadership and driving cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Product, and Architecture teams.
• Strong technical foundation in modern cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven platforms, with the ability to evaluate technologies and guide sound technical decision-making.
• Experience leading Agile software development teams in fast-paced environments, with a history of delivering scalable products and solutions through collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

The above qualifications, knowledge, experience, and/or background are expected but not required for this role.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least two years in a leadership position.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in the STEM fields is highly preferred.
• 8+ years’ experience writing production code (Rquby, Node.js, Java)
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams or managers responsible for large-scale, provider-facing or member-facing healthcare platforms.
• Strong architectural acumen across cloud-native platforms, identity and access management, distributed systems, observability, security, and operational reliability.
• Experience integrating with major EHR platforms and translating clinical, regulatory, and business needs into durable platform strategy.

What You’ll Build

You’ll shape the clinical engineering foundation that powers how providers connect to Teladoc Health, access secure workflows, manage availability, and exchange data across internal platforms, EHRs, and external partners. This includes a FHIR-first interoperability strategy, scalable provider platform capabilities, modern identity and access patterns, resilient APIs and event-driven services, and an engineering organization equipped to deliver reliable, compliant, and extensible virtual-care experiences.

The base salary range for this position is$180,000- $215,000. In addition to a base salary, this position is eligible for performance bonus, RSU’s, and benefits (subject to eligibility requirements) listed here: Teladoc Health Benefits 2026 Total compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to, type of position, location, education level, work experience, and certifications. This information is applicable for all full-timepositions.

We follow a Flexible Vacation Policy, intended for rest, relaxation, and personal time. All time off must be approved by your manager prior to use. You will also receive 80 hours of Paid Sick, Safe, and Caregiver Leave annually. This applies to full-time positions only. If you are applying for a part-time role, your recruiter can provide additional details.

As part of our hiring process, we verify identity and credentials, conduct interviews (live or video), and screen for fraud or misrepresentation. Applicants who falsify information will be disqualified.

Teladoc Health will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Why join Teladoc Health?

• Teladoc Health is transforming how better health happens. Learn how when you join us in pursuit of our impactful mission.
• Chart your career path with meaningful opportunities that empower you to grow, lead, and make a difference.
• Join a multi-faceted community that celebrates each colleague’s unique perspective and is focused on continually improving, each and every day.
• Contribute to an innovative culture where fresh ideas are valued as we increase access to care in new ways.
• Enjoy an inclusive benefits program centered around you and your family, with tailored programs that address your unique needs.
• Explore candidate resources with tips and tricks from Teladoc Health recruiters and learn more about our company culture by exploring #TeamTeladocHealth on LinkedIn.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never have and never will discriminate against any job candidate or employee due to age, race, religion, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, membership in an employee organization, medical condition, family history, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, parental status, or pregnancy). In our innovative and inclusive workplace, we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.

Teladoc Health respects your privacy and is committed to maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information. In furtherance of your employment relationship with Teladoc Health, we collect personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable data privacy laws, including but not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Personal information is defined as: Any information or set of information relating to you, including (a) all information that identifies you or could reasonably be used to identify you, and (b) all information that any applicable law treats as personal information. Teladoc Health’s Notice of Privacy Practices for U.S. Employees’ Personal information is available at this link.