Head of Software Engineering & AI Transformation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision,

Vacation and personal days

Employee stock ownership

RRSP program

401K and Life insurance

Community involvement

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This role will build high-performing teams and drive an AI-first innovation strategy within MEDHOST’s AI-DLC and product portfolio.

The candidate will oversee modernization, governance, and strategic technology initiatives while collaborating with executives to align priorities with business goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of technology experience with 8+ years in software engineering leadership and 5+ in senior leadership.
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering, distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud platforms.
• Proven experience implementing AI and machine learning capabilities within enterprise products and AI-DLC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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

Software engineering leadership

AI strategy

EHR domain knowledge

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

APIs & microservices

Enterprise architecture

Generative AI & LLMs

AI governance

Security & compliance

Budget & portfolio management

Team building & scaling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Claude

OpenAI technologies

Microsoft Co-Pilot

AWS Bedrock

Job description

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This role will build high-performing teams and drive an AI-first innovation strategy within MEDHOST’s AI-DLC and product portfolio.

The candidate will oversee modernization, governance, and strategic technology initiatives while collaborating with executives to align priorities with business goals and regulatory requirements.