Head of Software Engineering — Modernization & AI Delivery

M3 USA; United States; On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Insurance

Life, Accident and Disability Coverage

Prescription Plan

Flexible Spending Account

401(k) Plan and Match

Paid Holidays and Vacation

Sick Days and Personal Day

Job summary

M3 USA is seeking an accomplished Technology Strategy and Transformation leader to guide multi-year modernization of PracticeMatch. You will align engineering with business strategy, drive platform migration, and champion AI-enabled engineering while maintaining system stability and compliance.

You will lead a growing engineering team, set coding standards, and collaborate with product, HR, and executive leadership to deliver scalable, secure software in a complex healthcare data environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including hands-on technical work.
• 5+ years of engineering leadership, including direct management of teams.
• Experience leading legacy modernization or platform migrations.
• SaaS, data, or platform product experience; healthcare tech or physician recruiting is a plus.
• Expert-level understanding of web application architecture.
• Strong knowledge of modern web technologies (React, REST APIs, cloud, containers).
• Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and observability systems.
• Knowledge of application security, data privacy, and compliance in web products.
• Familiarity with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex) and reliability practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year technology roadmap modernizing PracticeMatch's legacy platform.
• Partner with product and business leadership to align engineering priorities with strategy and outcomes.
• Establish phased transformation while maintaining stability and customer commitments.
• Evaluate modern technologies to position PracticeMatch for long-term scalability.
• Champion responsible adoption of agentic AI across engineering lifecycle with proper review discipline.
• Lead and develop engineering teams; set standards for code quality, security, documentation, testing, and automation.
• Attract and retain engineering talent; build development plans for engineers at all levels.
• Conduct performance conversations and address issues in partnership with HR.
• Communicate architecture decisions and progress to senior leadership including CEO and CHRO.
• Collaborate on infrastructure standards across the organization.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software engineering

Legacy modernization

Healthcare data experience

Web architecture

React/REST/Cloud/Containers

CI/CD/Observability

Security & compliance

Agentic coding tools

Talent development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or equivalent

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Job description

M3 USA is seeking an accomplished Technology Strategy and Transformation leader to guide multi-year modernization of PracticeMatch. You will align engineering with business strategy, drive platform migration, and champion AI-enabled engineering while maintaining system stability and compliance.

You will lead a growing engineering team, set coding standards, and collaborate with product, HR, and executive leadership to deliver scalable, secure software in a complex healthcare data environment.