Remote AI-Driven Senior Director of Software Engineering

Cotiviti; United States; Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus consideration

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Cotiviti, a Healthcare Data Analytics leader, seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering for the Payment business. You will lead cross-functional, distributed teams, champion AI-native delivery, and ensure security, compliance, and performance across the software lifecycle.

You will align technology with business priorities, drive roadmaps, and manage budgets while nurturing top engineering talent and a culture of excellence.

Qualifications

• Education & experience: 10+ years in software engineering, 6+ years leading teams as a manager.
• Technical proficiency with Java, React/Angular, microservices, databases, cloud platforms, and AI-enabled engineering.
• Enterprise software delivery: proven success leading multiple teams to deliver in distributed orgs.
• Leadership: building and mentoring high-performing teams, including global development.
• Adaptive delivery: Lean, iterative, flow-based delivery practices.
• Modern engineering: automated testing, TDD, CI/CD.
• DevOps: reliability, monitoring, telemetry, incident response.
• Problem solving: strong judgment in complex environments.
• Strategic execution: set and execute short/long-term goals.
• Communication: clear, stakeholder-oriented.
• Industry & compliance: healthcare or regulated environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-team engineering organization with clear goals and metrics.
• Advance AI-enabled development by integrating AI tools and automation with guardrails.
• Align teams to enterprise architecture and shared engineering standards.
• Provide hands-on technical and architectural oversight for scalable, secure solutions.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and performance measures.
• Direct managers and staff across the engineering team.
• Influence organizational structure and resource allocation.
• Improve delivery throughput with streamlined processes and AI-enabled tools.
• Partner with product, operations, data, security, and finance to translate priorities into plans.
• Modernize development and testing with automation, DevOps, and AI workflows.
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent.
• Complete special projects and adapt to changing requirements.

Skills

Leadership

AI-enabled engineering

Java

React/Angular

Cloud platforms

DevOps

CI/CD

Problem solving

Communication

Healthcare compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Jenkins

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Cotiviti, a Healthcare Data Analytics leader, seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering for the Payment business. You will lead cross-functional, distributed teams, champion AI-native delivery, and ensure security, compliance, and performance across the software lifecycle.

You will align technology with business priorities, drive roadmaps, and manage budgets while nurturing top engineering talent and a culture of excellence.