Remote Director of Software Engineering

DeepHealth; United States; On-site; USD 198,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepHealth is seeking a Director of Software Development Engineering to lead the engineering organization building and scaling DeepHealth’s platform and products, driving strategy, architecture, and excellence across teams.

You will partner with product, clinical, and business leadership to define roadmaps, recruit top talent, and ensure high-quality, regulatory-compliant software that advances health tech. This remote role offers leadership across multiple disciplines and delivery ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven track record of building and scaling distributed software systems and high-performing engineering organizations.
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, APIs, and modern DevOps/CI-CD practices.
• A strategic thinker who’s equally comfortable diving into code, architecture reviews, and executive-level roadmap conversations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical topics to non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical mindset with experience using engineering metrics, system performance data, and business outcomes to guide decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with competing priorities.
• Excellent program management skills—able to drive multiple engineering initiatives in parallel with clarity and accountability.
• Experience with tools like GitHub, Jira, PagerDuty, Datadog, or similar engineering productivity and observability platforms.
• Experience working in HIPAA-compliant environments; familiarity with healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-year engineering vision, technical roadmap, and platform strategy aligned with business goals.
• Lead architecture and design decisions for complex, distributed systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Establish engineering standards, processes, and best practices to drive consistency, quality, and operational excellence.
• Own accountability for engineering delivery, system uptime, and technical debt management across the organization.
• Partner with Product Management to define and execute the product roadmap, translating business requirements into engineering plans.
• Drive agile delivery practices across teams, ensuring on-time, high-quality releases that meet regulatory and compliance standards.
• Collaborate closely with Clinical, Data Science, and Design teams to shape technically sound and patient-centered solutions.
• Ensure consistency of engineering quality, code review culture, and testing standards across all teams and geographies.
• Partner with Product, Clinical, and Data Science leaders to align engineering priorities with company strategy and customer needs.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Analytical mindset

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub

Jira

PagerDuty

Datadog

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD

Job description

DeepHealth is seeking a Director of Software Development Engineering to lead the engineering organization building and scaling DeepHealth’s platform and products, driving strategy, architecture, and excellence across teams.

You will partner with product, clinical, and business leadership to define roadmaps, recruit top talent, and ensure high-quality, regulatory-compliant software that advances health tech. This remote role offers leadership across multiple disciplines and delivery ownership.