Senior Director of Software Engineering

GE HealthCare (United States); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead a globally distributed team across the US, India, and Poland. The role focuses on setting technical direction, AI-enabled development, and building scalable software platforms that deliver meaningful customer value.

Candidate will partner with Product, Program, clinical teams, and security groups to balance innovation with regulatory compliance, privacy, accuracy, and operational excellence while driving engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including scalable platforms and enterprise apps.

Responsibilities

• Lead a globally distributed software engineering organization across US, India, and Poland.
• Define and execute an AI-first engineering strategy to accelerate delivery and quality.
• Establish technical standards, architecture principles, and development methodologies for scalable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud, edge computing, distributed systems, data, analytics, and intelligent capabilities.
• Lead full software development lifecycle from requirements to production support, advancing CI/CD and quality practices.

Skills

C++/Java

Distributed systems

Cloud native

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Cloud platforms

APIs

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Senior Director, Software Engineering will lead a globally distributed software engineering organization across the US, India, and Poland, setting technical direction and delivering scalable software solutions that create meaningful customer and business value. This role combines technical and organizational leadership across software architecture, engineering practices, AI-enabled development, and complex software platforms. The leader will partner across Product Management, Program Management, clinical teams, business stakeholders, and technology organizations to translate customer needs into engineering outcomes while balancing innovation, delivery, quality, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, privacy, and operational excellence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Lead a globally distributed software engineering organization across the US, India, and Poland, fostering collaboration, accountability, ownership, inclusion, continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and engineering excellence.
• Define and execute an AI-first engineering strategy using AI-assisted development, automation, modern engineering practices, and emerging technologies to accelerate delivery, improve software quality, and increase engineering productivity.
• Establish technical standards, software architecture principles, engineering practices, and development methodologies that enable scalable, secure, reliable, maintainable, and extensible software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership for complex software platforms spanning cloud, edge computing, distributed systems, data, analytics, and intelligent capabilities, guiding architecture and technical direction through strong software engineering and system design principles.
• Lead engineering execution across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through development, release, deployment, and operational support, while advancing cloud-native development, DevSecOps, automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and quality engineering practices.
• Partner with Product Management, Program Management, clinical teams, Quality, Security, Regulatory, business stakeholders, and technology leaders to translate customer needs and feedback into prioritized engineering outcomes, manage dependencies, resolve technical trade-offs, and drive adoption and measurable business value.
• Influence product roadmaps, technical strategy, architecture decisions, and investment priorities by balancing customer value, business objectives, technical sustainability, and engineering excellence.
• Build and develop engineering leadership and technical talent through hiring, mentoring, and development of engineering managers and technical leaders, while establishing an effective global operating model and consistent engineering standards across regions.
• Ensure software solutions meet GE HealthCare expectations for customer satisfaction, efficiency, stability, extensibility, simplicity, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, privacy, and operational excellence.
• Communicate technology strategy, execution progress, risks, opportunities, recommendations, and business outcomes effectively with executive leadership, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including designing, developing, and delivering scalable software platforms and enterprise applications.

Software Engineering & Architecture

• Strong software development experience with object-oriented programming languages such as C++, Java, or similar technologies.
• Proven experience designing and delivering distributed systems, cloud-based services, edge computing solutions, and scalable software architectures.
• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, including object-oriented design, algorithms, data structures, API design, service-oriented architectures, and modern software development practices.
• Experience leading engineering teams responsible for complex software products from architecture and design through production deployment and operational support.
• Ability to provide technical guidance, evaluate architecture decisions, and drive engineering excellence across teams.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Significant experience leading software engineering organizations, including hiring, developing, mentoring, and retaining engineering managers and technical leaders.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Product Management, Program Management, Quality, Security, Regulatory, and business stakeholders.
• Strong ability to influence without authority, build alignment, and drive execution across complex organizations.

Why Join GE HealthCare

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