Senior Director, Software Engineering — AI‑Driven SaaS Leader

DentalXChange; United States; On-site; USD 240,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Unlimited PTO

401k with company match

Health Advocate

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

Job summary

DentalXChange seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to provide strategic and operational leadership for the engineering organization, overseeing customer-facing applications and services across multiple teams.

The role drives engineering strategy, modernization, quality, and delivery with a focus on scalable, secure software and strong collaboration with Product Management, Security, and Customer Success.

Qualifications

• 15 years of software engineering experience.
• 8 years leading engineering organizations through multiple levels of management.
• Experience managing Directors, Managers, and geographically distributed engineering teams.
• Experience leading cloud-native SaaS platforms at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing engineering organizations.
• Experience with AI-enabled software development practices.
• Experience presenting engineering strategy to executive leadership and boards is preferred.
• Healthcare technology, payments, or regulated SaaS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the long-term engineering strategy and align investments with product strategy.
• Lead multiple engineering managers and software development teams across distributed locations.
• Partner with executive leadership on strategic initiatives and report progress and risks.
• Manage vendor relationships and optimize capacity planning and resource allocation.
• Champion modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and AI-assisted development.
• Ensure applications are secure, reliable, scalable, and deliver exceptional customer outcomes.

Skills

Software leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Cloud-native SaaS

AI-enabled development

Governance & KPIs

DevSecOps

Job description

DentalXChange seeks a Senior Director of Software Engineering to provide strategic and operational leadership for the engineering organization, overseeing customer-facing applications and services across multiple teams.

The role drives engineering strategy, modernization, quality, and delivery with a focus on scalable, secure software and strong collaboration with Product Management, Security, and Customer Success.