Senior Director, Software Engineering — Strategy & Modernization

DentalXChange; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Unlimited PTO

401k with company match

Health Advocate

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

DentalXChange is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for customer-facing applications and services. This executive role sets strategy, drives modernization, and ensures delivery across multiple development teams.

You will partner with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Customer Success to align technology investments with business goals, improve quality, and deliver secure, scalable software that enhances customer

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience.
• 8+ years leading engineering organizations across multiple levels.
• 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 long-term engineering strategy.
• Align engineering investments with corporate growth objectives and product strategy.
• Drive technology modernization and platform evolution.
• Lead multiple engineering managers and software development teams.
• Develop high-performing engineering leaders through coaching and succession planning.
• Partner with the SVP of Engineering and executive leadership on strategic initiatives.
• Present engineering strategy, risks, and progress to executive leadership.
• Influence company technology investment decisions.
• Manage vendor relationships and outsourced engineering resources.
• Optimize engineering investments through capacity planning and resource allocation.
• Drive DORA metrics improvements.
• Champion engineering productivity initiatives.
• Lead software development teams in delivering secure, scalable customer-facing applications.
• Oversee the complete software development lifecycle from planning through production support.
• Partner with Product Management to prioritize strategic initiatives.
• Champion modern engineering practices including Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, AI-assisted development, and engineering quality.
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Support to improve customer experience.
• Ensure applications are reliable, secure, performant, and continuously improved.
• Track and report engineering KPIs including delivery performance, software quality, reliability, customer satisfaction, and organizational effectiveness.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive communication

People leadership

AI-enabled development

Cloud-native SaaS

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical strategy

Delivery excellence

Job description

DentalXChange is seeking a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead the engineering organization responsible for customer-facing applications and services. This executive role sets strategy, drives modernization, and ensures delivery across multiple development teams.

You will partner with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and Customer Success to align technology investments with business goals, improve quality, and deliver secure, scalable software that enhances customer