Vice President of Application Development

DrFirst; United States; Remote; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K with match

HSA

Disability & Life Insurance

PTO & Holidays

EAP

Education funds

Voluntary benefits

Job summary

DrFirst, a leading Healthcare IT company, seeks a VP of Application Development to shepherd multiple engineering teams building AI-powered, scalable applications. You will shape technology strategy, mentor engineers, and drive cross-team collaboration in a remote-first environment.

You will oversee architecture, leverage in-house AI models and external LLM/NLP tech, champion modern cloud practices (AWS, GCP), and ensure data integrity and privacy while delivering on high-impact healthcare

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software development, 5+ in leadership.
• Proven track record of building and scaling high-performance applications.
• Experience evolving technical workstreams/workflows and leading organizational transformations.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies, including LLMs, NLP, and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and DevOps practices (GitOps).
• Strong understanding of data lakes, data pipelines, and data security.
• Experience with user/entity identity resolution and data privacy.
• Ability to set a vision and inspire and motivate teams; can drive organizational change.
• Experienced delivering swiftly against deadlines across multiple projects.
• Stays up to date on knowledge and understanding of innovative technologies.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry such as healthcare.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a talented team of engineers.
• Architect and develop: Oversee architecture and development of scalable applications using in-house models and third-party LLM/NLP tech.
• Drive AI strategy: Champion AI across the organization and identify opportunities to enhance products.
• Embrace modern technologies: Promote event-driven architecture, cloud technologies (AWS, GCP), GitOps, and data lakes.
• Ensure data integrity: Implement robust solutions for identity resolution and data classification.
• Collaborate effectively: Work with product management, data science, and operations to ensure project success.

Skills

Leadership

AI/ML

Cloud Platforms

DevOps

Data Lakes

Data Security

LLMs

Data Pipelines

Tools

GitOps

AWS

GCP

Job description

About DrFirst

For 25 years, DrFirst has empowered providers and patients to achieve better health through intelligent medication management. We improve healthcare workflows and help patients start and stay on therapy with end-to-end solutions that enhance prescription access, affordability, and adherence. Our solutions help 100 million patients a year and are used by more than 420,000 prescribers, 71,000 pharmacies, 270 EHRs and health information systems, and over 2,000 hospitals in the U.S. This is a great opportunity to be a part of a successful Healthcare IT company experiencing significant growth. Here you'll get to work with some of the smartest and most interesting people around; solving unique and complex challenges in healthcare on a scale matched by a few companies. If you get excited about stretching yourself in new ways, developing yourself to your fullest potential, care about working with smart colleagues; we want to talk to you!

Position Overview

• Do you want to impact the health of 1/3 of the US population with a single deployment?

• Are you passionate about developing services that pair real-time context with ML, LLM, NLP at scale?

• Are you a visionary leader that wants to lead several teams to innovate clever solutions to critical healthcare issues and workflow?

If you answered yes to all these questions, we have the role for you!!

As VP of Application Development, you will be responsible for leading and mentoring multiple engineering teams in the design, development, and deployment of scalable AI-powered applications. You will play a critical role in shaping our technology strategy and driving innovation across the organization.

What you will work on

• Lead and inspire: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a talented team of engineers. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Architect and develop: Oversee the architecture and development of scalable and robust applications, leveraging both in-house AI models and third-party LLM and NLP technologies.

• Drive AI strategy: Champion the use of AI across the organization. Identify opportunities to leverage AI to enhance existing products and create new ones.

• Embrace modern technologies: Be a champion for modern software development practices, including event-driven architecture, cloud technologies (AWS, GCP), GitOps, and data lakes.

• Ensure data integrity: Implement robust solutions for user/entity identity resolution and data classification.

• Collaborate effectively: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, data science, and operations, to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5 in a leadership role.

• Proven track record of building and scaling high-performance applications in a fast-paced, agile environment.

• Experience evolving technical workstreams/workflows and leading organizational transformations.

• Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies, including LLMs, NLP, and event-driven architectures.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and DevOps practices (GitOps).

• Strong understanding of data lakes, data pipelines, and data security.

• Experience with user/entity identity resolution and data privacy.

• Ability to set a vision and inspire and motivate teams; can drive organizational change within and beyond functions.

• Experienced delivering swiftly against deadlines across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

• Stays up to date on knowledge and understanding of innovative technologies.

• Experience in a highly regulated industry such as healthcare.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Physical Requirements

• 85% desk and phone work

• 15% travel across office locations, customer visits, external visits as needed

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, with a base salary of $200,000 - $280,000 (Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience)

• Eligible for Company Performance-based Bonus Program, based on individual and company performance

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401K eligible after 3 months of employment, with 50% company match up to first 5% of salary contributed to the plan with a 3-year vesting schedule

• HSA for eligible employees enrolled in the HDHP, with a generous company contribution up to $500 for individual coverage and $1000 for family coverage per year

• 100% company paid short and long-term disability, AD&D, and group life insurance

• Accrued annual paid time off (PTO) of 18 days for the first 3 years of service, increasing thereafter and 7 paid holiday days

• Employee Assistance Program

• Continuing Education funds up to $1500 annually for eligible programs after 1 year of service

• Voluntary benefits including FSA, Hospital indemnity, Accident and Critical Illness insurances

DrFirst is committed to being a Remote-First company, creating a dynamic and flexible workplace where everyone can thrive, no matter where they log in from. Check out our approach to remote work https://drfirst.com/company/about-us/careers/.

Our recruitment process at DrFirst is straightforward and secure. You will only be contacted by our recruitment team through an official @drfirst.com email address.

Learn more about our benefits and professional development opportunities https://drfirst.com/company/about-us/careers/the-perks/.