VP of AI-First Software Engineering & Platform

Harris Computer; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

3 weeks vacation + 5 personal days

Employee stock ownership

401K

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This role will build high-performing teams, execute on technology strategy, and drive AI-first innovation within AI-DLC and product lines.

The successful candidate will partner with executives, manage modernization and cloud initiatives, and deliver measurable business impact through AI-enabled solutions in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing software engineering organization accountable for product delivery, technology evolution, security, reliability, and operational outcomes
• Improve delivery predictability, developer productivity, software quality, resiliency, scalability, and cost effectiveness while balancing innovation, modernization, and commitments
• Partner closely with executive leadership, product management, operations, and security to translate business strategy into executable technology priorities and investment decisions
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure strategic progress, software engineering effectiveness, AI adoption, and business impact
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to create competitive advantage through innovation
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology and AI-related opportunities, risks, and industry trends
• Execute the organization's AI-first transformation strategy across products, software engineering, and AI-DLC with a prioritized roadmap tied to measurable business and customer outcomes
• Execute and continue to evolve the R&D department’s AI-DLC strategy incorporating industry best practices and new technology innovation to continue to increase engineering and process efficiencies through AI technology
• Drive incorporation of AI-powered experiences into customer-facing products and enterprise workflows
• Oversee planning, execution, governance, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation for strategic technology and AI initiatives across the product portfolio
• Stay current on industry advancements across models, agent orchestration, best practices and other emerging technology innovations
• Execute and evolve MEDHOST’s technology strategy and architecture roadmap aligned with corporate objectives, product priorities, and customer needs
• Lead modernization of legacy applications, cloud platforms, API’s, and AI capabilities using advances in architecture and engineering approaches
• Drive improvements in software delivery performance, quality, resiliency, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Govern technology standards and investment priorities; identifying opportunities where AI and emerging technologies can create measurable differentiation and operating leverage

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

APIs

Microservices

AI governance

Generative AI

LLMs

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

OpenAI

Claude

AWS Bedrock

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

MEDHOST, a division of Harris, seeks a technology executive to lead software engineering and advance AI strategy across the product and platform portfolio. This role will build high-performing teams, execute on technology strategy, and drive AI-first innovation within AI-DLC and product lines.

The successful candidate will partner with executives, manage modernization and cloud initiatives, and deliver measurable business impact through AI-enabled solutions in healthcare.