WelbeHealth

Director, Engineering

WelbeHealth • $145K — $191K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or mathematics, or equivalent experience; additional four years can substitute for education
  • Solutions Architecture Certification (Azure Preferred)
  • Minimum seven years in IT design, development, and support
  • Experience managing enterprise application development projects end-to-end
  • Expertise in application solution architecture design and complex distributed systems
  • Strong knowledge of diverse data types and software development disciplines
  • Minimum two years in the healthcare industry, including experience with X12 payer transaction sets

Responsibilities

  • Mentor team members in technology related to digital products for WelbeHealth
  • Lead technology planning and implementation for complex platforms across IT staff and committees
  • Share best practices while updating technical architecture requirements
  • Perform hands-on solution architecture design and participate in design/code reviews
  • Ensure technology platform solutions align with their corresponding roadmaps
  • Review and interpret HL7 standards for interoperability to meet requirements
  • Conduct meetings with stakeholders to address evolving standards-based messaging

Benefits

  • Medical insurance coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • 17 days of personal time off (PTO) plus 12 holidays and 6 sick days
  • 401K savings plan with matching contributions
  • Comprehensive compensation package including base salary and bonus
  • Additional benefits to support work/life balance
Full Job Description
The Director, Engineering is the strategic owner to the build and delivery of WelbeHealth's healthcare technology platforms, leading a team of onshore and offshore engineers to create the technology at the center of how our interdisciplinary teams care for our vulnerable seniors. Reporting to the VP, Technology, the Director, Engineering drives core engineering practices across the team, including code quality, design and code reviews, testing discipline, and delivery rhythm. This role remains hands-on in solution architecture and design for complex distributed systems and champions AI-assisted engineering as everyday practice. The Director, Engineering works closely with business stakeholders to design technical solutions and drive engineering delivery for the product.

This role is different because the Director, Engineering at WelbeHealth:
  • Combines strategic engineering leadership with hands-on technical ownership, providing the opportunity to shape the technology strategy for critical healthcare platforms while remaining deeply engaged in architecture, complex distributed systems, engineering standards, and delivery
  • Leads engineering at the intersection of healthcare, cloud modernization, and AI, with the opportunity to scale high-performing teams, modernize enterprise technology on Azure, and establish how AI-assisted engineering becomes an integral part of how WelbeHealth builds and delivers technology

We care about our team members. That's why we offer:
  • Medical insurance coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • Work/life balance - We mean it! 17 days of personal time off (PTO), 12 holidays observed annually, and 6 sick days
  • 401K savings + match
  • Comprehensive compensation package including base pay and bonus
  • And additional benefits!

On the day-to-day, you will:
  • Lead and mentor a team of onshore and offshore engineers to deliver WelbeHealth's healthcare technology platforms and related participant and consumer digital products
  • Perform hands-on solution architecture and design for complex distributed (multi-tiered) systems, and actively participate in design and code reviews to ensure both delivery of desired business outcomes and alignment to enterprise standards
  • Drive core engineering practices across the team, including code quality standards, design and code reviews, automated testing discipline, CI/CD, and release management, while continually improving engineering standards, design patterns, and best practices as technologies evolve
  • Work closely with business stakeholders to design technical solutions and drive engineering delivery for the product, from requirements discovery through production deployment and operational support
  • Drive technology planning and investment decisions with business and technology leadership, keeping platform solutions aligned with corresponding technology roadmaps
  • Ensure features provide the security and data integrity required to meet overall department goals toward PCI and HIPAA compliance
  • Maintain testing, training, and production environments receiving live protected health data or copies of live data according to required security protocols, as well as migrate changes and enhancements into production using established change management processes

Job requirements include:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, or equivalent; relevant professional experience may be substituted
  • Solution Architecture certification (Azure preferred)
  • Minimum of fifteen (15) years of information technology design, development, and support experience, with enterprise application development projects managed from start to finish
  • Minimum of five (5) years of engineering leadership experience, including distributed onshore/offshore delivery models, with demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and develop engineers
  • Expert knowledge of Microsoft development tools and languages (.net); expert-level skills in multiple software development disciplines
  • Extensive knowledge of multiple development platforms, languages, and technologies, including cloud-native architecture and delivery on Azure
  • Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering tools and practices, such as LLM-based developer tooling, code generation, and workflow automation
  • Skilled in identifying and understanding business problems and in evaluating a broad range of technology solutions and selecting the best based on specific circumstances
  • Knowledge of project lifecycles, including design, analysis, testing, and implementation, with experience in large-scale project planning
  • Experience with healthcare technology platforms preferred

We're seeking a hands-on Director, Engineering who is energized by shaping technology strategy, leading high-performing distributed teams, architecting complex healthcare platforms, and using cloud and AI to transform how technology is built and delivered. If you're ready to join a team that values both its participants and team members, we'd love to hear from you!

Compensation consists of base salary plus bonus. WelbeHealth offers a competitive total rewards package that includes a 401(k) match, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and a broad range of additional benefits. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience and relevant qualifications.

Compensation Offering

$145,399.15-$191,926.88 USD

About WelbeHealth

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