Vice President, Engineering & AI Systems

Vice President, Engineering & AI Systems

Department: AIS

Reports To: Chief AI Officer

Location: San Francisco, CA (hybrid) Preferred; Lincoln, NE or remote considered for the right candidate

Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Summary:

As Vice President of Engineering, you will lead and grow the engineering organization within TELCOR AI Systems. You will work closely with the Chief AI Officer and senior technical leadership to build the team, drive engineering execution, and help shape the technical direction of the business. TELCOR AI Systems operates with the pace and autonomy of a startup while benefiting from TELCOR's established customer base, healthcare expertise, and resources. The team is entering an exciting phase of growth, scaling its existing AI products while expanding the use of AI across TELCOR's healthcare workflows and building toward increasingly agentic applications. In this role, you will take ownership of the engineering organization while remaining close to the technology and product. You will have the opportunity to hire and develop engineers, establish the structure and processes needed as the team grows, and work closely with leadership to determine what we build and how we build it.

Responsibilities:
• Lead, manage, and develop the engineering team across product, platform, infrastructure, and forward-deployed engineering
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and develop engineering talent as the organization grows
• Establish engineering processes, operating rhythms, and organizational structure
• Partner closely with the Chief AI Officer and senior technical leadership on product and technical direction
• Ensure engineering projects and workstreams remain on track and appropriately prioritized
• Help identify and resolve technical and organizational blockers
• Remain engaged with architecture and technical decisions while providing strong engineering leadership
• Help evolve the engineering organization as TELCOR AI Systems scales
• Contribute to the development of increasingly AI-native and agentic workflows
• Help shape the evolution of the underlying platform and technology architecture
• Build a high-performing engineering culture where engineers are excited to do their best work.

Requirements:

• Significant experience in engineering, including proven experience of leading teams of 6-20 engineers
• Experience managing and developing software engineering teams
• Experience hiring and scaling engineering organizations
• Strong technical background with experience building and operating production software
• Strong technical judgment and ability to make decisions in ambiguous environments
• Ability to remain technically engaged while operating as a people leader
• Experience working closely with founders, executives, or senior technical leadership
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Builder mentality and willingness to establish structure where it does not yet exist
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, evolving environment

Preferred:

• RCM or healthcare experience, or broader vertical enterprise SaaS experience
• Has integrated with or modernized legacy enterprise systems
• Has managed managers
• Deep TypeScript; Python
• Prior experience working in AWS
• Familiarity with .NET and SQL Server

Pay Range: $200,000 - $250,000 annually