MedSpeed is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to define and execute the organization's Product Engineering plan, ensuring software infrastructure, platforms, tooling, and engineering practices support rapid innovation and scalability. The role also involves providing leadership and technical expertise across software development, systems engineering, DevOps, and enterprise architecture.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a full stack developer on the Azure platform (C-Sharp, ASP.NET) with experience in Salesforce and Flutter as an added benefit.
- Deep understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, and infrastructure automation.
- Strong grasp of emerging technologies (AI, automation, data analytics).
- Strong background in system architecture, application security, and operational resilience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles.
- Proven success managing multiple technical teams and technical leads.
- Ability to provide functional and directional guidance to staff and recommend policy or strategic direction changes to management.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain a modern DevOps infrastructure that supports continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, and high availability.
- Oversee system design decisions to ensure scalability, maintainability, and security.
- Serve as the organization’s key technologist, evaluating emerging technologies and integrating the right technologies into the toolbox and proactively retiring technologies that no longer serve a purpose for the business.
- Ensure the overall health and stability of all products and platforms through testing, proactive monitoring, and maintenance practices.
- Define and measure key engineering metrics (e.g., deployment frequency, defects, incident response, uptime, technical debt).
- Build and deploy a long-term IT engineering strategy aligned with corporate objectives and digital transformation goals.
- Communicate technical direction, risks, and opportunities clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Other
- Only candidates local to the Chicagoland area will be considered
- Hybrid: In office in Elmhurst on Thursdays
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills with a track record of aligning diverse teams around common goals.
- Experience in mentoring, coaching, and scaling high-performing engineering organizations.
