[Hiring] Director, Software Engineering, Healthcare Interoperability @Teladoc Health

Role Description

This position is a senior management role for a candidate who is motivated to combine the art of leadership with the art of programming. This position requires the capacity to problem solve complicated issues in sophisticated software systems. You will build innovative products with our collaborative, cross-functional teams, drive code quality and foster cross-team collaboration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads a function within a department or business unit.
• Manages exempt individual contributors (typically Advanced/Expert) and/or Managers/Senior Managers.
• Establishes plans for a function to align with overall department or business unit strategic goals and objectives; accountable for making decisions based on these plans.
• Evaluates and implements ideas for improvements to processes, products, and services in line with department or business unit strategy.
• Frequently interacts with a network of senior level internal and external stakeholders to negotiate, resolve conflicts and build consensus.
• Responsible for the development of talent within area of responsibility.
• Provide oversight, mentoring, guidance, and review code quality.
• Foster collaboration between local and abroad development teams to drive consistency across all departments.
• Review and analyze software operations to identify areas of potential modifications and improvements.
• Advocate, evangelize and implement modern software engineering & agile best practices.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into epics / stories / sub-tasks for the development team.
• Hands-on application development and optimization.
• Document product requirements and create architectural specifications, ensuring feasibility, functionality, and integration with systems/platforms.
• Manage a team and mentor the junior engineers.
• Receive business requirements from partners and drive engineering process to estimate, manage expectations and deliver on commitments.
• Represent the IT point of view in meetings with internal and external stakeholders as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, healthcare technology, or related technical leadership roles, with progressive responsibility leading teams and complex technical initiatives.
• Deep healthcare interoperability expertise, including hands-on experience with FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR, API-driven integrations, EHR/EMR ecosystems, and clinical data exchange platforms.
• Proven leadership experience, with a track record of mentoring and developing engineers while remaining technically engaged and able to contribute hands-on when needed.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence complex technical initiatives, serving as a trusted partner to senior engineering leadership and driving cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Product, and Architecture teams.
• Strong technical foundation in modern cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven platforms, with the ability to evaluate technologies and guide sound technical decision-making.
• Experience leading Agile software development teams in fast-paced environments, with a history of delivering scalable products and solutions through collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• At least two years in a leadership position.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in the STEM fields is highly preferred.
• 8+ years’ experience writing production code (Ruby, Node.js, Java).
• Experience leading multiple engineering teams or managers responsible for large-scale, provider-facing or member-facing healthcare platforms.
• Strong architectural acumen across cloud-native platforms, identity and access management, distributed systems, observability, security, and operational reliability.
• Experience integrating with major EHR platforms and translating clinical, regulatory, and business needs into durable platform strategy.

Benefits

• The base salary range for this position is $180,000 - $215,000.
• This position is eligible for performance bonus, RSUs, and benefits (subject to eligibility requirements).
• Flexible Vacation Policy, intended for rest, relaxation, and personal time.
• 80 hours of Paid Sick, Safe, and Caregiver Leave annually.