Merative · 1 day ago
Director, Software Development Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$205K/yr - $307K/yr
10+ years expMerative is dedicated to improving health outcomes through data, analytics, and software solutions for the health industry. The Director of Software Development will provide strategic leadership across multiple engineering teams, ensuring the effective delivery of systems that handle healthcare data while fostering a high-performing engineering culture.
AnalyticsHealth CareInformation TechnologyIT Infrastructure
Responsibilities
Lead and develop multiple Development Managers and their teams, building a high-performing organization with clear expectations, accountability, and professional growth paths
Develop leaders through coaching, mentorship, and constructive feedback to strengthen organizational capability
Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent across distributed teams
Coach and grow engineers through mentorship, skill development, and clear performance expectations
Foster an inclusive engineering culture that promotes psychological safety, open communication, and shared ownership
Communicate expectations, priorities, and change with clarity to ensure alignment across distributed teams
Navigate ambiguity effectively and provide steady leadership during periods of organizational or technical change
Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Security to align priorities and drive end-to-end delivery
Promote effective cross-team collaboration to ensure consistent execution across locations and functional boundaries
Manage engineering labor budget for your area and projects, tracking spend month to month
Work a flexible schedule to collaborate effectively with the global team
Navigate vendor relationships and procurement processes as prescribed by the company
Provide technical oversight for systems spanning data ingestion, transformation pipelines, analytical processing, APIs, and user-facing applications
Partner with architects to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, high-performing, and cost-effective
Drive modernization initiatives that improve platform reliability, development efficiency, and long-term maintainability
Identify, plan, and execute strategies to reduce technical debt and decay, with an eye towards aligning improvements with business value (e.g., performance improvements to increase market penetration and drive usage, SSO to enhance interoperability, and security improvements to strengthen RFP competitiveness)
Partner with software architecture to oversee and approve technical designs and non-functional requirements
Establish, uphold and continuously improve engineering best practices, including design reviews, coding standards, documentation quality, and technical decision-making rigor
Monitor and improve operational metrics related to system stability, performance, quality, and delivery throughput
Ensure incidents are resolved effectively and followed by strong root cause analysis and durable corrective actions
Maintain disciplined SDLC practices across teams, including CI/CD, test automation, observability, and environment management
Lead capacity planning, staffing, and budget alignment to support predictable roadmap delivery
Represent Engineering in client, prospect, and partner discussions to articulate technical capabilities and roadmap direction
Support sales and delivery activities through RFP contributions, solution discussions, and technical demonstrations
Communicate complex technical concepts in clear, business-focused language tailored to executive and non-technical audiences
Partner with Customer Success and Support teams to address escalations and ensure a strong client experience
Apply practical understanding of how healthcare data is used across payer, provider, and employer analytics workflows
Guide engineering teams in delivering data-driven capabilities that support population health, cost/utilization analysis, and other analytics use cases
Ensure compliance with privacy, security, and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA when handling healthcare data
Qualification
Required
10+ years of software development experience, including 4+ years leading managers or multi-team engineering organizations
Proven success delivering large-scale, data-intensive applications in distributed or cloud-based environments
Strong technical understanding of modern architectures, APIs, data pipelines, and analytics systems
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to execute multi-release roadmaps
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging to executives, clients, and technical audiences
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including conflict resolution, influencing without authority, and building trust across teams
Experience with healthcare data concepts (claims, eligibility, clinical, analytics) preferred but not required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field required
Preferred
Experience leading modernization efforts such as cloud migration, platform re-architecture, or legacy system transformation
Background in enterprise-scale SaaS or distributed system environments
Familiarity with data governance, compliance frameworks, and secure engineering practices
Ability to shape long-term technical strategy and architectural direction across multiple teams
Experience supporting organizations through scaling, restructuring, or operational transformation
Positive mindset and exceptional non-linear thinking as applied to problem solving
Master's degree in a technical or analytics discipline preferred
Benefits
Remote first / work from home culture
Flexible vacation to help you rest, recharge, and connect with loved ones
Paid leave benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401k retirement savings plan
Infertility benefits
Tuition reimbursement, life insurance, EAP – and more!
Company
Merative
Merative is an IT services company that offers products to improve decision-making and performance. It is a sub-organization of IBM.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2022-01-25Acquired
2018-03-29Series A
Leadership Team
Gerry McCarthy
Chief Executive Officer and Board Director
Troy Bailey
Chief Technology Officer
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