WebPT · 17 hours ago
Senior Director, Engineering
WebPT is a company focused on empowering rehab therapy professionals to achieve greatness in practice. They are seeking a Senior Director of Engineering who will lead the development of a next-generation, AI-native EMR product, ensuring technical standards and project delivery while fostering cross-team collaboration.
Electronic Health Record (EHR)Health CareSoftwareTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Function with high autonomy to align engineering execution with the overall company vision, driving major technological advancements and high-level resource planning
Partner closely with Product Management to synchronize the definition and delivery of core features, ensuring that technical service APIs and AI orchestration are developed in lockstep with clinical workflows and user experience milestones
Collaborate closely with the Architecture team to translate high-level reference architectures into actionable development plans, ensuring all work products adhere to established technical standards
Oversee the engineering of a foundational data model and service API layer specifically designed to power streamlined, agentic AI workflows and next-generation UI experiences
Exercise high-level technical judgment to resolve complex engineering bottlenecks and drive issue resolution without the need for hands-on code development
Direct and hold accountable significant third-party development resources to ensure external contributions meet quality bars and delivery milestones
Identify and mitigate risks across multiple workstreams; resolve complex cross-product dependencies and ensure strategic consistency
Analyze complex metrics to identify strategic trends and implement large-scale performance improvement plans, reporting progress directly to executive leadership
Develop and mentor Engineering Directors and Managers, fostering leadership development and ensuring effective talent management across the engineering organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
13–15 years of progressive engineering experience, with a proven track record of leading high-complexity product builds and managing multi-disciplinary teams
Sufficient technical depth to engage effectively with Architects and Principal Engineers on AI-native design patterns, API strategy, and scalable data models
A high-level understanding of the modern AI ecosystem—including LLM orchestration and agentic workflows—sufficient to evaluate technical trade-offs, scalability, and the impact of AI architectural choices on the end-user clinical experience
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale, third-party development partners to accelerate time-to-market without sacrificing architectural integrity
A natural ability to navigate organizational complexity, align stakeholders, and drive a culture of 'quality by design.'
Preferred
Experience within the Healthcare/EMR landscape, specifically understanding the clinical workflows and compliance requirements (HIPAA, FHIR) relevant to Physical Therapy
Experience taking a product from early-stage architectural design to market-dominant scale
Company
WebPT
WebPT is a web-based physical therapy EMR providing integrated documentation, scheduling, billing solutions and more for therapists.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$44.05MKey Investors
Battery VenturesBrookstone Venture Capital
2019-08-27Acquired
2015-05-15Debt Financing· $0.05M
2014-06-25Series Unknown· $43M
Leadership Team
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2026-01-15
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