Director of Software Engineering (Federal Health)

At Commence, we’re the start of a new age of data-centric transformation, elevating health outcomes and powering better, more efficient process to program and patient health. We combine quality data-driven solutions that fuel answers, technology that advances performance, and clinical expertise that builds trust to create a more efficient path to quality care.

With human-centered, healthcare-relevant, and value-based solutions, we create new possibilities with data. We provide proof beyond the concept and performance beyond the scope with a focus on efficiencies that transform the lives of those we serve. With a culture driven by purpose, straightforward communication and clinical domain expertise, Commence cuts straight to better care.?, The Director of Software Engineering is accountable for how engineering work gets planned, sequenced, and delivered, and for building an organization that can scale as the customer base grows. This is a hands-on leadership role. The Director is expected to stay close enough to the technology to make sound architectural tradeoffs, review designs, and hold a high bar on engineering quality, while leading people and improving how the organization operates.

• Lead and develop a multi-team engineering organization across platform development, program build, production support, and applied AI, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development for team leads and individual contributors.
• Own engineering execution and delivery outcomes for the platform portfolio, including velocity, quality, technical debt posture, and the balance between roadmap work and program commitments.
• Refine and enforce engineering standards and practice across teams: SDLC, code review, testing strategy, release management, secure development, and documentation.
• Operate a capacity and allocation model across multiple work modes, protecting platform roadmap capacity while meeting program and production support demand.
• Partner with Technical Delivery leadership on resource allocation for program work, and with Technical Product on roadmap intake, sequencing, and prioritization.
• Partner with the Lead Software Architect and Chief Architect on platform design direction, standards governance, and technical feasibility of commitments made during pursuits.
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering throughput and predictability, using delivery metrics to identify constraints.
• Champion configuration over customization in platform design, ensuring customer specific needs are met through configuration wherever possible and that genuine platform gaps are surfaced into the roadmap.
• Partner with DevSecOps, Infrastructure, and Security to ensure engineering practice meets ATO, FISMA, and applicable compliance obligations without becoming a delivery bottleneck.
• Contribute engineering input to capture and pursuit activity as needed, in coordination with the Chief Architect.

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years leading engineering teams, with at least 2 years managing managers or team leads.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering organizations of 15 or more across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Hands on background in modern cloud native application development; able to review designs and make architectural tradeoffs credibly.
• Experience operating in a regulated environment with formal security and compliance requirements.
• Experience with Agile or SAFe delivery and with Atlassian Jira and Confluence or equivalent tooling.
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain engineering tradeoffs to non technical executives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field; equivalent experience considered.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust government clearance.
• Must physically have lived in the United States for a cumulative total of at least three of the past five years., * Federal health program experience, including CMS, VA, or DHA.
• Working knowledge of federal compliance frameworks, including FISMA, IL4+, and CMMC.
• Experience with multi tenant SaaS or configurable platform architecture serving multiple customers from a shared codebase.
• Applied AI/ML experience within enterprise architectures.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards, including HL7 FHIR, X12, ICD-10, and CPT.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a remote position. Candidates must be able to sit, read, work on a computer, and watch a computer screen for extended periods of time. Occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, kneel or crouch.