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# Executive Director Software Engineering

- **Company:** Everforth Apex
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Corona (Software Development Kit), Custom Software, DevOps, Integrated Development Environments, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Git, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Api Design, Microservices
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c21e3df6-ace3-4ea4-8ec4-14367b95e998

## About the Role

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field is required. A Master's Degree is preferred.

Experience: Ten or more years of progressively responsible software engineering and technology leadership experience, including experience building, scaling, and leading high-performing technical teams in enterprise-grade environments.

Technical Skills: Strong understanding of modern software architecture, including Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, API development, microservices, cloud-native architecture, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing. Experience with AWS or Azure is required.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Prior healthcare industry experience is preferred but not required.
 * Experience with high-scale, customer-facing or consumer-facing digital products.
 * AWS and Azure certifications.
 * Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, code-quality tools, automated testing frameworks, and container orchestration platforms.
 * Demonstrated experience establishing, scaling, or modernizing software engineering practices in large-scale organizations.
 * Experience taking AI capabilities beyond experimentation and applying them to real products, services, or software-development use cases.

## Description

The Executive Director, Software Engineering will provide strategic and technical leadership for the development of modern, intelligent digital products that improve patient experiences and healthcare delivery. This leader will scale the software engineering practice across the organization, bringing consistency to historically fragmented teams. The ideal candidate combines a strong software engineering foundation with product thinking, cloud-native architecture, AI-enabled development, DevOps, security, and enterprise engineering leadership., * Lead and oversee custom software development and engineering initiatives across the enterprise.

 * Establish and scale software engineering standards, development practices, governance, and operating models.
 * Evolve a fragmented software engineering environment into a consistent and scalable practice.
 * Define and execute the strategic roadmap for modern software development, including application development, cloud, DevOps, AI-enabled solutions, testing, and release practices.
 * Drive a strong product mindset within engineering, ensuring teams build scalable solutions around customer and business needs.
 * Lead the development and scaling of modern digital products and customer-facing applications.
 * Provide technical and strategic oversight across the full software development lifecycle, from architecture and application development through testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization.
 * Champion secure software development practices, ensuring security is incorporated into architecture, engineering, and product decisions.
 * Establish scalable approaches for cloud-native application development and deployment across AWS and Azure environments.
 * Advance the use of AI technologies within products and software development, focusing on practical, production-oriented applications.
 * Lead, mentor, and develop engineering leaders and teams while establishing a high-performing engineering culture.
 * Partner closely with product, design, architecture, security, cloud, program management, and business stakeholders.