Director, Software Engineering

Alignment Health is breaking the mold in conventional health care committed to serving seniors and those who need it most : the chronically ill and frail. It takes an entire team of passionate and caring people united in our mission to put the senior first. We have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about transforming the lives of the seniors we this fast-growing company you will find ample room for growth and innovation alongside the Alignment Health community. Working at Alignment Health provides an opportunity to do work that really matters not only changing lives but saving them. Together.

The Director of Software Engineering will lead the design development and delivery of scalable high performance healthcare applications. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who thrives in an agile environment and is passionate about building modern cloud-based solutions that make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.

Job Duties / Responsibilities :

• Lead and mentor multiple agile software engineering teams fostering a culture of ownership collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Drive full software development lifecycle (SDLC) from architecture and design through development deployment and performance monitoring.
• Provide strong technical leadership Core and Azure-based applications balancing innovation with operational stability.
• Work closely with Product Design and QA teams to deliver reliable secure and user-centric software solutions.
• Champion the adoption of GitHub Copilot AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering best practices.
• Guide architectural decisions across microservices APIs and event-driven architectures to ensure scalability and fault tolerance.
• Manage Scrum and Kanban ceremonies (sprint planning retrospectives backlog refinement) and enforce agile discipline across teams.
• Partner with DevOps to improve CI / CD pipelines observability deployment reliability and release management using Azure DevOps.
• Utilize Azure Insights and monitoring tools to detect analyze and prevent production issues proactively.
• Stay hands-on with development code reviews and architectural proof-of-concepts for critical projects.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align engineering strategy with organizational goals and growth plans.

Supervisory Requirements :

Fulfill supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organization policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing hiring and training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Job Requirements : Experience :

Education :

Required : Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field

Preferred : Masters Degree

Training :

Preferred : Healthcare technology experience and knowledge of providers and payers.

Specialized Skills : Required :

Essential Physical Functions :

The 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.

1. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand walk sit use hand to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

2. The employee frequently lifts and / or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Pay Range : $172364.00 - $258547.00

Pay range may be based on a number of factors including market location education responsibilities experience etc.

Alignment Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability age protected veteran status gender identity or sexual orientation.

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Go,Lean,Management Experience,React,Node.js,Operations Management,Project Management,Research & Development,Software Development,Team Management,GraphQL,Leadership Experience

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 172364 - 258547