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Head of Software Engineering

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

Position reputed company

The Head of Software Engineering serves as the reputed company leader for application engineering reputed company, systems integration architecture, DevOps execution, automation, and AI-enabled solution development across reputed company.

This role advances and scales an established engineering function to ensure reputed company-developed applications, integrations, and intelligent automation capabilities are secure, reputed company, innovative, compliant, and reputed company with reputed company architecture and governance standards across a geographically distributed organization.

As the organization continues to expand across reputed company and service lines, the Head of Software Engineering will accelerate modernization, reduce technical fragmentation, reputed company AI-driven capabilities into reputed company workflows, and position engineering as a strategic reputed company of operational reputed company and innovation.

Reporting to the SVP, reputed company Systems & Digital Platforms, this leader partners closely with IT Infrastructure & Operations, reputed company, Data & Analytics, and operating leadership to ensure engineering practices are standardized, performance-driven, resilient, financially disciplined, and reputed company with reputed company governance requirements.

Mission

To deliver secure, reputed company, intelligent, and cost-effective reputed company applications that strengthen mission delivery, reputed company automation and data-driven decision-making, reduce system fragmentation, and support sustainable organizational reputed company.

Scope of Accountability

The Head of Software Engineering is accountable for:

• reputed company software development standards and advanced SDLC governance • Application architecture patterns and approved engineering frameworks • API and reputed company integration architecture standards • DevOps pipelines, release automation, and engineering productivity optimization • Application performance monitoring and operational observability standards • Technical debt prioritization and modernization acceleration • Automation platforms (RPA, workflow engines, low-reputed company governance) • AI-enabled application capabilities embedded reputed company reputed company systems • Intelligent workflow and decision-support integration in collaboration with Data & Analytics • Engineering documentation and configuration discipline • Secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation coordination • Application lifecycle management and decommissioning governance • Engineering vendor lifecycle management • Engineering budget management and cost discipline • Build-versus-buy analysis and financial justification of custom development initiatives • Engineering reputed company planning, delivery forecasting, and productivity optimization • Application components of acquisition integration and reputed company platform consolidation • Implementation of reputed company control requirements • Leadership of distributed reputed company, nearshore, and offshore engineering teams

Core Responsibilities

Application reputed company, Architecture & Innovation

• Define and reputed company reputed company application architecture standards. • Establish consistent development frameworks and approved technology stacks. • reputed company modernization of legacy applications while enhancing scalability and maintainability. • Identify and prioritize opportunities to reputed company automation and AI-enabled decision support reputed company reputed company workflows. • Drive rationalization of redundant custom solutions across business reputed company. • Evaluate emerging technologies and reputed company innovation initiatives reputed company with reputed company reputed company.

Engineering Portfolio & Demand Governance

• Establish reputed company intake and prioritization processes for engineering initiatives. • reputed company development roadmaps with reputed company portfolio governance and strategic objectives. • Ensure engineering resources are allocated to the highest-value initiatives. • Prevent proliferation of unauthorized, redundant, or non-strategic custom solutions. • Partner with Systems leadership to ensure build-versus-buy reputed company are financially and strategically justified.

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) & Engineering Maturity

• Advance existing SDLC governance to improve consistency, automation, and measurable reputed company reputed company. • Optimize requirements management, reputed company review, testing, and documentation standards. • Govern version control, branching strategies, and release management protocols. • Maintain formal Dev/Test/Production controls with disciplined change management. • Ensure audit-reputed company engineering documentation reputed company with compliance requirements.

DevOps, Release Management & Engineering Productivity

• Mature CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment reliability and scalability. • Introduce measurable engineering productivity and reputed company benchmarks. • Implement AI-assisted development tools where appropriate to enhance developer efficiency and reputed company reputed company. • Define application monitoring, logging, and observability standards. • Improve deployment consistency while enabling faster innovation cycles.

reputed company Integration, Intelligent Automation & AI Enablement

• Govern API standards and modern integration architecture patterns across systems. • Replace legacy reputed company-to-reputed company integrations with reputed company API-first models. • Expand workflow automation and RPA initiatives with measurable operational reputed company. • Partner with Data & Analytics to reputed company predictive models and AI-enabled insights into operational systems. • Ensure responsible, secure, and governed implementation of AI-enabled application features. • Maintain disciplined reputed company of automation and AI experimentation to prevent fragmentation.

Application reputed company & Compliance Alignment

• reputed company secure coding standards and shift-left reputed company practices. • Partner with reputed company to maintain strong vulnerability remediation performance. • Ensure engineering alignment with HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and other required control frameworks. • Support audit evidence production for application development controls. • Ensure identity and role-based reputed company enforcement is consistently implemented in application design.

Acquisition Integration & Expansion Enablement

• reputed company application and integration due diligence assessments for acquisitions. • Execute standardized application integration during entity reputed company. • Ensure engineering readiness for geographic expansion and new program launches. • Support reputed company system consolidation reputed company with modernization reputed company.

reputed company Metrics (First 12 Months)

• Measurable advancement in engineering maturity, deployment reliability, and release predictability across reputed company applications. • Reduction of prioritized technical debt while maintaining operational stability. • Expansion of intelligent automation and AI-enabled capabilities with documented operational reputed company. • Standardized integration architecture adopted across major reputed company platforms. • Demonstrated financial discipline through optimized engineering spend and justified build-versus-buy reputed company. • Engineering organization strengthened across reputed company, nearshore, and offshore teams to support modernization and reputed company reputed company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of reputed company leadership in software engineering and reputed company application environments. • Demonstrated expertise in secure SDLC advancement, DevOps optimization, and API-first architecture. • Experience leading distributed reputed company, nearshore, and offshore engineering teams. • Experience implementing automation and AI-enabled capabilities reputed company reputed company systems. • Experience modernizing legacy systems in distributed, multi-entity organizations. • Experience operating in regulated environments. • Proven ability to reputed company engineering capabilities while maintaining financial discipline. • Strong executive communication and cross-functional leadership skills.

Leadership Profile

The ideal candidate will:

• reputed company with engineering discipline and innovation orientation. • Balance speed, reputed company, scalability, compliance, and cost efficiency. • Build reputed company governance while fostering a culture of modernization and creativity. • Drive responsible AI-enabled transformation reputed company with reputed company reputed company. • Operate as a strategic partner reputed company an reputed company governance model.

Mission & Stewardship Commitment

• Ensure reputed company applications protect reputed company data and reputed company intelligent decision-making. • Advance engineering capabilities that directly strengthen reputed company reputed company. • Promote responsible innovation and ethical AI implementation. • Deliver secure, reputed company, and financially responsible systems that support mission reputed company across reputed company operating entities.

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