The Director of Software Development will be responsible for leading our software development team, managing delivery, improving development processes, and providing hands-on technical leadership. This person should be able to lead developers, review code, resolve blockers, manage releases, improve workflows, and step into the codebase when needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop the software development team.

• Set priorities, assign work, and hold team members accountable.

• Review code, resolve technical blockers, and maintain development standards.

• Manage software projects from planning through deployment.

• Oversee releases, deployments, version control practices, and release readiness.

• Improve development workflows, QA processes, standards, and best practices.

• Support hiring, performance reviews, promotions, compensation recommendations, and performance improvement actions.

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand needs and deliver effective technology solutions.

• Communicate progress, risks, resource needs, and priorities to leadership.

• Advise on software architecture, technical risks, security, scalability, and long-term planning.

• Support automation, AI-related initiatives, and practical adoption of new technologies.

• Help build a scalable, high-performing, collaborative, and innovative development organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.

• Strong technical leadership experience.

• Full-stack development background with technologies such as .NET, C#, SQL Server, Git, React, or similar.

• Experience leading developers and managing software delivery from planning through production release.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, deployments, QA, security, and technical strategy.

• Strong communication, leadership, accountability, and business partnership skills.

• Director-level leadership experience preferred.

• Healthcare technology or claims management experience is a plus.

Success in this role will be measured by team performance, quality and consistency of delivery, development team growth, process improvement, technical maturity, successful releases, strong cross-functional collaboration, and contribution to company objectives through effective technology leadership.