What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Director, Software & Product Engineering position at Quartz?
Overview
Quartz is seeking a Senior Director, Software & Product Engineering to lead our technology strategy, modernize our platforms, and drive innovation in digital healthcare solutions. If you're a visionary technology leader passionate about innovation, team growth, and driving meaningful change in healthcare, we want to hear from you!
As a key leader, you will bridge the gap between software engineering, product development, and business strategy, ensuring our technology aligns with our commitment to improving healthcare outcomes. You will define technical roadmaps, champion modern development practices, and cultivate a high-performing team focused on delivering scalable, secure, and user-centric solutions.
Benefits:
- Be part of an impact-driven organization committed to improving healthcare through technology.
- Lead cutting-edge digital transformation in a fast-evolving industry.
- Work with and build a team of top-tier software engineering talent and shape the future of our technology ecosystem.
- Starting salary based upon skills and experience: $177,000 - $220,000 plus robust benefits package
Responsibilities
- Engineering Leadership & Strategy – Define and execute the software engineering strategy, driving adoption of modern development practices, including microservices, cloud-native architectures, API-first design, and AI-driven automation. Establish engineering excellence by implementing best practices in CI/CD, DevSecOps, automated testing, and observability.
- Product & Platform Development –Lead the development of scalable, resilient, and secure applications that drive platform modernization to cloud-native and API-drive architectures that enhance member experiences and drive operational efficiency through seamless system integration and interoperability between applications, data platforms, and third-party services.
- Technology & Innovation – Stay ahead of emerging technologies (AI/ML, serverless, edge computing) and champion data-driven decision making to build developer-friendly platforms that enhance productivity, security, and performance.
- Team Leadership & Talent Development – Build, mentor, and lead high-performing software engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- 12 years of experience in one or more major information processing functions (operations, development, etc.), with 5 years of experience managing application functions
- Experience with RPA, API, and other data integration tools
- Experience with modern software development and code repository tools, such as GitHub
- Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure), modern programming languages and frameworks (.NET, Python, etc.) and DevOps practices
- Familiarity with AI, machine learning, and data-driven software engineering approaches
- Proven track record of building and scaling software engineering teams in product-driven organizations
- Strong leadership and communication, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization and external parties
- Works well under pressure, adaptable to change, and can manage multiple projects simultaneously and complete timely
Quartz offers an excellent benefit and compensation package, opportunity for career advancement and a professional culture built upon the foundations of Respect, Responsibility, Relationships, and Resourcefulness. To support a safe work environment, all employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check.
Quartz values and embraces diversity and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
