Director, Software Engineering- Workforce Health Solutions
About The Position
The Director of Software Engineering will lead engineering for Quest Diagnostics Workforce Health Solutions, shaping its technology roadmap from legacy transformation through next-generation product deployment. The role owns the architecture, execution, and team structure for a scaling business, with an immediate focus on completing the migration of national enterprise clients to a new client-facing platform. The leader will work with engineers on modern .NET and React architectures and present technology roadmaps to executive business sponsors. The position is primarily based at Quest’s Lenexa, Kansas Technology Hub, with a hybrid work arrangement expected. The Director will lead and develop 3–4 agile software delivery teams of approximately 30 engineers, including employees, contractors, and offshore resources in India. The role oversees platform delivery, legacy-to-cloud modernization, engineering processes, budgets, software assets, operational risks, and service-level agreements. It also requires close coordination with product, business, architecture, enterprise technology, security, infrastructure, support, vendors, and client success partners. The Director will coach an Engineering Manager and technical individual contributors, and guide an experienced team through technical and cultural change. The listed pay range is $155,000–$180,000 per year, plus a 20% annual incentive plan. Salary offers depend on factors such as skills, training, experience, education, certifications, market, and organizational considerations. Benefits may vary by employment status and include health and well-being programs, paid time off and holidays, retirement and stock purchase plans, insurance, flexible spending accounts, annual incentive plans, education assistance, and career advancement opportunities.
Requirements
- 10–15+ years of software engineering and technical leadership experience.
- Strong background in the Microsoft .NET development ecosystem, modern JavaScript frameworks (React preferred), and relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred).
- Proven success managing multidisciplinary engineering teams, including experience managing other people leaders such as Engineering Managers.
- Hands-on experience delivering enterprise-grade cloud-native applications; Azure is preferred.
- Deep expertise running agile teams, optimizing sprint cadences, and managing complex software product lifecycles.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills to connect technical solutions with executive business strategies.
Nice To Haves
- Experience managing distributed teams and aligning US-based engineers with offshore development centers in India.
- Proven track record migrating complex legacy database platforms to cloud-native architectures.
- Experience leading technical and cultural transformations while maintaining high developer engagement scores.
- Healthcare experience; the posting notes that transformational leadership and strong engineering fundamentals are more important than industry tenure.
Responsibilities
- Own execution, deployment, and ongoing feature development of the modern client-facing application suite.
- Drive the legacy-to-cloud migration roadmap and decommission aging systems while minimizing business disruption.
- Collaborate with Product, Business, Architecture, and Enterprise Tech teams on product definitions, technical requirements, and long-term organizational strategy.
- Manage the engineering division’s budget, software asset lifecycles, operational risks, and service-level agreements.
- Lead, mentor, and realign 3–4 agile delivery teams comprising approximately 30 engineers, including employees, contractors, and offshore resources in India.
- Coach and develop a newly appointed Engineering Manager and technical individual contributors in modern development standards.
- Establish, refine, and track engineering processes, including CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and automated testing, aligned with Quest Enterprise standards.
- Coordinate delivery timelines and technical dependencies across internal teams and external software vendors.
- Partner with Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and Support teams to resolve architectural hurdles and uphold engineering excellence.
- Lead cultural evolution and change management for a highly experienced, long-tenured team, fostering innovation and modern agile mindsets.
- Translate technical constraints and timelines for business partners and client success managers.
Benefits
- Day 1 medical, supplemental health, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees working 30 or more hours.
- Well-being programs.
- Annual no-cost Blueprint for Wellness health assessment program.
- healthyMINDS mental health program.
- Vacation and health/flex time.
- Six holidays plus one “MyDay” off.
- FinFit financial coaching and services.
- 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Life and disability insurance, with buy-up option.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Annual incentive plans.
- Matching gifts program.
- Education assistance through MyQuest for Education.
- Career advancement opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
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