Head of Engineering (Remote)

M3USA•Fort Washington, PA

1d•Remote

About The Position

PracticeMatch, an M3 company, is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead its technology strategy and team. PracticeMatch is a leader in providing physician data and services to healthcare organizations, focusing on innovation in physician sourcing. The Head of Engineering will be responsible for modernizing the company's legacy platform, establishing a culture of engineering excellence, and ensuring reliable delivery of projects. This role involves strategic planning, team development, cross-functional collaboration, and the responsible adoption of AI in the engineering lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
Active engagement with M3 USA's AI training and upskilling programs; demonstrated adoption of agentic coding tools.
12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including significant time in a hands-on technical role.
5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including direct management of engineering teams.
Demonstrated experience leading legacy system modernization or technology platform migration efforts.
Experience in a SaaS, data, or platform product environment.
Expert-level understanding of web application architecture.
Strong working knowledge of modern web technologies (React or equivalent front-end frameworks, RESTful APIs, cloud infrastructure, containerization).
Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines, automated test frameworks, and observability systems.
Practical knowledge of application security, data privacy, and compliance requirements in web products.
Working knowledge of agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Codex, or equivalents) and the techniques that make them reliable.
Proven ability to recruit, manage, and develop engineering talent at multiple levels.
Strong written and verbal communication; able to present technical information to executive, business, and engineering audiences.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare technology or physician recruiting industry experience a plus.
Familiarity with the physician recruiting or healthcare data domain is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a multi-year technology roadmap for modernizing PracticeMatch's legacy platform.
Align engineering priorities with the company's competitive strategy and customer outcomes.
Establish a phased approach to system transformation, ensuring product stability.
Evaluate and recommend modern technology choices for scalability.
Champion the responsible adoption of agentic AI across the engineering lifecycle.
Lead, manage, and develop the engineering team, including software engineering and QA.
Build and sustain a culture of engineering excellence (code quality, security, documentation, peer review, test automation).
Attract, recruit, and retain engineering talent, building career paths and development plans.
Conduct performance conversations and provide feedback.
Foster psychological safety and a learning environment within the team.
Own engineering delivery, ensuring projects are well-scoped, executed reliably, and meet quality standards.
Maintain and improve engineering systems (CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, observability).
Troubleshoot production incidents, drive root cause analysis, and implement durable fixes.
Implement and refine repository context, conventions, and executable plans for agentic coding.
Identify engineering work for AI-assisted or automated workflows.
Serve as the primary technology partner to business and product leadership.
Collaborate with M3 USA's broader technology leadership on shared infrastructure and standards.
Communicate architecture decisions, transformation progress, and engineering health to senior leadership.
Partner with HR on workforce planning, organizational design, compensation, and talent strategy.