Vice President, Software Engineering
About The Position
As the VP, Software Engineering, in Franklin, TN, you will report to Experian Health. You will lead our engineering strategy and operations, with a focus on AWS driven innovation, in the healthcare sector, and will be experienced with cloud transformation and driving excellence at scale. You will: Bring hands-on expertise in AWS, migrating complex, data-intensive applications from on-premises data centers to AWS Work with Product Management to align engineering projects with product vision, ensure seamless delivery of features, and translate requirements into scalable, high-quality technical solutions Develop the software engineering strategy, implement, and ensure agreement on organizational goals and the broader vision Manage a large, diverse engineering organization, promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and learning Lead large-scale migration of database-heavy applications from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, ensuring minimal disruption, maximum scalability, and optimized performance Promote best practices in architecture, design and development, testing, deployment, and operations. Advocate for using AWS services to accelerate time-to-market and increase business readiness Ensure products meet rigorous quality standards and comply with healthcare industry regulations, including HIPAA and other relevant standards Collaborate with Product, Security, Compliance, Data Science, and other teams. Communicate with executive leadership, board, and external partners Stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in cloud computing and healthcare technology. Foster an environment that encourages experimentation and the use of modern engineering solutions
Requirements
- 15+ years' of progressive professional experience in software engineering
- 7+ years' in a senior leadership capacity managing large, diverse engineering teams
- Demonstrated, hands-on experience architecting and migrating, and managing large-scale, database-intensive applications on AWS. Deep familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, S3, Fargate, EKS, CloudFormation, and IAM
- Substantial experience migrating applications and databases from traditional data centers to AWS, including planning, execution, and optimization phases. Experience migrating legacy Microsoft solutions to modern AWS solutions
- Experience with healthcare data, compliance requirements, and security best practices.
- Background in building, mentoring, and retaining engineering teams. Promote transformation and foster a culture of accountability and progression
- Convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences and senior partners
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with legacy Microsoft technologies, including SQL Server, .NET, MSMQ.
- Advanced AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer, Database – Specialty)
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
- Background in Agile software development methodologies and DevOps practices.
- Experience with data privacy and security frameworks such as HITRUST, SOC2, and NIST
- Experience developing AI models, optimizing algorithms, implementing and deploying AI solutions to solve real-world problems
- Demonstrated expertise with AI frameworks, application to software development, and applying agentic AI to solve real-world problems
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
Responsibilities
- Bring hands-on expertise in AWS, migrating complex, data-intensive applications from on-premises data centers to AWS
- Work with Product Management to align engineering projects with product vision, ensure seamless delivery of features, and translate requirements into scalable, high-quality technical solutions
- Develop the software engineering strategy, implement, and ensure agreement on organizational goals and the broader vision
- Manage a large, diverse engineering organization, promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration, and learning
- Lead large-scale migration of database-heavy applications from on-premises infrastructure to AWS, ensuring minimal disruption, maximum scalability, and optimized performance
- Promote best practices in architecture, design and development, testing, deployment, and operations. Advocate for using AWS services to accelerate time-to-market and increase business readiness
- Ensure products meet rigorous quality standards and comply with healthcare industry regulations, including HIPAA and other relevant standards
- Collaborate with Product, Security, Compliance, Data Science, and other teams. Communicate with executive leadership, board, and external partners
- Stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in cloud computing and healthcare technology. Foster an environment that encourages experimentation and the use of modern engineering solutions
Benefits
- Great compensation package and bonus plan
- Core benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401K
- Flexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-office
- Flexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
