Director, Engineering

The Director, Engineering is responsible for overseeing the design, architecture, and delivery of high-quality software solutions. The scope of this job includes leading a team of engineers and technical experts, driving both technical and operational success, and fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.

This opening is with our Connected Networks Engineering team. If the details below sound like you, we invite you to apply today and join us in shaping the future of healthcare!

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor engineering managers and teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability while supporting individual growth and driving team performance.
• Work with senior leadership to define the long-term technical vision and roadmap and align engineering objectives with company-wide goals by ensuring the teams' work directly contributes to business success.
• Influence business leaders on key initiatives and projects, create strategic proposals to gain approval for execution, and oversee execution of major technical initiatives to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evaluate and improve processes, systems, and analytics tools to enhance productivity and operational efficiency.
• Identify and mitigate risks in both technical and operational areas, and ensure that engineering teams are prepared for unforeseen challenges and have the necessary support to overcome obstacles.
• Act as a key point of contact between the data insights team and organizational stakeholders to understand data needs, guide solution design, and implement effective analytics solutions.
• Drive the strategic development and evolution of data warehouse schemas within BigQuery, optimizing for performance, scalability, and ease of consumption by reporting and analytical tools
• Lead the development and maintenance of scalable data warehouses and data lakes to support business-critical reporting and analytics, including engineering our new consolidated data warehouse in Google BigQuery. This also involves driving data architecture decisions, automation, and optimization of data ingestion processes from various transactional databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Mongo) into BigQuery for enhanced performance and reliability.
• Implement data governance, security, privacy, and compliance frameworks. Oversee and refine processes for data governance that ensure data integrity, compliance, and accessibility for decision-making.
• LeverageAItools and platforms as an integral part of daily responsibilities to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, and drive data-informed outcomes.
• Perform other job duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience
• At least 8-10 years relevant work experience
• At least 4-5 years relevant management work experience
• Deep expertise in designing, building, and optimizing scalable data warehouses, data lakes, and complex ETL/ELT processes.
• Extensive experience with schema design and data modeling for large-scale analytical systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, specifically Google BigQuery.
• Experience with data integration tools, including Fivetran (for SQL Server and Oracle databases) and Talend (for MongoDB).
• Strong proficiency in SQL and scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.) for automation and data manipulation.
• Proven track record with BI and reporting tools, specifically Looker.
• Understanding of containerization and deployment workflows (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD processes for data and analytics solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare industry experience
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform

Job Expectations:

• Willing to work additional or irregular hours as needed
• Must work in accordance with applicable security policies and procedures to safeguard company and client information
• Must be able to sit and view a computer screen for extended periods of time

WellSky is where independent thinking and collaboration come together to create an authentic culture. We thrive on innovation, inclusiveness, and cohesive perspectives. At WellSky you can make a difference.

WellSky provides equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law. WellSky is proud to be a drug-free workplace.

Applicants for U.S.-based positions with WellSky must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Certain client-facing positions may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunizations and occupational health mandates.

Here are some of the exciting benefits full-time teammates are eligible to receive at WellSky:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Mental health benefits through TelaDoc
• Prescription drug coverage
• Generous paid time off, plus 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• 100% vested 401(K) retirement plans
• Educational assistance up to $2500 per year