Director of Engineering – Modernization & Cloud Platform
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role:
Were seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering to lead the transformation of our flagship optometry EHR and practice management application. This critical role requires a strategic leader who can guide the modernization of a complex legacy Windows application stack while architecting and delivering a next-generation cloud-native platform.
Youll be responsible for shaping our technical direction building and mentoring a high-caliber engineering team and collaborating closely with our product support and leadership teams to ensure we continue to deliver secure reliable and innovative solutions to thousands of providers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Modernization Strategy & Execution: Lead the transition of a WinForms/.NET 4.5 monolith into a modern modular architecture 8 WPF and web technologies like React and TypeScript.
- New Platform Development: Architect and oversee the development of a new cloud-native product built on a scalable services architecture integrating modern database caching and deployment strategies.
- Team Building & Leadership: Hire and lead a growing team including senior Windows developers UI/UX designers and QA professionals. Foster a culture of technical excellence accountability and continuous improvement.
- Process & Quality: Establish and champion engineering best practices around documentation CI/CD test automation and secure software development.
- AI-Enhanced Development: Embrace and integrate commercial AI tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Claude Cursor) into engineering workflows to accelerate coding enhance feature delivery and boost developer productivity.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with support data transfer and product teams to align modernization efforts with customer needs and technical feasibility.
- Technical Oversight: Ensure architectural decisions support multi-tenant design observability security data protection and long-term maintainability.
Qualifications :
- 10 years in software engineering with at least 5 years in technical leadership roles
- Deep expertise in Microsoft technologies: .NET Framework/.NET 8 WPF MySQL and MariaDB
- Experience leading modernization of legacy codebases and transitioning to cloud-native architectures
- Strong grasp of software design patterns MVVM microservices and frontend-backend decoupling
- Track record of hiring mentoring and scaling engineering teams
- Familiarity with GitHub-based workflows and Agile methodologies
- Passion for improving technical processes documentation and developer productivity
- Nice to Have:
- Experience with Electron Mobile App Dev Redis Docker and Kubernetes
- Background in healthcare especially EHR systems or HIPAA-compliant applications
- Hands-on experience with observability tools and security frameworks (e.g. SentinelOne SonarQube)
Additional Information :
This is a Hybrid role in Austin Texas
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Go
- Lean
- Management Experience
- React
- Node.js
- Operations Management
- Project Management
- Research & Development
- Software Development
- Team Management
- GraphQL
- Leadership Experience
About Company
EXIT83, a leader in custom software development and AI innovation, delivers advanced software solutions for strategic, growth-focused initiatives. Positioned at the nexus of business and technology, our presence spans 12 countries, reflecting our global commitment to delivering cuttin ... View more
