Director of Engineering (Data & Analytics)

Position Overview

Reporting to the VP of Product & Engineering the Director of Engineering will lead a high-performing engineering team to design develop and optimize scalable data platforms and products. This role will partner closely with the VP to define and execute short- and long-term technology strategies and roadmaps that enable innovation and growth.

The ideal candidate combines exceptional leadership technical expertise and strategic vision with strong communication and project management skills. This individual will champion modern technologies and practices to maximize productivity and accelerate Eversanas AI/ML-driven initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Leadership & Strategy
  • Execute the product and engineering roadmap for scalable platforms and products.
  • Define strategies for future development aligned with business and organizational objectives.
  • Lead technology discussions with senior leadership providing insights and recommendations for strategic decisions.
  • Drive adoption of cutting-edge algorithms machine learning techniques and cloud-native architectures.
     
• Product Development & Delivery
  • Design and develop data-driven platforms and AI/ML products to accelerate innovation.
  • Oversee requirements gathering technical specifications and Statements of Work (SOW).
  • Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards.
  • Continuously review and improve engineering best practices and processes.
     
• Team Leadership & Development
  • Build and lead a world-class engineering team including data engineers software developers full-stack developers and technical leads.
  • Provide mentorship on software development lifecycle architecture big data analytics AI/ML.
  • Establish and track key performance metrics for the engineering group.
  • Source and coordinate training to maintain technical excellence.
     
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Product Data Science Sales and IT to ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to sales leadership and product management to support strategic wins.
  • Provide input on product enhancements and new development initiatives.
     
• Operational Excellence
  • Manage departmental budgets and optimize cost efficiency.
  • Implement observability incident response and CI/CD best practices.
  • Champion agile methodologies and ensure high code velocity across distributed teams.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel 15%
• Hours 40 hours per week / Monday Friday

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the expectations listed above.

Qualifications :

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience education knowledge skill and/or abilities required.

• Education: Bachelors degree in engineering computer science or related field
• Experience and/or Training:
  • 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role (Director or equivalent).
  • 10 years building large-scale distributed systems capable of ingesting and analyzing billions of events daily.
  • 5 years developing cloud-based solutions (SaaS PaaS IaaS AIaaS).
  • Proven experience implementing AI/ML solutions and statistical modeling.
  • Strong background in presales/solutions engineering for enterprise customers.
  • Demonstrated success in building and scaling high-performing technical teams.2-3 years in Government Pricing calculations and submissions
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
  • High emotional intelligence and proven success leading remote teams.

Technology/Equipment: 

• Architecture Leadership
  • Backend: Python (FastAPI Flask Django AsyncIO) (React ).
  • Data: PySpark Pandas NumPy; ETL (Airflow dbt); distributed systems (Spark).
  • Streaming: Kafka RabbitMQ.
  • Datastores: Snowflake PostgreSQL MySQL; Redis MongoDB DynamoDB; Trino/Presto; Apache Iceberg.
• Cloud & Infrastructure
  • Champion cloud-native designs on AWS (EC2 Lambda ECS S3/EFS ELB/CloudFront Cognito Shield Secrets Manager/Vault CloudWatch/X-Ray RDS OpenSearch ElastiCache SQS/SES Bedrock).
  • Experience with Azure and GCP ecosystems.
• DevOps & Observability
  • Containerization/orchestration: Docker Kubernetes Helm.
  • CI/CD: ArgoCD Jenkins GitHub Actions.
  • Observability: Prometheus Grafana Loki Jaeger OpenTelemetry.
• Additional Skills
  • Distributed system design and trade-offs.
  • Big data technologies (Spark) scientific computing.
  • AI/ML development and deployment.
  • Data modeling Data governance
  • Web performance optimization and mitigation strategies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education: Masters degree in engineering Technology or Computer Science

• Experience and/or Training: 

  • 1015 years of relevant industry experience in healthcare pharmaceutical consulting or enterprise data solutions.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: 

The physical and mental requirements along with the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. 

Office: While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently required to reach grasp stand and/or sit for long periods of time (up to 90% of the shift) walk talk and hear; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet with frequent interruptions and multiple demands.  

Additional Information :

OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS:

Patient Minded I act with the patients best interest in mind.

Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.

Take Action I am empowered and hold myself accountable.

Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.

Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others. 

Win Together I passionately connect with anyone anywhere anytime to achieve results.

Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent thoughtful and timely dialogue.

Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do.

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EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. If this job posting includes a base salary range it represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S.  Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience other job-related qualifications/skills and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living).  More information about EVERSANAs benefits package can be found at  reserves the right to modify this base salary range and benefits at any time. 

From EVERSANAs inception Diversity Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths experiences and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity but also age disability status veteran status sexual orientation religion and many other parts of ones identity. All of our employees points of view are key to our success and inclusion is everyones responsibility.

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time