Director, Software Engineering

Welcome to Orchestration Works Ensembles bold leap into the future of healthcare innovation.

Were building something big. Orchestration Works is a brand-new division designed to move fast break barriers and bring cuttingedge technology like AI and automation to life across the healthcare revenue cycle. This is where ideas dont just get tested they get scaled. Our mission is simple: transform how we work deliver nextlevel results for our clients and lead the industry into tomorrow.

Why Orchestration Works Exists

Healthcare is changing at warp speed. To stay ahead were taking RD out of the lab and putting it into real operations quickly intelligently and boldly. This new division gives us the freedom and focus to experiment learn and deploy innovations that make a measurable impact.

What Makes It Different

• A dedicated RD powerhouse: A 50person independent team headquartered in Austin Texas built to move at startup speed.
• Real autonomy: Independent leadership resources and decision-making authority that lets us innovate without friction.
• A laser focus: Revenue Cycle Management innovations powered by automation AI and reimagined processes including work on advanced Administrative and Clinical Reasoning Models.
• A futureready mindset: Were here to help Ensemble evolve rapidly while protecting what makes us exceptional.

Why It Matters

The future of healthcare isnt waiting and neither are we. Orchestration Works positions Ensemble to stay ahead of industry shifts unlock new performance breakthroughs and deliver smarter faster more reliable results for the organizations we serve.

Position Overview

As the Director Software Engineering you will provide strategic and technical leadership across Ensembles software delivery this role you will define drive and execute the technology strategy that accelerates engineering effectiveness and enables scalable secure and resilient platforms. You will guide teams in architecting and delivering modern reusable software solutions while championing engineering excellence and operational maturity.

You will work closely with product architecture and engineering leaders to align technology decisions with business objectives ensuring solutions support both nearterm priorities and longterm strategic outcomes. Through handson technical leadership designlevel guidance and coaching you will influence engineering practices elevate quality standards and foster a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.

Relocation to Austin Texas is highly preferred for the role. Candidates must either currently reside in the Austin area or be willing to relocate. Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.

Essential Job Functions

• Strategic & Technical Leadership:
  • Define and execute the engineering strategy ensuring alignment with longterm business and platform goals.
  • Shape architectural direction standards and engineering best practices across teams.
  • Drive adoption of modern engineering approaches scalable architectures and highquality delivery patterns.
• Engineering Delivery & Operational Excellence:
  • Oversee design development testing deployment and continuous improvement of software solutions across multiple teams.
  • Build and maintain shared frameworks services and platform capabilities that accelerate delivery.
  • Ensure strong operational practices including observability CI/CD maturity automation and securityfirst development.
• CrossFunctional Partnership:
  • Collaborate with product design architecture and infrastructure leaders to translate strategy into clear executable roadmaps.
  • Remove blockers drive alignment and ensure technical considerations are fully integrated into planning processes.
  • Represent engineering in portfolio reviews technology evaluations and enterprise decisionmaking.
• Technical Governance & Quality:
  • Lead technical design reviews architecture forums and complex troubleshooting efforts.
  • Set quality benchmarks and ensure teams consistently meet standards for performance maintainability and production readiness.
  • Drive resolution of systemic issues through datadriven rootcause analysis and longterm fixes.
• Innovation & Modernization:
  • Champion modernization efforts including microservices serverless patterns eventdriven systems and infrastructureascode.
  • Evaluate emerging technologiesincluding AIenabled development toolsand guide adoption where they drive measurable value.
• Leadership & Talent Development:
  • Lead and develop engineering managers leads and senior engineers fostering a culture of accountability innovation and continuous learning.
  • Build organizational capability through coaching skills development and effective team structures.
  • Promote an inclusive collaborative engineering culture rooted in high performance and craftsmanship.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
• 10 years of progressive software engineering experience including 4 years leading managers or multiteam engineering organizations.
• Strong expertise in modern software architecture cloud platforms preferably Azure CI/CD automation and observability.
• Software engineering experience building production-grade applications usingJavaScript/ Core or similar languages
• Proven ability to set engineering strategy guide architectural direction and lead largescale delivery
• Demonstrated success developing leaders and building highperforming engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience driving modernization platform evolution and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Exposure toAI-enabled development tools code generation models or ML-driven insights (e.g. Copilot embedding models vector search).