Sr. Director of Software Engineering

Who We Are

Centauri delivers data-driven technology solutions that transform fragmented clinical and member data into actionable intelligence — maximizing accuracy, quality performance, and outcomes for health plans and health systems. Through close collaboration with our customers, Centauri improves patient and member outcomes by providing advocacy, advanced data insights, and intelligent clinical data delivery. The company addresses critical healthcare challenges for complex populations and improves access and quality of care.

Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Centauri Health Solutions employs 1100 dedicated associates across the country and has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list , the 2020 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ , and has been recognized as 2026 Best in KLAS for ADT Notifications.

Your Daily Mission

This role drives the leadership, management, and development of Centauri’s Software Engineering function. Software Engineering includes Solution and System Architecture, Application Development, Database Development, and Systems Development (middleware, services, etc.) across multiple technologies and platforms. This role is focused on architecture as well as team and resource development, ensuring Centauri’s Software Engineering teams and individuals perform at the highest level, adhere to all Centauri technology standards and best practices, possess all relevant skills and experience required to meet technology delivery requirements, and possess required soft skills to contribute to a strong team environment. The role requires strategic knowledge of Centauri’s lines of business and business partners and products and alignment with the company’s goals. Similarly, the role includes developing deep understanding of Software Engineering team members’ desired career paths, skills, strengths, weaknesses, and experience and developing creating development programs to ensure highest performance. Position will be located onsite, in our Tempe, AZ office HQ.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degreeor equivalent experience.

• 10years technologyapplication, database, or systems developmentexperience
• 5years’experienceleading or managingsoftware engineering professionalsand teams.
• Ability todevelop strategic, rationalsolutions tohighly complextechnology architecture challenges driven byrapid acquisitions.
• Strong ability to developscalableapplications,cloud solutionsand platforms, and middleware solutionsthat allow forrapid scale and integration ofhighly complexenvironments.
• Very strongproblem solving and troubleshooting skills, withabilityto teach and coach these skillsto team leaders and members.
• Very strongsoft-skillsincluding negotiation skills, communication skills, and strong ability to de-escalate in afast pacedenvironment.
• Strong coaching and personal development skills and strong interest in developing high functioning teams.
• Strong knowledge and ability to learnnew technologiesfocusing onGCPserverless and datatechnologies.
• Enterprise and system architecture patterns and development techniques.
• Required understanding and ability to learnquicklythe environment and standards drivingCentauricata,clinical, and interoperability platforms andapplications.
• Familiarity working in healthcare data integration and interoperability and its common technologies using HL7,IHE, FHIR,JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), extensible markup language (XML), or other related integration protocols or interoperability toolsets.
• Knowledge of best practices around systems development Dev/Sec/Ops and deployment at scale
• Strongcloud and data engineeringknowledge.
• Experience managing Director, Manager, and Individual Contributor levelsoftware engineeringprofessionals.

The Reality of the Role

• Developslong-term technical vision and strategyfor assigned product areas
• DriveEnterprise andSolution architecturefunctionand team members toestablishhighly scalablesoftware platformsdesigned to scale for unforeseen growth.
• Drive best practices for development, security, reliability, and cost optimization.
• EnhanceCentauriserverless,application, database, and systems development standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• DriveSoftwareDevelopment functions including leading Directors, Managers, and Individual Contributors within thesefunctions. Driving in this role means ensuringAgileDevelopmentteams and professionals are adhering to Centauri development standards and best practices,are all highly functioning team members and teams, and are optimally delivering against individual product or service line strategies.
• Responsible for hiring, firing, career development, and promotion of team members within the Software Engineering function, in close partnership with delivery and business service lines.

Why You’ll Love Centauri (Our Promise to You)

We believe that caring for our members starts with caring for our team, and we are committed to providing a rewarding environment where employees can grow, excel, and achieve both personal and professional goals.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Wellness program supporting overall well-being
• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Tuition reimbursement opportunities
• Paid time off for vacation and illness
• Six paid company holidays
• Floating holiday
• Company-paid training and computer equipment
• Performance-based bonus program
• Paid time off for volunteer activities
• Employee referral bonus program
• Career development and training opportunities, including leadership growth

Compensation Transparency

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodation

Centauri Health Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.