Head of Software Engineering

Role Description

We are looking for a visionary Head of Engineering to lead, mentor, and scale our globally distributed engineering team—primarily based in Latin America. This is a high-impact leadership role that requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and experience challenging the team to do better, setting a high bar for accuracy, and ensuring technical decisions are thoroughly validated. You’ll be responsible for driving architectural direction, growing a skilled team developing in the .NET ecosystem, and implementing intelligent automation across Adoreal’s platform.

If you thrive in ambitious and hard-working environments and know how to build, scale, and mentor teams with business objectives/goals on top of mind while keeping operational excellence and innovation in mind—this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Strategy
  • Own the technical roadmap in close collaboration with the product team and executive leadership.
  • Set the vision for engineering culture, delivery standards, and high development velocity.
  • Ensure engineering goals align with internal Adoreal priorities as well as clinic partners.
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration with UX/UI teams.
• Team Management
  • Lead a 30+ person engineering team (and growing) across multiple time zones, with a majority based in LATAM.
  • Hire, mentor, and develop engineering managers and high-performance contributors.
  • Foster a culture of learning the business and acting on behalf of the business with high accountability.
  • Manage and deliver routine performance evaluations and performance improvement plans.
• Technical Execution
  • Oversee architecture and execution of scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
  • Create new products from scratch & integrate and adapt API driven solutions to scale product portfolio and address partner needs for ERP systems.
  • Own DevOps, infrastructure, and data security strategies.
  • Help develop and build our IT department including, MDM, SSO, and HIPAA compliance.
• Innovation & AI Automation
  • Stay at the forefront of AI trends and translate them into tangible platform improvements.
• Healthcare SaaS
  • Ensure the engineering org builds GDRP, HIPAA, and other-compliant, scalable SaaS solutions for the US plastic surgery practices.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in software engineering, with at least 5 in senior engineering leadership roles.
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams in high-growth startup environments.
• Deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience with the .NET stack, including: ASP.NET Core, C#, Web API, Entity Framework, Python, and SQL Server.
• Proven success scaling teams and systems in startup SaaS businesses, preferably during $10M–$80M growth phases within 5-7 years.
• Cloud deployment in Azure or AWS.
• Background in healthcare tech, especially SaaS products.
• Experience overseeing ERP implementation and AI/ML integrations.
• Experience defining technical plans and org-wide strategies from scratch.
• Deep operational discipline: knows how to spot execution issues and course-correct decisively.

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage for you and your family.
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
• Performance-based bonuses and company equity opportunities.
• Fully remote work environment with flexible schedules.
• Collaborative and thriving team culture guided by Adoreal’s core values.

Company Description

At Adoreal, we believe in supporting our team’s well-being and growth through comprehensive benefits and a collaborative, people-first culture. As a globally remote company, we prioritize flexibility, inclusivity, and teamwork rooted in the Adoreal principles.

Joining Adoreal means becoming part of a high-performing, ambitious team that works hard, achieves extraordinary results, and enjoys the rewards that follow. Every employee receives equity, aligning us all in our shared success.